The Tale of the Heike
平家物語
A great book. Written AD 1371*, in wakan konkō-bun
* An approximate date: when this work was composed or first set down isn’t known exactly.
The Tale of the Heike is an epic account compiled prior to 1330 of the struggle between the Taira clan and Minamoto clan for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century in the Genpei War (1180–1185). It is written in the form of a gunki monogatari.
