The Tales of the Heike
by Shirane, HaruoFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-07-01
Publisher(s): Columbia Univ Pr
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Summary
One of the most important works in all of Japanese literature, Tales of Heike provides a dramatic window onto the emerging world of the medieval samurai and the epic civil war that changed the course of Japanese history.
Table of Contents
| Preface and Acknowledgments | ix | ||||
| INTRODUCTION | 1 | (8) | |||
| BOOK ONE | 9 | (19) | |||
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9 | (1) | |||
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10 | (4) | |||
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14 | (1) | |||
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15 | (1) | |||
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15 | (1) | |||
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16 | (12) | |||
| BOOK TWO | 28 | (9) | |||
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29 | (4) | |||
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33 | (1) | |||
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34 | (1) | |||
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35 | (2) | |||
| BOOK THREE | 37 | (14) | |||
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37 | (3) | |||
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40 | (3) | |||
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43 | (4) | |||
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47 | (4) | |||
| BOOK FOUR | 51 | (7) | |||
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51 | (7) | |||
| BOOK FIVE | 58 | (7) | |||
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58 | (7) | |||
| BOOK SIX | 65 | (7) | |||
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65 | (7) | |||
| BOOK SEVEN | 72 | (10) | |||
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72 | (3) | |||
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75 | (2) | |||
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77 | (5) | |||
| BOOK EIGHT | 82 | (1) | |||
| BOOK NINE | 83 | (18) | |||
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83 | (6) | |||
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89 | (4) | |||
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93 | (2) | |||
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95 | (2) | |||
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97 | (1) | |||
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98 | (3) | |||
| BOOK TEN | 101 | (21) | |||
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101 | (4) | |||
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105 | (4) | |||
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109 | (4) | |||
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113 | (4) | |||
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117 | (5) | |||
| BOOK ELEVEN | 122 | (22) | |||
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122 | (4) | |||
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126 | (4) | |||
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130 | (3) | |||
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133 | (4) | |||
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137 | (4) | |||
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141 | (3) | |||
| BOOK TWELVE | 144 | (4) | |||
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144 | (4) | |||
| THE INITIATES' BOOK | 148 | (23) | |||
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148 | (3) | |||
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151 | (2) | |||
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153 | (7) | |||
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160 | (5) | |||
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165 | (6) | |||
| Glossary of Characters | 171 | (24) | |||
| Bibliography | 195 |
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