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ated an analogous tie with its references to Sugawara no Michizane and
the continental literary tradition, the narrative setting at Anrakuji, the
temple built atop Michizane’s presumed grave.
66
Yet the surviving scrolls’
lack of a direct tie to the
Genji
suggests a move away from a narrative of
the past that defines its position in terms of that particular earlier work
and its ideas on historiography.
67
Still, Michizane was recognized before
his exile as one of the literary stars of the court. Thus, to identify with
him, rather than Murasaki, is not a complete break with the literary tra-
dition, but instead a reorientation. The first four
Mirrors
all hark back to
prominent writers who served at court, even temporarily. The more sig-
nificant cutting of ties with the literary culture of the court does not come
until
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