The Heike Story [ILLUSTRATED] by Eiji Yoshikawa; Fuki Wooyenaka Uramatsu; Kenkichi Sugimoto - 1989-12-15

crease on side edge of front cover, on top corner at spine on back cover, corners are bumped, some shelf wear to covers, binding is tight, text is bright and white, an excellent reading copy.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Charles E Tuttle Inc, New York, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Fifteenth Printing. Size: 12mo (small). 634 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. The Tale of the Heike is an epic account compiled prior to 1330 of the struggle between the Taira clan and Minamoto clan for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century in the Genpei War. Heike refers to the Taira, hei being the on'yomi reading of the first kanji and "ke" means family. The story is episodic in nature and designed to be told in a series of nightly instalments. While tinged with Buddhism, it is also a samurai epic focusing on warrior culture – an ideology that ultimately laid the… Read More