The Tale of the House of Tyre
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The Tale of the House of Tyre
19.99 €
The powerful Taira clan ruled Japan for twenty years. Prince Kiyomori Taira controlled the fate of the nobles and even the emperor himself. Once Prince Motihito attempted to overthrow the rule of a self-rule feudal lord, but it ended disastrously for the prince, and for the warriors of the Minamoto clan, on whose support he relied, and even for the holy monastery Miidera, burned by vengeful Kiyomori for the fact that the monks gave shelter to the rebel. But the ferocious reprisals did not stop Taira's enemies, but only fueled their rage. And soon a real war broke out, which radically changed the political structure of the country and forever imprinted in the people's memory. For centuries, blind biwa storytellers have sung of the tragic confrontation between the Taira and Minamoto clans. But "The Tale of the House of Taira" is not just an account of the events of the XII century in the popular genre of "gunki", glorifying samurai valor and decorated with heartfelt poems. The Tale of the House of Taira depicts the internecine war without the slightest sympathy for either side, lamenting the destruction of shrines, lives, families and loves. "The Tale of the House of Taira" is Japan's "Iliad." One of the texts that nurtures the roots of a national culture. Without familiarity with it, it is impossible to come closer to understanding Japan: its literature, as well as fine art, is saturated with plots and reminiscences referring to this epic. The design of this edition is based on illustrations from old printed and handwritten books and scrolls, as well as woodcuts by ukiyo-e artists and images from decorative and applied arts of Japan.
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- All books by the publisher
- All books in the series Foreign Literature. Big books