THE STORY OF HOICHI THE EARLESS original: "Mimi-nashi-Hōïchï"

MORE than seven hundred years ago, at Dan-no-ura in the Straits of Shimonoseki, the final battle was fought in the long war between the Heike also known as the Taira clan and the Genji the Minamoto clan. In that place, the Heike perished completely, along with their women, their children, and their infant emperor as well—who is now remembered as Emperor Antoku original: "Antoku Tennō". That sea and shore have been haunted for seven hundred years. . . . Elsewhere I have told you about the strange crabs found there, called Heike crabs,