"Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba" (Illustrated Account of the Mongol Invasions) by Giuseppina Aurora Testa

“…This paper is a study of a Japanese illustrated handscroll produced in the late Kamakura period (1185-1333), the Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba, that provides an invaluable pictorial account of the two attempted Mongol invasions of Japan in the years 1274 and 1281. It was copied and restored, with some images significantly altered, during the Edo period (1615-1868). …”
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The Mythic Experience: The Audiovisual Spectacle of the Biwa Hoshi Narrative and Performance in Ghost of Tsushima by Carmel Anne B. Abela

“…However, as a historical video game that reimagines a thirteenth-century medieval Japanese society during the events of the Mongol invasion of Japan in 1274, careful examination of its represented form is necessary since it can tell us how a player is instructed to play with the reimagined past or what about the past is deemed important (Chapman; Balela and Mundy; McCall). …”
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