Plenty of Nothing

Emperor Antoku Enters the Water

Nojima Hiromi performs 壇ノ浦　ー安徳天皇入水ーより (From Dan-no-ura: Emperor Antoku Enters the Water) on the biwa. Listen.

 

Shin Heike Monogatari (1955)

Shin Heike Monogatari, starring Raizo Ichikawa, opened on this date in 1955. Source.

The Battle of Yashima

Today is the 838th anniversary of the Battle of Yashima, in which Nasu no Yoichi famously picked off a fan set up on a pole by a lady on one of the Heike boats. Source.

Yoshitsune Doll, ca. 1850

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Genpei War Map

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Taira no Shigehira

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Heike Monogatari (2021)

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Mongaku under the Waterfall

"Priest Mongaku under the Nachi Waterfall" by Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849). Source.

See McCullough, The Tale of the Heike, chapter 5, part 7.

Minister of the Lanterns

Tairi no Shigemori constructed a Buddhist hall of 48 bays, each with a lantern tended by pretty girls, to plant the seeds of good karma in the next life (see Heike Monogatari, chapter 3, part 13). Painting by Kuchiki Keigetsu, 1910. Source.

Atsumori

Taira no Atsumori, by Keigetsu Kikuchi. Source.