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Minamoto Yoshitsune

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1MataHari07 Premier message
Nov 10, 2007, 12:36 am

Hi,
I just got interested in historical fiction and was wondering if there were any books out there about yoshitsune Minamoto.

2enheduanna
Modifié : Nov 10, 2007, 3:10 am

Oh, I hope you get some good recs because I'd love to read books about him myself. He's a character in The Heike Story, but the book ends right after he escapes from the monastery, and so he doesn't really get to shine. But I did enjoy the parts of the book that he was in. Everything else I have is non-fiction or plays, so I can't really help more with your request.

3lilisin
Modifié : Nov 11, 2007, 4:41 pm

This is from wikipedia:

In addition to The Tale of the Heike and Chronicle of Yoshitsune (Gikeiki), which relates events of Yoshitsune's life after the defeat of the Heike, a great many other works of literature and drama feature him, and together form the sekai ("world") of Yoshitsune, a concept akin to the Western notion of the literary cycle.

These include:

* Yoshitsune Shin Takadachi (jōruri)
* Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (jōruri and kabuki)
* Kanjinchō (kabuki)

You can try to find translations to the kabuki mentioned although that might be a bit difficult.

4lilisin
Nov 11, 2007, 4:42 pm

From the website:
http://www.gotterdammerung.org/japan/literature/classics.html

Yoshitsune (Yoshitsune)

* Written b/n 1400-50, anonymous
* Covers 1159-89
* War tale about the life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
* Translated by Helen Craig McCullough; Stanford, 1966; ISBN: 0-8047-0270-5
* Excellent, highly recommended

5enheduanna
Nov 11, 2007, 6:39 pm

Apart from classical literature, does anyone know of any modern historical fiction?