Two stories Hojoki and Tales of the Heike through various views to provide the different information about the late twelfth century of Japan. In story Hojoki, it focuses on author Kamo no Chomei’s personal experiences to describe a horrible period of time. It shows normal people were struggling for their life while the natural disasters occurred repeatedly. Those disasters including conflagration, whirlwind, famine, and earthquake. The story emphasizes that there were lots of people suffering during that period. However, the natural disasters were not the only things people had to deal with at that time. The government relocated their capital abruptly also brought a lot of misfortune, and people became homeless and more destitute through all
