Cover image, biwa hoshi, from "Shichiju-ichi Ban Shokunin Uta-awase," in Zusetsu Nihon no Koten, v.9. Tokyo: Shueisha

Photo courtesy of Komoda Haruko.

Illustration for "Ujigawa" Heike Monogatari Emaki. Mid-edo Period; collection of the Okayama Art Museum. Reproduced from Zusetsu Nihon no Koten, v.9, Tokyo: Shueisha, 1979.

Translations of Suzuki and Ujigawa: McCullough, Helen Craig, The Tale of the Heike. 1988 Stanford University Press. Stanford, California pp26-27

Based on the book "Ode to Joy" by Kitamura So, transl. by Mitachi Riho, 1989, Jiritsu Shobo, Tokyo. Partially rewritten by H. Komoda