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Emptiness and Temporality
This is an account of classical Japanese poetics based on the two concepts of emptiness (ku) and temporality (mujo) that ground the medieval practice and understanding of poetry.
Heart's Flower
Shinkei (1406-75), one of the most brilliant poets of medieval Japan, is a pivotal figure in the development of renga (linked poetry) as a serious art. In an age when anyone who wished to signal his denial of mundane concerns or make his way in the world with relative freedom donned the robes of a monk, Shinkei stood out by being a practicing cleric with a temple in Kyoto, the Japanese capital. His priestly duties and his devotion to Buddhist ideals are directly reflected in the intensely pure, lyrical longing for transcendence that is the most notable quality of his sensibility. Shinkei's life and work also provide a vivid portrayal of a tumultuous period of Japanese history that was one of...
Emptiness and Temporality: Buddhism and Medieval Japanese Poetics
This is an account of classical Japanese poetics based on the two concepts of emptiness (ku) and temporality (mujo) that ground the medieval practice and understanding of poetry.
Murmured Conversations
Revealing the central place of Buddhist philosophy in medieval Japanese artistic practices, this text illuminates the significance of each section of the treatise within the context of waka and renga poetics, and the role of Buddhism in the contemporary understanding of cultural practices such as poetry.
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