The Tale of the Heike

E424385
Japanese epic medieval Japanese literature war tale

The Tale of the Heike is a classic Japanese epic that recounts the rise and fall of the Taira clan during the late Heian period, exploring themes of impermanence, war, and Buddhist morality.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
The Tale of the Heike canonical 4
Heike Monogatari 2
featured prominently in The Tale of the Heike 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese epic ⓘ
medieval Japanese literature ⓘ
war tale ⓘ
associatedWith biwa hōshi ⓘ
circulationForm oral recitation ⓘ
written manuscripts ⓘ
compositionDate 13th century ⓘ
containsEpisode death of Taira no Atsumori ⓘ
flight of Emperor Antoku ⓘ
illness and death of Taira no Kiyomori ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
culturalStatus classic of Japanese literature ⓘ
earliestCompilationPeriod Kamakura period ⓘ
genre gunki monogatari ⓘ
hasMultipleVersions yes ⓘ
historicalPeriodDepicted Kamakura period ⓘ
surface form: early Kamakura period

Heian period ⓘ
surface form: late Heian period
influenceOn Japanese historical fiction ⓘ
Japanese warrior ethos ⓘ
kabuki theater ⓘ
surface form: Kabuki theatre

Noh theatre ⓘ
keyCharacter Emperor Antoku NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minamoto no Yoshitsune ⓘ
Taira no Atsumori ONNED1 ⓘ
Taira no Kiyomori ⓘ
keyEventDepicted Battle of Dan-no-ura ⓘ
Battle of Ichi-no-Tani ⓘ
Battle of Yashima ⓘ
language Classical Japanese ⓘ
literaryForm epic ⓘ
literaryMotive mujō (impermanence) ⓘ
mainTheme Buddhist morality ⓘ
impermanence ⓘ
rise and fall of clans ⓘ
war ⓘ
moralPerspective Buddhist retribution ⓘ
transience of worldly power ⓘ
narrativeForm oral performance literature ⓘ
prose ⓘ
notableVersion Kakuichi-bon ⓘ
openingLine The sound of the Gion Shōja bells echoes the impermanence of all things ⓘ
originalTitle The Tale of the Heike self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 平家物語
performanceMedium biwa ⓘ
religiousContext Buddhism ⓘ
Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ
romanizedTitle The Tale of the Heike self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Heike Monogatari
structure episodic chapters ⓘ
multiple books ⓘ
studiedIn Japanese literature ⓘ
subject Genpei War ⓘ
Taira clan ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taira no Kiyomori → portrayedIn → The Tale of the Heike ⓘ
Minamoto no Yoshitsune → culturalDepiction → The Tale of the Heike ⓘ
retired Emperor Sutoku → mentionedIn → The Tale of the Heike ⓘ
subject surface form: Retired Emperor Sutoku
this entity surface form: Heike Monogatari
Taira clan → culturalDepiction → The Tale of the Heike ⓘ
Battle of Dan-no-ura → notableAspect → The Tale of the Heike ⓘ
this entity surface form: featured prominently in The Tale of the Heike
Battle of Dan-no-ura → representedIn → The Tale of the Heike ⓘ
The Tale of the Heike → originalTitle → The Tale of the Heike self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 平家物語
The Tale of the Heike → romanizedTitle → The Tale of the Heike self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heike Monogatari