War Tales. victories and defeats of

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1 War Tales

2 War Tales victories and defeats of

3 War Tales victories and defeats of great battles

4 War Tales victories and defeats of great battles great warriors

5 War Tales victories and defeats of great battles great warriors source for later theatrical renditions

6 War Tales victories and defeats of great battles great warriors source for later theatrical renditions biwa hōshi

7 War Tales victories and defeats of great battles great warriors source for later theatrical renditions biwa hōshi bunraku

8 War Tales victories and defeats of great battles great warriors source for later theatrical renditions biwa hōshi bunraku kabuki

9 warrior ethic

10 warrior ethic war tales give a sense of the interests

11 warrior ethic war tales give a sense of the interests values

12 warrior ethic war tales give a sense of the interests values bravery, loyalty, duty to lord, heroic death

13 warrior ethic war tales give a sense of the interests values bravery, loyalty, duty to lord, heroic death later (by the Edo Period) codified into Bushido

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15 Tales of Heike

16 Origins

17 Origins probably first appeared in 13th century

18 Origins probably first appeared in 13th century earliest version ca. 1218

19 Origins probably first appeared in 13th century earliest version ca though events date from

20 Origins probably first appeared in 13th century earliest version ca though events date from biwa hōshi

21 Origins probably first appeared in 13th century earliest version ca though events date from biwa hōshi focus on Taira no Kiyomori

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23 Putative authors

24 Putative authors Yukinaga wrote the Heike Monogatari and taught a blind man name Shōbutsu to recite it. That is why the temple on the mountain is described with special dignity. ~Yoshida Kenkō Tsurezuregusa

25 J-Buddhism and the opening lines The sound of the bell of the Gion Temple tolls of the impermanence of all things, and the hue of the Sala tree s blossoms reveals the truth that those who flourish must fade. The proud ones do not last forever, but are like the dream of a spring night. Even the mighty will perish, just like dust before the wind.

26 Gion shōja no / Kane no koe 7/5 Shogyō mujō no / Hibiki ari 7/5 Shara sōju no / Hana no iro 7/5 Jōsha hissui no / Kotowari o awarasu 7/9 Ogoreru hito mo / Hisashikarazu 7/6 Takeki mono mo / Tsui ni wa horobinu 6/8 Hitoe ni kaze no / Mae no chiri ni onaji 7/9 The bells of the Gion Temple bespeak of the impermanence of all things, and the hue of the Sala tree s blossoms reveals the truth that those who flourish must fade. The proud ones do not last forever, but are like the dream of a spring night. Even the mighty will perish, just like dust before the wind.

27 Gion shōja no / Kane no koe 7/5 Shogyō mujō no / Hibiki ari 7/5 Shara sōju no / Hana no iro 7/5 Jōsha hissui no / Kotowari o awarasu 7/9 Ogoreru hito mo / Hisashikarazu 7/6 Takeki mono mo / Tsui ni wa horobinu 6/8 Hitoe ni kaze no / Mae no chiri ni onaji 7/9 The bells of the Gion Temple bespeak of the impermanence of all things, and the hue of the Sala tree s blossoms reveals the truth that those who flourish must fade. The proud ones do not last forever, but are like the dream of a spring night. Even the mighty will perish, just like dust before the wind.

28 plot

29 plot the ascent of the Taira to power at the end of Heian

30 plot the ascent of the Taira to power at the end of Heian control of imperial court

31 plot the ascent of the Taira to power at the end of Heian control of imperial court fall from power; defeat led by Minamoto

32 themes refined Taira too close to court carry flute into battle visiting the most famous poet/scholar (Fujiwara no Shunzei) to drop of some poems before going into battle Barbaric Minamoto

33 from chapter seven I have been unable to call regularly during the last two or three years, even though poetry has remained very important to me. His majesty has already left the capital; my clan s good fortune has already ended. I had heard that an imperial poetic anthology was to be commissioned, and had thought it would be the greatest honor of my life for you to include even one poem by me. Now, alas, this turmoil has arisen and there has been no commission, but there is sure to be one after the restoration of peace. If this scroll contains a single suitable poem, and if you should see fit to include it, I would rejoice in my grave and become your guardian spirit.

34 Shunzei opened the scroll and looked at it. I could not possibly treat this keepsake lightly. Please have no fears on that score. Your coming here at this time shows how much the art of poetry means to you: I am moved to tears.

35 Courtly Eye for the Samurai Guy more attention to clothes than battles. Why?

36 Kamo no Chōmei ( )

37 Kamo no Chōmei ( ) Hōjōki (An Account of My Hut)

38 Kamo no Chōmei ( ) Hōjōki (An Account of My Hut) Walden Pond of Medieval Japan

39 Kamo no Chōmei ( ) Hōjōki (An Account of My Hut) Walden Pond of Medieval Japan insubstantiality of life

40 Kamo no Chōmei ( ) Hōjōki (An Account of My Hut) Walden Pond of Medieval Japan insubstantiality of life world in flux

41 The flow of the river is ceaseless and its water is never the same. The bubbles that float in the pools, now vanishing, now forming, are not of long duration. So in the world are man and his dwellings. It might be imagined that the houses, great and small, which vie roof against proud roof in the capital remain unchanged from one generation to the next, but when we examine whether this is true, how few are the houses that were there of old. Some were burnt last year and only since rebuilt; great houses have crumbled into hovels and those who dwell in them have fallen no less. The city is the same, the people are as numerous as ever, but of those I used to know, a bare one or two in twenty remain. They die in the morning, they are born in the evening, like foam on the water.

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43 No mention of the Gempei Wars Describes disasters (natural and manmade) fire, tornado, famine, earthquake gives up worldly possessions, but becomes attached to the hut.