Sunday, March 2, 2025

The Tale of the Heike: Materials

 Hitatare: robe of the samurai, worn by itself or under a suit of armor


Samurai armor from shortly after the Genpei War (which is the subject of The Tale of the Heike)


Samurai on horseback


The Tale of the Heike was originally performed by a blind biwa (lute) player. The performance in the video below is of the chapter titled "Nasu no Yoichi" in our version of the text (pages 366-368 of the PDF). 



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