We’re starting a new series taking a look at an oft neglected classic of Heian literature: The Eiga Monogatari, or Tale of Flowering Fortunes, which tells the history of the great Fujiwara family at the height of its power. This week: what do we know about Eiga Monogatari and how it fits into the wider literary history of classical Japan?
Sources
McCullough, Helen Craig and William H McCullough. A Tale of Flowering Fortunes, Vols 1-2: Annals of Japanese Aristocratic Life in the Heian Period
McCullough, Helen Craig. Okagami, the Great Mirror: Fujiwara no Michinaga and His Times
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