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The Tales Of Heike By Chongmei Analysis

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“Hojoki” is the collections of essays written by Chomei in the Kamakura period. This literature is for Buddhist concept of impermanence. “The Tales of Heike” is the story of the Genji war, the fight between Taira and Minamoto clans for control of Japan. Both literatures have pretty similar main points of the topic through the Buddhism and the criticism of the life. However, we can also compare both literature for the societies of Japan in late twelfth century, Kamakura period, because they each have different points of view. In the Hojoki, it provides the change of the capital and the emperors through the nature disasters and personal life. The dates of conflagration, typhoon, famine, and earthquake in Japan are pretty specific in the essay.

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