The Tale of the Heike by Adult, Viking -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Principal Figures in the Tale Book One

1. The Jetavana Temple 2. The Night Attack in the Palace 3. The Sea Bass 4. The Rokuhara Boys 5. One Man’s Glory 6. Giō 7. Empress to Two Sovereigns 8. The Clash over the Name Plaques 9. The Burning of Kiyomizudera 10. The Heir Apparent Named 11. The Collision with the Regent 12. Shishi-no-tani 13. The Fight over Ugawa 14. The Vows 15. The Palanquins of the Gods 16. The Burning of the Palace

Book Two

1. The Exile of the Abbot 2. The Adept Yixing 3. The Execution of Saikō 4. The Lesser Remonstrance 5. The Plea for Naritsune 6. The Remonstrance 7. The Signal Fires 8. The Exile of Narichika 9. The Akoya Pine 10. The Death of Narichika 11. Tokudaiji Sanesada’s Pilgrimage to Itsukushima 12. The Battle with the Rank-and-File Monks 13. The Ruin of Mount Hiei 14. Zenkōji Destroyed by Fire 15. Yasuyori’s Prayer 16. Stupas Cast into the Sea 17. Su Wu

Book Three

1. The Pardon 2. Stamping in Frenzy 3. The Imperial Birth 4. The Roster of Great Lords 5. The Rebuilding of the Great Pagoda 6. Raigō 7. Naritsune’s Return 8. Ariō 9. The Death of Shunkan 10. The Whirlwind 11. To Consult or Not the Chinese Physician 12. The Sword of Mourning 13. The Lanterns 14. Gold to China 15. The Confrontation with Jōken 16. The Ministers Banished 17. Yukitaka 18. The Exile of the Cloistered Emperor 19. The Seinan Detached Palace

Book Four

1. The Pilgrimage to Itsukushima 2. The Return 3. The Roster of Genji 4. The Weasels 5. Nobutsura 6. Kiō 7. The Appeal to Mount Hiei 8. The Appeal to Nara 9. The Interminable Debate 10. The Roster of Fighting Monks 11. The Battle on the Bridge 12. The Death of the Prince 13. The Prince’s Son Leaves the World 14. Tōjō 15. The Nightbird 16. The Burning of Miidera

Book Five

1. The Capital Moved to Fukuhara 2. Moon Viewing 3. Spirit Mischief 4. The Courier 5. The Roster of Imperial Foes 6. The Xianyang Palace 7. Mongaku’s Mighty Austerities 8. The Subscription List 9. Mongaku’s Exile 10. The Fukuhara Decree 11. The Fuji River 12. The Gosechi Dances 13. The Return to the Old Capital 14. The Burning of Nara

Book Six

1. The Death of Retired Emperor Takakura 2. Autumn Leaves 3. Aoi 4. Kogō 5. The Circular Letter 6. The Couriers 7. The Death of Kiyomori 8. Sutra Island 9. Jishinbō 10. The Gion Consort 11. A Roar from the Sky 12. The Battle Beside the Yokota River

Book Seven

1. Shimizu no Kanja 2. The Northern Campaign 3. The Pilgrimage to Chikubushima 4. The Battle at Hiuchi 5. A Prayer to Hachiman 6. The Rout Down Kurikara Ravine 7. The Battle at Shinohara 8. Sanemori 9. Genbō 10. Yoshinaka’s Letter to Mount Hiei 11. The Reply 12. The Heike Appeal to Mount Hiei 13. The Emperor’s Flight from the Capital 14. Koremori’s Flight from the Capital 15. The Honor of the Emperor’s Presence 16. Tadanori’s Flight from the Capital 17. Tsunemasa’s Flight from the Capital 18. Seizan 19. The Heike Flight from the Capital 20. The Flight from Fukuhara

Book Eight

1. The Imperial Journey to Mount Hiei 2. Natora 3. The Reel of Thread 4. The Flight from Dazaifu 5. His Cloistered Eminence Appoints a Supreme Commander 6. Nekoma 7. The Battle at Mizushima 8. The Death of Seno-o 9. Muroyama 10. The Tsuzumi Lieutenant 11. The Battle at Hōjūji

Book Nine

1. Ikezuki 2. First Across the Uji River 3. The Battle Beside the River 4. The Death of Kiso 5. The Execution of Higuchi 6. Six Clashes 7. The Roster of Forces at Mikusa 8. The Battle of Mikusa 9. The Old Horse 10. First or Second to Engage the Foe 11. The Double Attack 12. The Charge Down Hiyodori Ravine 13. The Death of Moritoshi 14. The Death of Tadanori 15. Shigehira Taken Alive 16. The Death of Atsumori 17. The Death of Tomoakira 18. Flight 19. Kozaishō Drowns

Book Ten

1. The Parade of Heads 2. The Gentlewoman at the Palace 3. Go-Shirakawa’s Decree to Yashima 4. The Heike Reply 5. The Precepts 6. Down the Tōkaidō 7. Senju-no-mae 8. Yokobue 9. Mount Kōya 10. Koremori Renounces the World 11. The Pilgrimage to Kumano 12. Koremori Drowns 13. The Three-Day Heike 14. Fujito 15. The Enthronement Festival

Book Eleven

1. Bow Oars 2. Katsu-ura and Ōzaka Pass 3. The Death of Tsuginobu 4. Nasu no Yoichi 5. The Dropped Bow 6. The Clash at Shido 7. The Cockfights and the Battle at Dan-no-ura 8. Long-Distance Arrows 9. The Drowning of Emperor Antoku 10. The Death of Noritsune 11. The Mirror’s Return to the Capital 12. The Sword 13. The Parade of Heike Captives 14. The Mirror 15. The Letters 16. The Beheading of Fukushō 17 Koshigoe 18. The Execution of Munemori 19. The Execution of Shigehira

Book Twelve

1 The Great Earthquake 2 The Indigo Dyer 3 The Exile of Tokitada 4 The Execution of Tosabō 5 Yoshitsune’s Flight 6 The Yoshida Grand Counselor 7 Rokudai 8 Rokudai at Hasedera 9 The Execution of Rokudai

The Initiates’ Book

1 Kenreimon-in Becomes a Nun 2 Kenreimon-in Moves to Ōhara 3 The Cloistered Emperor’s Visit to Ōhara 4 Passage Through the Six Realms 5 Kenreimon-in Enters Paradise

Ōan 4, Third Month, Fifteenth Day Genealogies

The Imperial Lineage The Heike (Taira) Lineage The Genji (Minamoto) Lineage The Fujiwara Lineage

Maps

The Provinces The Capital The Greater Palace Compound The Inner Palace Compound The Capital Area Central Honshu Shikoku and Neighboring Honshu Northern Kyushu

Hours, Eras, and Emperors