A long historical novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Drawing on The Tale of the Heike, it follows the Hogen and Heiji conflicts, the Genpei War, the fall of the Taira, and Yoshitsune's wandering as a broad human drama at the birth of samurai rule.

An epic novel centered on the fates of Kiyomori, Yoshitsune, Yoritomo, and others during the transition from late Heian society to the Kamakura order.