French version
Taiheiki太平記alternative words: Taihei-ki, Taihei ki keywords: book related topics: Kamakura shogunate , Muromachi shogunate , Emperor Godaigo , Ashikaga Yoshimitsu , Nanbokucho period related web sites: http://office.independence.co.jp/taihei/ , http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~wx7s-yngd/e01/e01.html , http://www9.big.or.jp/~hiroshi1/history.htm explanation: Contrary to its name may suggest (Taiheiki means "chronicle of the peace"), it is a war tale. Composed of 40 volumes, it covers the fall of Kamakura shogunate by Emperor Godaigo in 1333 to the stabilization of Muromachi shogunate by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, by passing the period of "Southern and northern courts" when there existed simultaneously 2 emperors. With the participation of several authors (Kojima hoshi is one of them), it was completed in 1371. | |