Swords, oaths, and prophetic visions : authoring warrior rule in medieval Japan /

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"Swords, Oaths, and Prophetic Visions investigates some of the most historically important political issues raised by the Genpei War (1180-1185). This epic civil conflict, which ushered in Japan's age of warriors, is most famously articulated in the monumental narrative Heike monogatari (T...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Oyler, Elizabeth, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu, Hawaii : University of Hawaiì Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Heike monogatari
1180-1600
Geschichte 1185-1600.
Geschichte 1180-1185.
Japanese literature > 1185-1600 > History and criticism.
Historical fiction, Japanese > History and criticism.
Littérature japonaise > 1185-1600 > Histoire et critique.
Roman historique japonais > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > General.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
Historical fiction, Japanese
Japanese literature
War and literature
Literatur
Krieg
Japan > History > Gempei Wars, 1180-1185 > Literature and the war.
Japon > Histoire > 1180-1185 (Guerre de Gempei) > Littérature et guerre.
Japan
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Heike monogatari and narrating Genpei War
  • Minamoto Yoritomo: dreams from exile
  • Kiso Yoshinaka: petitioning Hachiman
  • Minamoto Yoshitsune: fealty oaths, fall from grace
  • The Soga brothers: swords and lineage
  • Warrior rule in medieval Japan.

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