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*''Japanese'': 太平記 ''(Taiheiki)''
The ''Taiheiki'', also known as the "Chronicle of Great Peace," is among the most famous of Japanese war tales, or ''[[gunkimono]]''. It relates events of the 1330s, from the battles which led to the fall of the [[Kamakura shogunate]] in [[1333]], to the early years of the [[Nanboku-cho|Northern and Southern Courts]] period, following the establishment of the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] in [[1336]]. While the text never explicitly states which Court its anonymous author considers legitimate, the lionizing manner in which the text portrays the "heroes" of the Southern Court's side had a profound impact upon popular and official conceptions of the rightfulness (or righteousness) of that side, down into the [[Meiji period]], if not through to today.<ref>de Bary, 284.</ref>
The ''Taiheiki'' is the chief source of the romantic legends of figures such as [[Kusunoki Masashige]], [[Nitta Yoshisada]], and [[Ashikaga Takauji]], and like the ''[[Tale of the Heike]]'' was originally circulated primarily by storytellers, in the case of the ''Taiheiki'' by monks known as ''[[katariso|katarisô]]''. Numerous plays, books, films, and TV programs (including two [[NHK Taiga Drama]]) have been based upon its narrative.
The ''Taiheiki'' has drawn its share of criticism, however, including from [[Imagawa Ryoshun|Imagawa Ryôshun]], in his [[1402]] ''Nan-taiheiki'', and from [[Kume Kunitake]] in [[1891]].
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==References==
*William Theodore de Bary, ''Sources of Japanese Tradition'', vol 1, Second Edition, Columbia University Press (2001), 284.
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[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
The ''Taiheiki'', also known as the "Chronicle of Great Peace," is among the most famous of Japanese war tales, or ''[[gunkimono]]''. It relates events of the 1330s, from the battles which led to the fall of the [[Kamakura shogunate]] in [[1333]], to the early years of the [[Nanboku-cho|Northern and Southern Courts]] period, following the establishment of the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] in [[1336]]. While the text never explicitly states which Court its anonymous author considers legitimate, the lionizing manner in which the text portrays the "heroes" of the Southern Court's side had a profound impact upon popular and official conceptions of the rightfulness (or righteousness) of that side, down into the [[Meiji period]], if not through to today.<ref>de Bary, 284.</ref>
The ''Taiheiki'' is the chief source of the romantic legends of figures such as [[Kusunoki Masashige]], [[Nitta Yoshisada]], and [[Ashikaga Takauji]], and like the ''[[Tale of the Heike]]'' was originally circulated primarily by storytellers, in the case of the ''Taiheiki'' by monks known as ''[[katariso|katarisô]]''. Numerous plays, books, films, and TV programs (including two [[NHK Taiga Drama]]) have been based upon its narrative.
The ''Taiheiki'' has drawn its share of criticism, however, including from [[Imagawa Ryoshun|Imagawa Ryôshun]], in his [[1402]] ''Nan-taiheiki'', and from [[Kume Kunitake]] in [[1891]].
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==References==
*William Theodore de Bary, ''Sources of Japanese Tradition'', vol 1, Second Edition, Columbia University Press (2001), 284.
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[[Category:Historic Documents]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
