
The Heike Story
In the sea at Dan-no-ura, the battle turns to the Minamoto as the tide changes. Kiyomori's widow, Lady Nii, sinks into the sea holding the child Emperor Antoku, and Tokuko, who throws herself in after them, is pulled out, and Biwa begs her to live. Leaving Tokuko to pray for the dead at Ōhara, Biwa sets out to tell all she has witnessed to the sound of her biwa.