Like Clouds or Mists
Studies and Translations of No Plays of the Genpei War

Elizabeth A. Oyler (Edited by), Michael Watson (Edited by)

9781933947594

Paperback / softback, published 31 January 2014

564 pages
21 x 14 x 3.5 cm, 0.907 kg

This volume is organized to roughly follow the order of events presented in the Kakuichi-bon variant of the Heike. Essays and translations focus on a series of major events from the Heike: Kiyomori's rise (the Giō cycle of plays); Yoshinaka's push to the capital; the flight of the Heike and the battle of Ichi-no-tani; and the aftermath of the war. Each event features a series of one to three plays preceded by essays.