The Taira clan, also known as the Heike, has reached unprecedented power and influence in Japan. Through strange and terrible circumstances, a biwa-playing girl finds herself enmeshed in the story of their political strife.
How can the Court possibly save face now?
‫أنى للبلاط بحفظ ماء الوجه الآن!
So kann der Kaiserhof
wohl kaum Gesicht wahren.
¿Cómo podría la corte
conservar su dignidad?
Sa conduite indigne entache
l’honneur de la cour.
Como a corte vai manter
sua reputação agora?