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The 
Water Mirror
, 98–99. 
Se
e a
lso
setting, 
in 
The China Mirror
court/official histories, 4–6, 7–8, 17n, 39, 
246; tales as alternative to, 6–7, 22
Daolong, 143n
decline. 
See
Buddhist final age beliefs; 
The China Mirror
on decline
Discussion on Plums and Pines
(Baishōron), 241; and cosmological 
principles, 249–50, 265, 272; dating of, 
242–43; and divided court, 240, 243; 
language selection in, 248, 254n; 
setting in, 244, 248–49, 254n, 272; text 
details, 238
Disquisition, Comprising a Mirror of 
Writing and a Thesaurus of Rare 
Expressions
(Bunkyō hifuron) (Kūkai), 
12, 13
divided court, 239–40, 243, 255, 258, 
265, 266
Dōkyō, 112, 208
dōri
, 2, 3n, 23, 182. 
Se
e a
lso
cosmological 
principles
Dou (Chinese dowager empress), 151
Dykstra, Yoshiko, 166
Edo period, 275–78
Egan, Ron, 164n
Ehon Azuma kagami
(The Illustrated 
Mirror of Eastern Wives), 275
Ehon masukagami
(The Complete 
[ten-tenths] Illustrated Mirror), 275, 
275–76n
Ehon taka kagami
(An Illustrated Mirror 
of Falconry), 275
Eiga Monogatari
(Tale of Flowering 
Fortunes) (Akazome Emon), 8–9, 15, 
76, 265n
emplotment, 106n
Endō Keita, 5n
Engyōji temple, 227–28
Ennin, 112, 113
En no Gyōja, 99, 122
Eubanks, Charlotte, 142, 170
Exegesis of the Chronicles of Japan
(Shaku 
Nihongi), 126–27n, 209
eyewitness: and authority, 134; and 
language selection, 27, 82, 126, 129–31, 
132; and local outlook, 126
false speech: 
Collected Treasures
on, 
75–77, 78, 79; 
The New Mirror
on, 
78–82; 
One-Volume Sutra
on, 75, 77, 
78, 81; and social disorder, 74–75; and 
The Tale of Genji
, 9, 74, 77–78, 79–81

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Index
311
four-
kalpa
view of time. 
See
time as 
endless cycle
Fujiwara family, 50, 64. Se
e a
lso 
specific 
people
Fujiwara no Fusasaki, 64
Fujiwara no Kamatari, 41
Fujiwara no Michinaga: death of, 50, 60; 
The Great Mirror
’s focus on, 25n, 38, 
39, 41, 42, 82; and karma, 41, 67, 104; 
The New Mirror
on, 60, 61; and 
Shōshi, 73
Fujiwara no Momokawa, 112
Fujiwara no Moronaga, 71
Fujiwara no Nobuzane, 82n. Se
e a
lso 
New Tales
Fujiwara no Sanefuyu, 76–77n
Fujiwara no Shigenori (1135–87), 54–58, 
83, 151
Fujiwara no Shigenori (c.1204–c.1294), 
140, 143, 202, 221. Se
e a
lso 
The China 
Mirror
Fujiwara no Sumitomo, 5, 6n
Fujiwara no Tadamichi, 71
Fujiwara no Tadazane, 71
Fujiwara no Takanori, 140
Fujiwara no Tametsune, 58. Se
e a
lso 
The 
New Mirror
Fujiwara no Teika, 141, 282
Fujiwara no Tokihira, 40
Fujiwara no Tsunefusa, 218n
Fujiwara no Yorinaga, 53, 71
Fukazawa Tōru, 181, 182n
Fukuda Akimichi, 17n, 18, 21n, 
248n, 249n
Fukunaga Susumu, 17n, 25n
Fundamentals of Governance from the 
Zhenguan era
(Zhenguan zhengyao), 
12, 179n, 189n, 207n
Fushimi (emperor), 225n
Fusō ryakki
. See 
Abbreviated Records of 
the Land of the Rising Sun
future: and cosmological principles, 100, 
105–6, 107, 187;