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Ōkagami. Ōkagami (大鏡, The Great Mirror) is a Japanese historical tale written around 1119 [1] by an unknown author. It covers the period from 850 to 1025, the golden days of the Fujiwara family 's rule. It is called a succession story (世継物語, yotsugi monogatari), along with the records of the Eiga Monogatari. [2]
Helen Craig McCullough. Helen Craig McCullough (February 17, 1918 – April 6, 1998) was an American academic, translator and Japanologist. [1] She is best known for her 1988 translation of The Tale of the Heike. [2]
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Fujiwara clan. The Fujiwara clan (藤原氏, Fujiwara-shi or Fujiwara- uji) was a powerful family of imperial regents in Japan, descending from the Nakatomi clan and, as legend held, through them their ancestral god Ame-no-Koyane. The Fujiwara prospered since the ancient times and dominated the imperial court until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
Map of the United States with Minnesota highlighted. Minnesota is a state situated in the Midwestern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, Minnesota is the 22nd most populous state with 5,706,494 inhabitants but the 14th largest by land area, spanning 79,626.74 square miles (206,232.3 km 2) of land. [1]
State highway markers for different years: 1955 (left), 1990 (center), 2008–present (right) System information Length 16,698.41 mi (26,873.49 km) Formed 1955 renumbering Notes Since 2008, La DOTD has been replacing the green-and-white state highway markers with a black-and-white version using the same design. The new shields have a black background, white silhouette, black letters and ...
Area code 773. Coordinates: 41°52′48″N 87°37′54″W. All NPAs within Illinois. Area code 773 serves Chicago, Illinois, outside the Loop and the innermost neighborhoods. Originally, all of Chicago and its suburbs used area code 312. In 1989, area code 708 was created for the suburbs, leaving the city in area code 312.
Asobi (遊) (also sometimes known as 遊部, asobi-be) [1] [2] were Shinto priestesses devoted to the goddess Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto during the Heian period (794–1185) in Japan. Originating as performers of shamanistic rituals performed to appease the souls of the dead, asobi originally functioned as priestesses designed to deal with death.