Glory Story (Eiga Monogatari) - Movie Story

Japanese: 栄華物語(栄花物語) - えいがものがたり

This historical tale is written in kana in the style of a chronological story, and covers the history of the court nobility over a period of 15 generations, approximately 200 years, from Emperor Uda to Emperor Horikawa in 1092. In old manuscripts, it is written as "Eiga Monogatari." It consists of 40 volumes (30 volumes in variant versions). The title comes from the fact that it focuses on the glory of Fujiwara no Michinaga, and since it is also a story of succession among generations, it is also known as "Yotsugu" or "Yotsugu Monogatari" along with "Okagami." Following the example of "The Tale of Genji," each volume has a title, with the first 30 volumes ("The Forest of Cranes") being the main volume, and the following 10 volumes ("Flower Viewing at the Imperial Palace") being sequels, and it is believed that the sequels were written by someone other than the author of the main volume.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

宇多天皇から堀河天皇寛治6年(1092)にいたる15代およそ200年間の宮廷貴族の歴史を，仮名文を用いて編年体物語ふうに記した歴史物語。古写本では《栄花物語》と書く。40巻(異本30巻)。藤原道長の栄華を主としているところから書名がつけられ，また世代継承の物語でもあるから，《大鏡》とともに別名を《世継》または《世継物語》ともいう。《源氏物語》にならい毎巻巻名がつけられており，巻三十〈鶴の林〉までを正編，巻三十一〈殿上の花見〉以下10巻を続編とし，続編は正編の作者とは別人によって書き継がれていったものと考えられる。

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