Mizukagami
The Mizukagami ( Japanese 水鏡 , dt. "Water level") is a historical tale ( 歴 史 物語 , rekishi monogatari ) from the late Heian to the beginning of the Kamakura period . The date of origin is assumed to be around 1195. It is believed that either Nakayama Tadachika (1131–1195) or Minamoto no Masayori (1127–1190) was the author of the Mizukagami. It consists of three chapters (Maki).
Overview
The Mizukagami counts with the three monogatari : Ōkagami ("large mirror"), Imakagami ("now mirror") and Masukagami ("clear mirror") to the " four mirrors " ( kagamimono ). It reports in chronological order of 57 generations beginning with the legendary Jimmu Tennō . The report is embedded in a framework. A young monk tells an old nun of 73 who is staying in Hase-dera one night about the report of an old hermit that the nun is writing down. The facts reported in Mizukagami are largely taken from the work Fusō Ryakuki ( 扶桑 略 記 , 1094) of the monk Kōen ( 皇 円 ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 水鏡 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved April 22, 2014 (Japanese).
- ↑ Komazawa University: 水鏡
literature
- 水鏡 . .j-texts,accessed on April 20, 2014(digitizedversion ofthe Mizukagami with Kana reading aid).
Web links
- 水鏡 . Komozawa University,accessed April 22, 2014(Japanese).