| The medieval Japanese prose Tale of Heike and tale | | | | have a high value for studying because the topic |
| of Genjii are the works that have a high historical | | | | covered in them gives the key explanation to the |
| value. They give the true picture of life in medieval | | | | modern Japanese culture, values, traditions and |
| Japan and cover the main aspects of life of Japanese | | | | mentality. Even though that these works were written |
| society of that period. These works have been | | | | centuries ago and refer to the events that may look to |
| translated by many historians and scientists. The most | | | | have no connection with modern life, still the values and |
| popular and most successful translation was made by | | | | ethics of Heian society and later of bushido code of |
| McCullough and Helen Craig. It gives an informative | | | | samurai lied into modern Japanese culture and |
| background that helps to better understand the | | | | mentality. |
| complicated nature of Japanese society. These works | | | | |