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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815182703321

Autore

Commons Anne

Titolo

Hitomaro : poet as god / / by Anne Commons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009

ISBN

1-282-60210-1

9786612602108

90-474-2807-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Brill's Japanese studies library ; ; v. 31

Disciplina

895.6/114

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Materials / A.E. Commons -- Introduction / A.E. Commons -- Chapter One. Hitomaro And The Man’yōshū: The Birth Of A Legend / A.E. Commons -- Chapter Two. Hitomaro In Heian Texts: A Sage Of Poetry / A.E. Commons -- Chapter Three. Worshipping Hitomaro: From Text To Image / A.E. Commons -- Chapter Four. Medieval Reception: Poetic Deities In The Secret Commentaries / A.E. Commons -- Chapter Five. Hitomaro In The Early Modern Period: Poetic Icon And Popular Deity / A.E. Commons -- Bibliography / A.E. Commons -- Index / A.E. Commons.

Sommario/riassunto

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (fl. circa 690) is generally regarded as one of the pre-eminent poets of premodern Japan. While most existing scholarship on Hitomaro is concerned with his poetry, this study foregrounds the process of his reception and canonization as a deity of Japanese poetry. Building on new interest in issues of canon formation in premodern Japanese literature, this book traces the reception history of Hitomaro from its earliest beginnings to the early modern period, documenting and analysing the phases of the process through which Hitomaro was transformed from an admired poet to a poetic deity. The result is a new perspective on a familiar literary figure through his placement within the broader context of Japanese poetic culture.