Swords, Oaths, And Prophetic Visions: Authoring Warrior Rule in Medieval Japan

Swords, Oaths, And Prophetic Visions: Authoring Warrior Rule in Medieval Japan
ISBN-10
0824829220
ISBN-13
9780824829223
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2006-01-01
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Author
Elizabeth Oyler

Description

Investigates some historically important political and social issues raised by the Genpei War (1180-1185). This epic civil conflict, which ushered in Japan's age of the warriors, is famously articulated in the monumental narrative Heike monogatari (The Tale of the Heike).

Other editions

Similar books