Mizukagami
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is a Japanese rekishi monogatari. It is believed to have been written in the around the onset of the Kamakura period . It has been credited to Nakayama Tadachika or Minamoto Masayori, but the actual writer is unknown. It is the third book of the four mirror series.
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- Author
- Kuroita, Katsumi
- First published
- 1939
- Editions
- 2
- Subjects
- History
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is a Japanese rekishi monogatari. It is believed to have been written in the around the onset of the Kamakura period . It has been credited to Nakayama Tadachika or Minamoto Masayori, but the actual writer is unknown. It is the third book of the four mirror series.
It deals with the oldest time-period, starting with the legendary Emperor Jimmu and ending with Emperor Ninmyō. It is told by a fictitious old woman who is visited by a bhikkhu while staying at Hase-dera. All the facts are taken from ca. 1150 by Kōen, the teacher of Hōnen.
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