noun
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
A 13th-century Japanese epic account of the Genpei War and the fall of the Taira clan.
平家物語は琵琶法師によって語り継がれた。
The Tale of the Heike was passed down by biwa-playing minstrels.
「祇園
"The sound of the Gion Shōja bells" is the famous opening of The Tale of the Heike.