Ōkagami

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Ōkagami is a Japanese historical tale (rekishi monogatari) that offers a semi-fictionalized chronicle of court politics and aristocratic life surrounding the Fujiwara clan during the Heian period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese historical tale
monogatari
rekishi monogatari
associatedClan Fujiwara clan
chronicleType semi-fictionalized history
containsElement semi-fictionalized chronicle
countryOfOrigin Japan
culturalContext Heian aristocracy
depicts court rituals
relationships between emperors and regents
succession politics
describes aristocratic ceremonies
courtly life in Kyoto
customs of the Heian court
political dominance of the Fujiwara
focusesOn Fujiwara clan
surface form: Fujiwara regents

imperial court
genre rekishi monogatari
hasInfluenceOn perceptions of Fujiwara dominance in Heian Japan
hasJapaneseTitle 大鏡
hasNarrativeDevice elderly narrators recounting the past
hasTheme impermanence
power and politics
rise and decline of families
historicalScope Heian court politics
influenced later historical tales
intendedAudience educated aristocratic readers
literalMeaningOfTitle The Great Mirror
literaryPeriod Heian period literature
literaryTradition monogatari tradition
mainSubject Fujiwara clan
aristocratic life
court politics
narrativeForm prose
narrativePerspective retrospective account
originalLanguage Classical Japanese
partOf Japanese classical literature
romanization Ōkagami self-link
setInPeriod Heian period
titleLanguage Japanese
usedAsSourceFor research on Fujiwara political history
studies of Heian court culture
workType court tale
historical narrative
writingSystem Japanese

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Ōkagami romanization Ōkagami self-link
Heian period significantWork Ōkagami