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bakufu
establishment, 2, 23, 30, 85, 110–11, 212; 
and Kamakura 
bakufu
legitimization, 
224–25; and 
kanbun
/
wabun
blending, 
114, 127–35; and language selection, 27; 
and literary pedigree, 65–66; in 
The 
Mirror of the Watchman in the Fields
, 
199–200; and multiple settings, 
97–100; multiple strands of, 219–20, 
226; overview, 279; and time, 105. 
Se
e a
lso
cosmological principles; court 
culture; court culture/authority, 
separation from; setting; truth
Azuma kagami
. See 
The Mirror of the East
Bai Juyi: 
The China Mirror
on, 174, 
176–77, 178, 179, 194; and mirror 
metaphor, 12n, 65; 
Notable Tales Old 
and New
on, 167; and 
The Tale of Genji
, 
79, 79–80n; 
Ten Teachings
on, 160
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Index
“Bailian jing” (The Hundredfold Mirror) 
(Bai Juyi), 12n
Baishōron. See 
Discussion on Plums and 
Pines
bakufu
. 
See
Ashikaga (Muromachi) 
bakufu
; Kamakura 
bakufu
Bialock, David, 6, 36, 43–44, 88n, 155n, 
156, 230n, 251n, 258n
Bodhisena, 228
Brown, Delmer, 183, 185–86
Brownlee, Joh
n S
., 18n
Brownstein, Michael, 14
Buddhism: 
The China Mirror
on, 147–48, 
149–50, 153–55, 170; and Chinese 
history, 147–48, 149–50; five precepts, 
74, 75–76; and Genpei War, 213; in 
The 
Great Mirror
, 41; and Hōji Distur-
bance, 217; and Jōkyū Disturbance, 
215; and local outlook, 121–27; 
Lotus 
Sutra
, 39, 43, 49n; and mirror 
metaphor, 13; and 
The Mirror of the 
Gods
, 269; 
The Mirror of the Watchman 
in the Fields
on, 229, 230–32, 234; and 
The New Mirror
, 62; and 
The Tale of 
the Heike
, 253, 254; 
Ten Teachings
on, 
163–65; on time as three realms, 101; 
and Wada Rebellion, 218. 
Se
e a
lso
cosmological principles; false speech; 
specific temples
Buddhist final age beliefs (
mappō
): absence 
in 
The China Mirror
, 188; and Genpei 
War, 51, 85, 107; in 
The Mirror of the 
East
, 210, 210–11n, 219; in 
The Mirror of 
the Watchman in the Fields
, 231–32; 
My 
Humble Thoughts
on, 2, 182, 186; and 
The New Mirror
, 50–51; and nostalgia, 
101; overview, 25–26, 35; and time, 
102–3, 104, 105; and 
The Water Mirror
, 
26, 101–2, 107, 126, 188, 210, 222, 265
Bunkyō hifuron
(Disquisition, Compris-
ing a Mirror of Writing and a 
Thesaurus of Rare Expressions) 
(Kūkai), 12, 13
Buretsu (emperor), 111
Burns, Susan, 14
capital. 
See
Kyoto
Catalogue of This Sovereignty’s Texts
(Honchō shojaku mokuroku) 
(Fujiwara no Sanefuyu), 76–77n, 182n, 
201n, 281n
Certeau, Michel de, 170, 172
The China Mirror
(Kara kagami) 
(Shigenori, c.1204–c.1294): absence of 
Buddhist final age beliefs in, 188; 
absence of cosmological principles in, 
173, 180–81, 188; continuities with past 
in, 87–88; dating of, 4; and