The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari), often referred to as Japan’s “epic,” is the subject of a lively new translation by Royall Tyler, the preeminent translator of Japanese classics. A work on ...
Elizabeth Oyler
Elizabeth Oyler is Associate Professor of Japanese at the University of Illinois. She is author of Swords, Oaths, and Prophetic Visions: Authoring Warrior Rule in Medieval Japan and articles on The Tale of the Heike and other medieval works of literature and drama. 