When the protagonist of this work's first section dies, his body is so feverishly hot that it boils water.
When the protagonist of this work's first section dies, his body is so feverishly hot that it boils water. The first part also recounts the sending of the circular letter after the death of the servant girl Aoi. Another section, entitled "The Sea Bass" in Helen Craig McCullogh's translation, contains an anecdote explaining the good luck of the warrior Kiyomori , yet upon Kiyomori's death, his son Munemori takes over leadership of the Taira, leading to the clan's demise at the hands of the Minamoto clan. For 10 points, name this chronicle of the Gempei War, a classic work of 14th-century Japanese literature.
When the protagonist of this work's first section dies, his body is so feverishly hot that it boils water.
the {Tale of the Heike} or {Heike monogatari}