The Heike Story: A Modern Translation of the Classic Tale of Love and War by Eiji Yoshikawa

The Heike Story: A Modern Translation of the Classic Tale of Love and War

Eiji Yoshikawa with Kenkichi Sugimoto, Fuki Wooyenaka Uramatsu (Translator)

640 pages • first pub 1956 (view editions)

fiction classics historical adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

Kyoto in the twelfth century was a magnificent city, but crime, disorder, and lust were rampant. The people were abused by the nobility, while the armed Buddhist monks terrorized court and commoner alike. In despair, the Emperor called upon the He...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...