Drawing on a decade of research, Erin Brightwell analyzes eight Mirrors and related Medieval Japanese texts recounting the history of that time and place.
Illustrations: 5 color photos, 1 photo, 1 map.
Downplayed and obscured by previous scholars, the mirrors emerge as a once-dominant Genre of historical writing-a means by which authors brought order to the chaos of the period.
Drawing on a decade of research, Erin Brightwell analyzes eight Mirrors and related Medieval Japanese texts recounting the history of that time and place