The Tales of the Heike (Translations from the Asian Classics) by Haruo Shirane [Editor]; Burton Watson [Translator];

Columbia University Press, 2006-06-27. Abridged. hardcover. Used: Good.

Columbia University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Columbia University Press , 2006 ix, 216 pp. "One of the most influential works in Japanese literature...new, abridged translation...of the work's most memorable episodes." Edited by Haruo Shirane. 17th-century woodblock illustrations. Purple cloth. Bright clean copy. DJ has some light shelf wear.

Columbia University Press, 2006. First edition, xii, 216p. Edited with an Introduction by Haruo Shirane. Hardbound in very-good condition, interior clean and unmarked, in very-good dj. Translations from the Asian Classics series.

Columbia University Press. 2006 1st edition.. A Fine copy in matching dustwrapper.. Plum cloth boards. 216pp illustrated 8vo 0.5kg.

New York & Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK: Columbia Univeristy Press, 2006. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Chang Jae Lee (Design). 216 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy and dust jacket! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy and dust jacket with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. Synopsis: The Tales of the Heike is one of the most influential works in Japanese literature and culture, remaining even today a crucial source for fiction, drama, and popular media. Originally written in the mid-thirteenth century, it features a cast of vivid characters and chronicles the epic Genpei war, a civil conflict that marked the end of the power of the Heike and changed the course of Japanese history. The Tales of the Heike focuses on the lives of both the samurai warriors who fought for two powerful twelfth-century Japanese clans-the Heike (Taira) and the Genji (Minamoto)-and the… Read More

Columbia University Press, 2006-06-27. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Columbia Univ Pr, 2006. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition abridged edition. 232 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.