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Gods and 
Sovereigns
, 245–46; historical context 
of, 141–42, 143–44; institutional 
orientation of, 206, 269; language 
selection in, 173, 190–94, 
192
, 196; 
mirror metaphor in, 181, 188–90, 281; 
and 
The Mirror of the East
, 143n, 144, 
202, 221, 222; movable mandate in, 
169, 190; and ordering the past, 29; 
and received narrative, 16, 17n, 18, 19; 
setting in, 45, 142, 143, 144–45, 173, 
174–80, 220–21; and shifts in 
Mirror
genre, 141, 141–42n, 142–43; text 
details, 139; versions of, 191; warrior 
readership of, 143–44, 159, 168, 181, 190, 
195, 196; and 
The Water Mirror
, 137, 
143, 173–74, 190. Se
e a
lso 
The China 
Mirror
on Chinese history; preface of 
The China Mirror
The China Mirror
on Chinese history, 
145, 146–57; on Buddhism, 147–48, 
149–50, 153–55, 170; China as object of 
knowledge, 169–73, 196; double image, 
142, 155–56, 166, 195; on governance, 
148–49, 151n, 152–53; on high culture, 
151–52; and separation from court 
culture/authority, 180; on social 
disorder, 150, 151, 153; and 
Ten 
Teachings
, 159; universalization, 
147–48, 150, 155, 160, 195. Se
e a
lso 
The 
China Mirror
on decline
The China Mirror
on decline: and 
Buddhism, 154–55; and 
The Clear 
Mirror
, 265; and double image, 142, 

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155–56, 166; and governance, 153; and 
high culture, 152; and 
The Mirror of the 
East
, 222; and movable mandate, 
168–69; and warrior readership, 190, 
195
China Tales
(Kara monogatari) (Shig-
enori, 1135–87), 54–58, 83, 151
Chinese history: as analytical category, 
145–46; 
China Tales
on, 54–58; and 
Gods and Sovereigns
, 245n; 
Notable 
Tales Old and New
on, 157–58, 166–68; 
as source of prestige, 139–40, 142, 155. 
Se
e a
lso 
The China Mirror
on Chinese 
history; 
Ten Teachings
Chinese literary influence: and mirror 
metaphor, 11–13, 181; and received 
narrative, 13–14; and synthesis, 10–11. 
Se
e a
lso 
kanbun
Chino Kaori, 145, 160
Chōken, 34, 75, 77–78, 81
A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns
(Jinnō 
shōtōki) (Kitabatake Chikafusa): 
cosmological principles in, 244, 245, 
246–48, 272; dating of, 242–43; and 
divided court, 240, 243; language 
selection in, 244, 254n; and 
Mirror
genre, 245–46; and movable mandate, 
169n; readership of, 244n; setting in, 
254n, 272; text details, 238; time in, 
103, 136
chronicles. 
See
court/official histories
Chronicles of Japan
(Nihongi), 76, 123, 
277n
Chūai (emperor), 183–84
Chunqiu
, 245n
civil war (1180–85). 
See
Genpei War
Classic of Poetry
(Shijing), 11, 172
The Clear Mirror
(Masukagami) 
(Yoshimoto): absence of cosmological 
principles in, 258–59, 265, 272–73, 274; 
Anglophone scholarship on, 18; dating 
of, 4, 255n, 258n, 273; and divided 
court, 240; language selection in, 
254n, 255, 
256
, 260; nostalgia in, 
264–66; and ordering the past, 29; 
pessimism of, 263–64; received 
narrative on, 16, 17; setting in, 259–60, 
272; on social disorder, 260–63; and