Hitomaro : Poet as God.
Title:
Hitomaro : Poet as God.
Author:
Commons, Anne.
ISBN:
9789047428077
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (240 pages)
Series:
Brill's Japanese Studies Library ; v.v. 31
Brill's Japanese Studies Library
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Map of Japan Showing Sites Mentioned in the Text -- Introduction -- Chapter One Hitomaro and the Man'yoshu: The Birth of a Legend -- Chapter Two Hitomaro in Heian Texts: A Sage of Poetry -- Chapter Three Worshipping Hitomaro: From Text to Image -- Chapter Four Medieval Reception: Poetic Deities in the Secret Commentaries -- Chapter Five Hitomaro in the Early Modern Period: Poetic Icon and Popular Deity -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This book analyses the reception and eventual deification of the seventh-century poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro. The result is a new perspective on a major literary figure through his placement within the broader context of Japanese poetic culture.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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