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Taiheiki
Japanese literature
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place in Japanese literature
- In Japanese literature: Kamakura period (1192–1333)
The Taiheiki (“Chronicle of the Great Peace”; Eng. trans. Taiheiki), for example, covers about 50 years, beginning in 1318, when the emperor Go-Daigo ascended the throne. Though revered as a classic by generations of Japanese, it possesses comparatively little appeal for Western readers, no doubt because…
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