The New Tale of Taira (3) - Yoshikawa, Eiji
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In this book, you read Kiyomori Taira in his prime, aged between forty and fifty. He had eliminated his military rival, Yoshitomo Minamoto. Yoshitomo's beautiful mistress, Tokiwa, turned herself in at Rokuhara. Kiyomori pardoned her little boys from the death penalty. Kiyomori fell in love with Tokiwa, and Tokiwa loved him. Nevertheless, Kiyomori only visited her once at home. Tokiwa married a nobleman and overcame Konnomaru's accusation of infidelity to her husband. Kiyomori showed not only his military but also his political qualities. The most powerful politician in Japan, Goshirakawa, saw…mehr

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In this book, you read Kiyomori Taira in his prime, aged between forty and fifty. He had eliminated his military rival, Yoshitomo Minamoto. Yoshitomo's beautiful mistress, Tokiwa, turned herself in at Rokuhara. Kiyomori pardoned her little boys from the death penalty. Kiyomori fell in love with Tokiwa, and Tokiwa loved him. Nevertheless, Kiyomori only visited her once at home. Tokiwa married a nobleman and overcame Konnomaru's accusation of infidelity to her husband. Kiyomori showed not only his military but also his political qualities. The most powerful politician in Japan, Goshirakawa, saw his politics as safe only with Kiyomori's army in the background. Goshirakawa deliberately tied Kiyomori to his side. Kiyomori used the favorable situation to support the political upswing of Taira. Kiyomori's brothers, sons, and tribe members occupied essential positions in the state. Goshirakawa appointed him to the highest office of a subject, prime minister. Goshirakawa married Shigeko, Kiyomori's sister-in-law. She gave birth to a prince who ascended to the throne and became Emperor Takakura. Taira's political rise was accomplished without violence. Kiyomori relegated the Fujiwara family to the political sidelines. With his power and wealth, Kiyomori managed the most significant building project in the Taira era: constructing the Owada trading port in Fukuhara. The undertaking was technically demanding and economically costly. He financed the port from private funds. Kiyomori was far ahead of his contemporaries with his entrepreneurial spirit and open-mindedness towards foreign cultures.
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Eiji Yoshikawa (1892 - 1962) is one of Japan's best-known writer as of popular literature. He wrote novels about historical characters and themes from an early age. From 1935 to 1939, he published the serial novel Miyamoto Musashi in a weekly newspaper. Japanese read no other serial novel as widely as Miyamoto Musashi. His literary portrayal of the famous swordsman resonated strongly with the Japanese suffering under the miserable circumstances of the Second World War. As renowned literature novel, Miyamoto Musashi was a great success. Eiji Yoshikawa was very disappointed by the defeat of the Second World War and the unimaginable destruction of Japan and was unable to write for several years. He only began writing the great novel Shin Heike Monogatari, The New Tale of Taira, in 1950 and completed it after 7 years. In this novel, which Shukan Asahi published as a newspaper series, Eiji Yoshikawa interpreted the classic novel The Tale of The Heike from a new perspective. The Taira tribe perishes in the power struggle against arch-rival Minamoto. This long novel appealed to many Japanese, whom the postwar situation badly shook. A literature scholar says this novel is his life's work and Japan's eternal literature. Kodansha published 1989 the paperback version with 16 volumes. Shinchosha followed in 2014 with 20 books.