Eiga Monogatari (栄花物語, trans., Story of Splendor) is a Japanese monogatari and epic account that relates events in the life of the imperial courtier Fujiwara...

Chinese) or wabun (Japanese). Two of the most notable of this monogatari included the Eiga Monogatari and Ōkagami, which both narrated the story of Michinaga...

to decrease. Of the category rekishi monogatari there are several notable works, one of which is Eiga Monogatari (栄花物語), translated in English to The...

It is called a succession story (世継物語, yotsugi monogatari), along with the records of the Eiga Monogatari. In the tale, the writer listens to a conversation...

Buddhism Figuratively, the performing of a Buddhist memorial service. The Eiga Monogatari for example contains a sentence in which the term is used in that sense...

dedication of its Golden Hall in 1022 is detailed in the historical epic Eiga Monogatari. The Emperor Go-Ichijō attended the ceremony, and so every effort was...

found in two historical tales (rekishi monogatari) about the period, A Tale of Flowering Fortunes (or Eiga Monogatari), c. mid-eleventh century, and The Great...

hiragana. Sōgana appears primarily in Heian era texts, most notably the Eiga Monogatari (栄花物語, trans., Story of Splendor) and The Pillow Book (枕草子, Makura...

(879) Ruijū Kokushi (892) Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (901) Engishiki (927) Eiga Monogatari (late Heian period) Ōkagami (late Heian period) Kuji Hongi (Heian period)...

as a member of court and thus humiliating. Per the account of the Eiga Monogatari, as her brothers were taken away from the palace, Teishi, who was pregnant...