Murmured Conversations: A Treatise on Poetry and Buddhism by the Poet-Monk ShinkeiStanford University Press, 16 kwi 2008 - 432 Murmured Conversations is the first complete and rigorously annotated translation of Sasamegoto (1463-1464), considered the most important and representative poetic treatise of the medieval period in Japan because of its thoroughgoing construction of poetry as a way to attain, and signify through language, the mental liberation (satori) that is the goal of Buddhist practice. It is a fascinating document revealing the central place of Buddhist philosophy in medieval Japanese artistic practices. Shinkei (1406-1475), the author of the treatise, is himself a major poet, regarded as the most brilliant among the practitioners of linked poetry (renga) in the Muromachi Period. Along with the extensive annotations, Ramirez-Christensen's commentaries illuminate the significance of each section of the treatise within the context of waka and renga poetics, of the history of classical Japanese aesthetic principles in general and of Shinkei's thought in particular, and the role of Buddhism in the contemporary understanding of cultural practices like poetry. This is the most comprehensive presentation available in English of a major classical Japanese critical text. |
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Prologue | 11 |
Renga History | 12 |
On the Tsukubashū | 16 |
PostShinkokinshū Waka | 19 |
Ancient and MiddlePeriod Renga | 21 |
The Character of the Work of the Early Masters | 23 |
Plagiarism | 86 |
Excessive Straining After Effect | 89 |
Semantic Confusion | 91 |
Incomprehensibility | 93 |
The Close Link and the Distant Link | 96 |
On Henjodaikyokuryū as the Structure of the Renga Link | 102 |
The Six Types of Poetry | 109 |
Poetry Contests and Criticism | 114 |
The Style of Ineffable Depth Yūgen | 27 |
Learning and the Study of Renga | 36 |
The Role of Waka in Renga Training | 40 |
On Hokku | 42 |
Double Meaning in Poetry | 45 |
The Manifold Configurations of Poetry | 48 |
The Roots of Poetry in Temporality | 51 |
Poetic Process as a Contemplation | 53 |
The Wisdom of Nondiscrimination | 56 |
Right Teaching and the Individual Poet | 58 |
The Influence of Companions in the Way | 60 |
Poetry and the Mundane Mind | 62 |
The Issue of Fame as Index of Poetic Value | 64 |
Poetry Is an Existential Discipline | 66 |
Poetry Is a SelfConsuming Passion | 68 |
Worldly Glory Versus Reclusive Concentration | 71 |
Criticism Is a Function of Ones Own Limitations | 73 |
Sitting with a Master | 75 |
Constant Practice Is Decisive | 77 |
Valorizing the Deviant or Obscure | 79 |
The Difficulty of Comprehending Superior Poetry | 81 |
The Vulgar Verse | 83 |
Marks and Grade Points in Renga | 116 |
Ones True Poetry Emerges in Old Age | 118 |
The State of Renga in Our Time | 120 |
part | 135 |
About Henjodaikyokuryū | 137 |
The Central Place of Grace en in the Poetic Process | 140 |
Verses on the Moon Flowers and Snow | 143 |
The Verse of Ineffable Remoteness Yōon | 145 |
The Question of Morality and Freedom | 148 |
Poetry and Zen Meditation the Cosmic Body and the True Word | 153 |
The Link Between Maeku and Tsukeku | 156 |
The Nature and Goal of Criticism | 159 |
Selecting Friends of the Way | 162 |
The Close Link and the Distant Link | 164 |
On the Issue of the Ultimate Style | 167 |
The Question of the True Buddha and | 197 |
Epilogue | 204 |
Biographical Notes | 337 |
Bibliography | 361 |
Character List | 371 |
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