However, none of these love stories are written as “romance,” so beware. That means the Takamagahara Monogatari series depicts love stories between two men. I wrote the stories as “historical fantasy,” with influences from Japanese mythology and folklore, and combined them with my love for BL and Yaoi. This series is a collection of stories set in medieval Japan, in the Nara (AD 710 to 794) and Heian (AD 794 to 1185) eras. This time last year I created a family tree for the Fujiwara Clan to help me keep track of everyone.Dear Reader, welcome to the Takamagahara Monogatari.
History might have been twisted, as it was woven with fantasy and mythology, but the story in the book was milder than reality, as only half of all the murders/deaths happening during Hirotsugu’s life were mentioned. Everybody else, including the million people that died of smallpox, were all historical deaths. It was the death of Takahashi Ryū. He needed to become a beautiful kitsune that would take the lead of the story inspired from the Noh play called “Kojiki”, and be more than Hiro’s lover. There were many deaths in Shinigami, but only one that was not historically attested, as the character did not exist. 883.įrom Hirotsugu’s ghost, to the Isshi no Hen ( The Isshi Incident when Soga no Iruka was assassinated by the hand of Fujiwara no Kamatari – I will write a post about this too), to the 735–737 Japanese smallpox epidemic, the book was practically writing itself. “Shoku Nihongi” in Japan Encyclopedia, p. “Fujiwara Hirotsugu (藤原広嗣)’s soul harmed Genbō to death” (Hirotsugu having died in a failed insurrection, named the “Fujiwara no Hirotsugu Rebellion”, after failing to remove his rival, the priest Genbō, from power).” – Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. ***Get back now if you don’t want to be spoiled*** Have you guessed who the ghost was? Here is an extract from the Shoku Nihongi, one of the Six National Histories of Ancient Japan: It had been the heir of one of the Fujiwara Four (the four sons of Fujiwara no Fuhito), who started a rebellion against the crown in order to banish Buddhism from the land. This ghost was one of the most famous onryō (vengeful/wrathful spirit) from Japanese antiquity and its haunting/possession was the first to be recorded in a historical chronicle. Why was Shinigami built around the history of the Fujiwara clan? It all started with a ghost so feared by the superstitious aristocracy of Japan, it led to the Yamato Imperial Family moving capitals from Heijo-kyo (modern day Nara) to Heian-kyō (modern day Kyōto), and shifting to a new imperial era known as Heian. “He was the beginning of us all, the reason why you and I were born to live among the most powerful men in Yamato.” Shinigamiįujiwara no Kamatari with his sons Fuhito and Jōe, Nara National Museum, Japan “My son,” Umakai said, “our wealth, power, and name come from your great-grandfather, Fujiwara no Kamatari.” He gestured toward the fields.
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