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Discussion on Plums 
and Pines
politics. 
See
social disorder
preface of 
The China Mirror
: on decline, 
155; language selection in, 194; mirror 
metaphor in, 181, 188–90, 281; and 
The 
Mirror of the East
, 143n; overview, 146; 
and past as object of knowledge, 
170–71; poetry in, 229; setting in, 
174–75, 176, 177, 179
prefaces: absence in 
The Mirror of the 
East
, 208–10, 221–22; absence in 
The 
Mirror of the Gods
, 267; commonalities 
among 
Mirrors
, 10, 17n; in 
Disquisi-
tion, Comprising a Mirror of Writing 
and a Thesaurus of Rare Expressions
, 12, 
13; in 
The Great Mirror
, 37–38, 43, 45; 
in 
The Mirror of the Watchman in the 
Fields
, 202, 226–27; in 
My Humble 
Thoughts
, 183; in 
The New Mirror
, 59, 
61, 63–64, 65–67, 68, 104; in 
The Tale 
of the Heike
, 253–54; in 
The Water 
Mirror
, 89, 91–93, 96–97, 99, 100–102, 
127, 130. 
See also
preface of 
The China 
Mirror
principles. 
See
cosmological principles
Rabinovitch, Judit
h N.
, 15n
Record of Miraculous Events of Japan
(Nihon ryōiki) (Kyōkai), 25
A Record of the Jōkyū Years
(Jōkyūki), 
86n, 103, 136
Records of the Grand Historian
(Shiji), 13n, 
172
rekishi monogatari
. 
See
historical tales
Rekishi monogatari kōza
(Short Studies 
on Historical Tales), 16n

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Index
319
Richū (emperor), 111
Ricoeur, Paul, 21–22, 101n, 110, 222, 223
Ri Yuri, 11–12n
Rohlich, Thomas, 81
Rokujō Arifusa. See 
The Mirror of the 
Watchman in the Fields
romanticization of past. 
See
nostalgia
Ryōbu Shinto, 234n
Ryūgaiji Temple, 97–99
Sadafusa (tonsured prince), 144n
Saichō, 112
Sakakibara Kunihiko, 68n
Sakurai Hironori, 3n, 68n
samsara, 101n
San du fu
(Three Capitals Rhapsody) 
(Zuo Si), 276n
“Sanemori” (Zeami), 136
Sankaiki
(A Minister’s Logbook) 
(Tadachika), 89–91, 113, 134, 139–40
Sarashina nikki
, 81
Sasaki Kaoru, 212, 216, 218, 234, 244
Sasaki Kiichi, 266n, 267
The Sayings of Confucius
, 172
Scheid, Bernhard, 213n
Seiryōji Temple, 259
Selinger, Vyjayanthi, 252
Senshi (princess), 59–60
setsuwa
, 25, 94n
setting, 4, 23, 
24
; in 
The China Mirror
, 45, 
142, 143, 144–45, 173, 174–80, 220–21; 
in 
The Clear Mirror
, 259–60, 272; and 
connections to court culture, 64–65; in 
Gods and Sovereigns
, 254n, 272; in 
The 
Great Mirror
, 23, 43–46, 132n; and 
language selection, 132; in 
The Mirror 
of the Gods
, 254n, 267–68, 272; in 
The 
Mirror of the Watchman in the Fields
, 
227–28, 235; and multiple strands of 
authority, 219–20, 226; in 
The New 
Mirror
, 63–65, 82; overview, 279; in 
Plums and Pines
, 244, 248–49, 254n, 
272; in 
The Tale of the Heike
, 253; in 
The 
Water Mirror
, 45, 97–100. 
See also
court 
culture/authority, separation from
Shaku Nihongi
(Exegesis of The Chroni-
cles of Japan), 126–27n, 209
Shao Weng, 152
Shiji
(Records of the Grand Historian), 
13n, 172
Shijing
(Classic of Poetry), 11, 172
Shijō (emperor), 260
Shikidō ōkagami
(The Great Mirror of the 
Erotic Way), 276
Shimokawa Ryōko, 245n
Shimotsuki Disturbance (1285), 224
Shinmeikyō
or
 Shinmei kagami
. See 
The 
Mirror of the Gods
Shinoda, Minoru, 18, 206
Shinto, 243
Shin’yō wakashū
(New Leaves Waka 
Collection), 240
Shirakawa (Emperor), 50
Shirane, Haruo, 14n
Shishigatani incident (1177), 85
Shi zuo zhenjun canjun jing Qua zuo
(Composed upon Passing Through 
Qua, Having Been Named General) 
(Tao Yuanming), 177–78
Shoen ōkagami
(The Great Mirror of the 
Several Charms) (Ihara Saikaku), 
276–77n
Shōkū, 227
“Shōkun” (Konparu Gonnokami), 282
Shoku Nihon kōki
(Continued Subse-
quent Records of Japan), 5
Shōmonki
(The Masakado Chronicle), 
6, 15n
Shōmu (emperor), 112, 124
Short Studies on Historical Tales
(Rekishi 
monogatari kōza), 16n
Shōshi (senior grand empress), 42, 59, 73
Shōtoku (prince), 111, 122–23, 268, 269n
Shukaku (tonsured prince), 2, 11n, 86
Shuzo Uyenaka, 244n
Silla, 124, 231
Sima Guang, 11n, 12n, 245n, 277–78n, 
284
A Simple Teaching on the Hachiman Deity
(Hachiman gudōkun), 198

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Index
The Small Mirror of the Genji
(Genji 
kokagami), 283
Smits, Ivo, 139n, 145, 172n
social disorder, 1–2, 5–6; 
The China 
Mirror
on, 150, 151, 153; 
China Tales
on, 
54–58, 83; 
The Clear Mirror
on, 
260–63; and continuities with past, 
109–10; and cosmological principles, 
25, 51, 107–8; elision in 
Mirror
genre, 
29, 30, 67–68, 72n, 109, 110; and false 
speech, 74–75; 
The Great Mirror
on, 
5–6; Heiji Disturbance, 1, 51, 52, 55, 57, 
90n, 135–36; and historical tales, 111n; 
Hōgen Disturbance, 1, 51, 52–54, 57, 
70–72, 90n, 135–36; Hōji Disturbance, 
141, 210, 211, 217; and Kamakura 
bakufu
establishment, 29, 89, 90, 109, 
110–11, 188; and 
The Mirror of the East
, 
199; 
The Mirror of the Gods
on, 268; 
and 
The Mirror of the Watchman in the 
Fields
, 199; Mongol invasions, 
198–200, 222, 223–24, 225; and 
The 
New Mirror
, 29, 35, 50–51, 52, 62n, 83; 
Nobunori on, 52–54, 58, 83; and 
normalization of violence, 111, 113; and 
nostalgia, 91–92; post-Kamakura 
bakufu
, 239–40; Shimotsuki Distur-
bance, 224; Shishigatani incident, 85; 
Tadachika’s journal on, 89–91; tales 
about, 135–36; and time as endless 
cycle, 101–2, 108, 109, 113; and war 
tales, 15, 85n, 87, 135–36; and 
The Water 
Mirror
, 1, 29, 35, 89, 90, 188, 222–23. 
See also
Buddhist final age beliefs; 
specific conflicts
Soga monogatari
(The Tale of the Soga 
Brothers), 222n
Soga no Emishi, 112
Soga no Iruka, 111–12
Soga no Umako, 111, 122
Spafford, David, 270
Stavros, Matthew, 249, 258n
Stockdale, Jonathan, 176–77n, 180n