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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCullough, Helen Craig, author.

Contributor:

McCullough, Helen Craig.

Fujiwara, Tamenari, active 12th century.

Fujiwara, Yoshinobu, 995-1065.

Series:

Princeton library of Asian translations.

Princeton Library of Asian Translations ; 85

Standardized Title:

Ōkagami. English.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--History--Heian period, 794-1185.

Japan.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 family that dominated the court during most of the Helan period.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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

Notes:

Variously ascribed to Fujiwara Tamenari, Fujiwara Yoshinobu, and others. Cf. Fujimura's Nihon bungaku daijiten; Kyōto Daigaku's Nihon shi jiten.

Translation of Ōkagami, "Nihon koten bungaku taikei text, based on the Tomatsubon."

Includes a bibliography and index.

Bibliography: p. [361]-365.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Related Work:

Fujiwara, Tamenari, active 12th century. Ōkagami.

Fujiwara, Yoshinobu, 995-1065. Ōkagami.

ISBN:

0-691-64342-3

1-4008-5593-4

0-691-61608-6

OCLC:

899261524