in which I'm very disrespectful of ancient books

[narugami]

I went to the university library today to get some work done and while there, found that they had a translation of Yoshitsune/the Gikeiki (15th-century novel). They also had the Tale of the Heike, but there's only so much depressing stuff I can take at once.

Things I've learned from this book, including the introduction by the translator:

Comments

[pellucere]

Man, the Japanese were doing real-person fic before real-person fic existed.

Now that's what I call old-school!

(I want to read this book.)

[narugami]

Basically, yep :D And you can borrow it when I'm done~