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Ōkagami, The Great MirrorHelen Craig McCullough

Shinto and Japanese Religion

Ōkagami, The Great Mirror

Fujiwara Michinaga (966–1027) and His Times

by Helen Craig McCullough · Helen Craig McCullough (trans.)

A translation and study of the Ōkagami, a historical tale of the Fujiwara regents told by two very old men. It includes the famous episode of Abe no Seimei reading the abdication of Emperor Kazan in the heavens.

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