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cribs for the classics, such as
Genji binkagami
(Hand-Mirror for the Genji,
published in 1660), which Peter Kornicki describes as “a condensed ver-
sion of the tale that included an illustration and a haiku for each of the
fifty-four chapters.”
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Other
Mirrors
focus on more practical matters, such
as the slightly later
Onna fūzoku tamakagami
(Jeweled Mirror of Man-
ners for Women, published in 1732), which the Kyoto Institute, Library
and Archives website characterizes as “an illustrated instructive manual
on personal appearance for women.”
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In addition to works such as these,
the historiographic
Mirrors
discussed in the present study continued to
be copied and/or printed in this period as well.
How did this happen? What is the relationship between the medi-
eval historiographic
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