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*''Japanese'': 軍記物 ''(gunkimono)'' or 軍記物語 ''(gunki monogatari)''
''Gunkimono'' or ''gunki monogatari'' are war tales which relate the exploits of great warriors or commanders, and of great wars or battles, often in a hagiographic way, lionizing heroes, the greatness of their skill, and the honorable way in which they behaved. Some ''gunkimono'', such as the ''[[Tale of the Heike]]'', are counted among the most famous and treasured examples of Japanese traditional literature, and have served as the basis for countless paintings, poems, stage plays, and so forth; others, such as the ''[[Shinchoko-ki|Shinchôkoki]]'', are less thoroughly prominent in traditional and popular culture, but have served as among the chief sources of traditional and modern histories of the periods and people they describe.
Some of the most famous ''gunkimono'', such as the ''Tale of the Heike'' and the ''[[Taiheiki]]'', are by multiple anonymous authors; the ''Tale of the Heike'' in particular is known to have developed first in an oral storytelling tradition, only first being written down after many variant versions had emerged. Other ''gunkimono'', however, particularly many from the [[Sengoku period|Sengoku]] and [[Edo period]]s, are by known authors, with known motives, intentions, and biases in compiling such texts. The ''[[Koyo Gunkan|Kôyô gunkan]]'', for example, is a history of the [[Takeda clan]] which gives a particularly positive representation of [[Takeda Shingen]], a less favorable representation of [[Takeda Katsuyori]], and represents enemies of the Takeda, such as [[Oda Nobunaga]], differently from how another text, such as the ''Shinchôkô-ki'' ("Account of Lord Nobunaga") would.
==Selected List of Gunkimono==
*''[[Shomonki|Shômonki]]'' (Rebellion of [[Taira no Masakado]])
*''[[Masakado Sumitomo Tozai Gunki|Masakado Sumitomo Tôzai Gunki]]'' (Rebellions of Taira no Masakado and [[Fujiwara no Sumitomo]])
*''[[Mutsu waki]]'' ([[Zenkunen War]])
*[[Tale of the Heike]] (''Heike monogatari'', [[Genpei War]])
*''[[Gikeiki]]'' ([[Minamoto no Yoshitsune]])
*''[[Taiheiki]]'' ([[Nanboku-cho|Nanboku-chô]])
*''[[Hokuetsu Gunki]]'' (Northern [[Echigo province]] during Sengoku)
*''[[Bizen gunki]]'' ([[Bizen province]] during Sengoku)
*''[[Esshu Gunki|Esshû Gunki]]'' ([[Echizen province]] during Sengoku)
*''[[Seishu Gunki|Seishû Gunki]]'' ([[Ise province]] during Sengoku)
*''[[Dohora Gunki|Dôhora Gunki]]'' ([[Battle of Dohora Fortress|Battle of Dôhora Fortress]])
*''[[Koyo Gunkan|Kôyô Gunkan]]'' ([[Takeda clan]])
*''[[Satomi Gunki]]'' ([[Satomi clan]])
*''[[Shinchoko-ki|Shinchôkôki]]'' ([[Oda clan]])
*''[[Taikoki|Taikôki]]'' ([[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]])
*''[[Shimazu Korai gunki|Shimazu kôrai gunki]]'' ([[Shimazu clan]] in [[Korean Invasions|Invasions of Korea]])
*''[[Ryukyu gunki|Ryûkyû gunki]]'' ([[Invasion of Ryukyu]])
*''[[Shimazu Ryukyu Gunseiki|Shimazu Ryûkyû Gunseiki]]'' (Invasion of Ryukyu)
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''Gunkimono'' or ''gunki monogatari'' are war tales which relate the exploits of great warriors or commanders, and of great wars or battles, often in a hagiographic way, lionizing heroes, the greatness of their skill, and the honorable way in which they behaved. Some ''gunkimono'', such as the ''[[Tale of the Heike]]'', are counted among the most famous and treasured examples of Japanese traditional literature, and have served as the basis for countless paintings, poems, stage plays, and so forth; others, such as the ''[[Shinchoko-ki|Shinchôkoki]]'', are less thoroughly prominent in traditional and popular culture, but have served as among the chief sources of traditional and modern histories of the periods and people they describe.
Some of the most famous ''gunkimono'', such as the ''Tale of the Heike'' and the ''[[Taiheiki]]'', are by multiple anonymous authors; the ''Tale of the Heike'' in particular is known to have developed first in an oral storytelling tradition, only first being written down after many variant versions had emerged. Other ''gunkimono'', however, particularly many from the [[Sengoku period|Sengoku]] and [[Edo period]]s, are by known authors, with known motives, intentions, and biases in compiling such texts. The ''[[Koyo Gunkan|Kôyô gunkan]]'', for example, is a history of the [[Takeda clan]] which gives a particularly positive representation of [[Takeda Shingen]], a less favorable representation of [[Takeda Katsuyori]], and represents enemies of the Takeda, such as [[Oda Nobunaga]], differently from how another text, such as the ''Shinchôkô-ki'' ("Account of Lord Nobunaga") would.
==Selected List of Gunkimono==
*''[[Shomonki|Shômonki]]'' (Rebellion of [[Taira no Masakado]])
*''[[Masakado Sumitomo Tozai Gunki|Masakado Sumitomo Tôzai Gunki]]'' (Rebellions of Taira no Masakado and [[Fujiwara no Sumitomo]])
*''[[Mutsu waki]]'' ([[Zenkunen War]])
*[[Tale of the Heike]] (''Heike monogatari'', [[Genpei War]])
*''[[Gikeiki]]'' ([[Minamoto no Yoshitsune]])
*''[[Taiheiki]]'' ([[Nanboku-cho|Nanboku-chô]])
*''[[Hokuetsu Gunki]]'' (Northern [[Echigo province]] during Sengoku)
*''[[Bizen gunki]]'' ([[Bizen province]] during Sengoku)
*''[[Esshu Gunki|Esshû Gunki]]'' ([[Echizen province]] during Sengoku)
*''[[Seishu Gunki|Seishû Gunki]]'' ([[Ise province]] during Sengoku)
*''[[Dohora Gunki|Dôhora Gunki]]'' ([[Battle of Dohora Fortress|Battle of Dôhora Fortress]])
*''[[Koyo Gunkan|Kôyô Gunkan]]'' ([[Takeda clan]])
*''[[Satomi Gunki]]'' ([[Satomi clan]])
*''[[Shinchoko-ki|Shinchôkôki]]'' ([[Oda clan]])
*''[[Taikoki|Taikôki]]'' ([[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]])
*''[[Shimazu Korai gunki|Shimazu kôrai gunki]]'' ([[Shimazu clan]] in [[Korean Invasions|Invasions of Korea]])
*''[[Ryukyu gunki|Ryûkyû gunki]]'' ([[Invasion of Ryukyu]])
*''[[Shimazu Ryukyu Gunseiki|Shimazu Ryûkyû Gunseiki]]'' (Invasion of Ryukyu)
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