OKAGAMI, The Great Mirror : : Fujiwara Michinaga (966-1027) and His Times / / Helen Craig McCullough.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: McCullough, Helen Craig,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1980
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations ; 85
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (394 p.)

Presented here in a new and complete translation is the Japanese classic Okagami, an historical talc that mirrors a man's life and the times in which he lived. Dating from the late eleventh or early twelfth century, it focuses on Fujiwara Michinaga, the leading political figure in the great fam...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Translator's Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter One
• Chapter Two
• Chapter Three
• Chapter Four
• Chapter Five
• Chapter Six
• Appendix A. Persons and Places Mentioned in the Text
• Appendix B. Translations from Other Ōkagami Textual Lines
• Appendix C. Chronology of the Ōkagami Period
• Appendix D. The Fujiwara Role in Japanese Court History from Kamatari to Michinaga
• Figure 1. Heiankyō
• Figure 2. The Greater Imperial Palace (Daidairi)
• Figure 3. The Imperial Residential Compound (Dairi)
• Figure 4. The Emperor's Residence (Seiryōden)
• List of Works Cited
• Index