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Heike Köfer
Heike may refer to: * Heike (name), a (not exclusively) feminine given name and a surname * Taira clan, sometimes referred to as "Heike" * Heike crab, a species of crab named after the Taira (Heike) clan * Heike Ondo, a Japanese folk song * Heike Shamisen, a Japanese musical instrument * The Tale of the Heike is an epic account compiled prior to 1330 of the struggle between the Taira clan and Minamoto clan for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century in the Genpei War (1180–1185). It has been translated into English at least five times. ..., an epic account of clan struggle {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heike (name)
Heike is a given name of Germanic origin, most commonly but not exclusively female. The male form is Heiko. Heike is also a surname. Notable persons with this name include: Given name Feminine * Heike Blaßneck (born 1971), German hurdler * Heike Balck (born 1970), German high jumper * Heike Klippel (born 1960), German film and media studies scholar. * Heike Dähne (born 1961), German swimmer * Heike Drechsler (born 1964), German track and field athlete * Heike Faber (born 1965), German television actress * Heike Fassbender, German mathematician * Heike Fischer (born 1982), German diver * Heike Friedrich (born 1970), German freestyle swimmer * Heike Henkel (born 1964), German athlete * Heike Hennig (born 1966), German choreographer and director * Heike Heubach (born 1979), German politician * Heike Kemmer (born 1962), German equestrian gold medalist * Heike Koerner (born 1973), Mexican backstroke swimmer * Heike Langguth (born 1979), German vice-champion in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taira Clan
The was one of the four most important Japanese clans, clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian period, Heian period of History of Japan, Japanese history – the others being the Minamoto clan, Minamoto, the Fujiwara clan, Fujiwara, and the Tachibana clan (kuge), Tachibana. The clan is divided into four major groups, named after the Emperor of Japan, emperors they descended from: Emperor Kanmu, Kanmu Heishi, Emperor Ninmyō, Ninmyō Heishi, Emperor Montoku, Montoku Heishi, and Emperor Kōkō, Kōkō Heishi, the most influential of which was the Kanmu Heishi line. In the twilight of the Heian period, the Taira controlled the boy emperor Emperor Antoku, Antoku (himself the grandson of the powerful ''Kugyō'' Taira no Kiyomori) and had effectively dominated the Imperial capital of Heian-kyō, Heian. However, they were opposed by their rivals the Minamoto clan (the Genji), which culminated in the Genpei War (1180–1185 AD). The five-year-long war concluded with a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heike Crab
is a species of crab native to Japan, with a shell that bears a pattern resembling a human face – an example of the phenomenon of pareidolia – which is interpreted to be the face of an angry samurai, hence the nickname samurai crab. The crabs are named after the once powerful Taira clan which dominated medieval Japan, commonly known as the Heike. It is believed that these crabs are reincarnations of the Heike warriors defeated at the naval Battle of Dan-no-ura as told in ''The Tale of the Heike''. While the crabs are edible, they are not eaten by most Japanese. Origin of the carapace pattern Heikegani were used by Carl Sagan in his popular science television series ''Cosmos: A Personal Voyage'' as an example of unintentional artificial selection, an interpretation originally published by Julian Huxley in 1952. According to this hypothesis, the crabs with shells resembling samurai were thrown back to the sea by fishermen out of respect for the Heike warriors, while those n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heike Shamisen
The ''heike shamisen'' ( Japanese: 平家三味線), is a Japanese musical instrument, member of the shamisen family. Like its other counterparts, the heike shamisen has three strings, a slender neck, a body taut with skin, and it is plucked with a plectrum called a bachi. Construction What is peculiar about the heike shamisen is that it is made particularly for the use in one song, called Heike Ondo, which is a folk song from Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As the song calls for a higher range of notes, the heike shamisen is constructed with a shorter neck than conventional shamisen. It is possible to use a normal-sized shamisen in place of a heike shamisen, but it must be prepared with a capo device, known as "kase" in Japanese. In Japanese music, there is a buzzy sound quality that is often preferred called "sawari," and this effect is adjusted by a device often found built into the shamisen, that raises or lowers the 1st string at the nut. A drawback to using a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
