Gukanshō
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- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Jien
- Country of origin
- Kamakura shogunate
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- publication date
- 1220-00-00
- number of parts of this work
- 7
- language of work or name
- Late Middle Japanese
- copyright status
- public domain
- title
- 愚管抄
- inception
- 1220-00-00
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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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