Gukanshō
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is a historical and literary work about the history of Japan. Seven volumes in length, it was composed by Buddhist priest Jien of the Tendai sect around 1220.
right|thumb|200px|Jien, the author of Gukanshō (as rendered in a portrait found in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
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