Table of Contents

Abbreviations Introduction The Clear Mirror Preface 1. Through tangled thickets 2. The new island guard 3. Mourning attire 4. Three sacred mountains 5. Snow on the central plain 6. Descending clouds 7. Snow on the Northern plain 8. Asuka river 9. Pillow of grass 10. Waves of longevity 11. Ornamental combs 12. Plovers by the bay 13. The hills of Autumn 14. A farewell to Spring 15. Wintry showers 16. Sarayama in Kume 17. The dayflower Appendix Notes Bibliography Index.

About the Author

George W. Perkins is Assistant Professor of Japanese at Brigham Young University.

Reviews

"This is a significant medieval Japanese historical text which has been largely untouched by Western scholarship until now. The translation is very important because it substantially rounds out the availability in English of major primary Japanese texts. The scholarship is excellent and the translation meticulously accurate." - Margaret Childs, University of Kansas