Masukagami

Masukagami (増鏡^?) is a Japanese historical tale written in the early Muromachi period believed to be between 1368 to 1376. The author is not known but is believed to be Nijō Yoshimoto.^[1] It is the last of four works of mirror series and follow most recent events.

Masukagami is a twenty volume in total and follow events from 1183 to 1333 in accordance with the way Chinese classical historical tale were written. It starts with the accession of Emperor Go-Toba and ends with Emperor Go-Daigo's punishment of being deported to an island of Oki Province. The story is told through a fictitious hundred years old Buddhist nun of Seiryō-ji.

See also

• Ōkagami
• Imakagami
• Mizukagami

Notes

1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric et al. (2005). "Masu-kagami" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 615.

References

• Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301