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 | | Genji: The Minamoto clan, which fought against the Heike (Taira) clan during the Genpei wars and eventually defeated them at the battle of Dannoura in western Honshû in 1185. |
 | | The chronicles of these wars and its hero, Minamoto Yoshitsune, were very popular subjects for ukiyo-e prints and ehon. |
 | | More specifically, the term jôruri derives from the medieval oral narrative Jôruri Gozen monogatari ("The Tale of Princess Jôruri"), which recounts a brief romance between the legendary Minamoto no Yoshitsune and a young woman who rescues him during an illness and reveals that she is the incarnation of Yakushi Nyorai, the Buddha of Healing. |
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