Swords, Oaths, and Prophetic Visions : : Authoring Warrior Rule in Medieval Japan / / Elizabeth A. Oyler.
Swords, Oaths, and Prophetic Visions investigates some of the most historically important political and social issues raised by the Genpei War (1180-1185). This epic civil conflict, which ushered in Japan's age of the warriors, is most famously articulated in the monumental narrative Heike mono...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2005] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 p.) :; 2 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Conventions and Sources
- Chapter One. The Heike monogatari and Narrating the Genpei War
- Chapter Two. Minamoto Yoritomo Dreams from Exile
- Chapter Three. Kiso Yoshinaka Petitioning Hachiman
- Chapter Four. Yoshitsune at Koshigoe Fealty Oaths, Fall from Grace
- Chapt er Five. The Soga Brothers Swords and Lineage
- Conclusion. Warrior Rule in Medieval Japan
- Appendix A. The Hôgen and Heiji Uprisings
- Appendix B. Genealogical Charts of the Seiwa Genji and the Itō
- Appendix C. Texts and Genres
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author