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*''Japanese'': 平家物語 ''(Heike monogatari)''

*''Japanese'': 平家物語 ''(Heike monogatari)''

The ''Tale of the Heike'', or ''Heike monogatari'', is among the most famous of the ''[[gunki monogatari]]'' epic "war tales." Developed out of oral traditions, and in particular the storytelling tradition of the traveling ''[[biwa hoshi|biwa hôshi]]'', the ''Tale'' relates a dramatized, fictionalized, account of the fall of the [[Taira clan]] in the late 12th century, with much of the text describing the events of the [[Genpei War]].

The ''Tale of the Heike'', or ''Heike monogatari'', is among the most famous of the ''[[gunki monogatari]]'' epic "war tales." Developed out of oral traditions, and in particular the storytelling tradition of the traveling ''[[biwa hoshi|biwa hôshi]]'', the ''Tale'' is extant today in a number of differing written versions, ranging in dates from the 13th century through today, many of them with variant titles and varying content. In general, however, the ''Tale'' relates a dramatized, fictionalized, account of the fall of the [[Taira clan]] in the late 12th century, with much of the text describing the events of the [[Genpei War]]. A version recorded by a ''biwa hôshi'' named [[Kakuichi]] in [[1371]] is often taken as the "standard" version; this version was memorized and recited by generations of storytellers in traditional times, and is the basis of a number of modern translations.

 

 

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