   is a japanese rekishi monogatari. it is believed to have been written in the early kamakura period around 1195. it is widely credited to nakayama tadachika but the actual writer is unknown. it is the third book of the four mirror series. it deals with the oldest tim-period, starting with the legendary emperor jimmu and ending with emperor ninmyÅ. it is told by a fictitious old woman who is visited by a bhikkhu while staying at hase-dera. all the facts are taken from ca. 1150 ad  by kÅen, the teacher of hÅnen. ==see also== * Åkagami * imakagami * masukagami ==references== * brownlee, john s. political thought in japanese historical writing: from koyjiki (712) to tokushi yoron (1712). waterloo, on ca. wilfrid laurier press: 1991 (p.&nbsp;52).
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