Japanese Linked Poetry
Subtitle: An Account With Translations of Renega and Haikai Sequences
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr; Princeton University Press
Published: July 1980
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780691013688
Subjects: Asian - General; Literature: Texts; Poetry; Literature - Classics / Criticism
First sentence: From about the thirteenth through the nineteenth centuries, Japanese poets practiced several versions of linked poetry.
Description: Linking the court poetry of the classical period and the <i>haiku</i> poetry of the modern period, the <i>renga</i> and <i>haikai</i> which constitute Japanese linked poetry are important in Japanese literature.  The first half of this book presents linked poetry's principles  and its placement in the history of Japanese literature as well as the context of world literature.  The second analizes of two <i>renga</i> sequences involving S&#333;gi and four <i>haikai</i> sequences, three of which involve Bash&#333;, and the fourth, Buson.  (from back cover copy)
Table of contents: title: Preface, vii; title: Acknowledgements, xiii; title: Abbreviated References and Other Explanations, xvii; title: . Part One: Linked Poetry, Its History, Cannons and Major Poets; title: 1: Linked Poetry in Japanese Literature, 3; title: 2: Some Principal Renga Poets, 19; title: 3: Some Canons of Renga, 58; title: 4: From Renga to Haikai and Haiku, 86; title: 5: The Haikai Aesthetic of Bash&#333; and Buson, 111; title: 6: Some Canons of Haikai, 132; title: 7: Distinctive Features of Linked Poetry, 140; title: Figures, 161; title: . Part Two: Two Renga Sequences; title: 1: <i>One Hundred Stanzas by Three Poets at Minase</i>, S&#333;gi, Sh&#333;haku, and S&#333;ch&#333;, 171; title: 2: <i>A Hundred Stanzas Related to "Person" by S&#333;gi Alone</i>, 227; title: . Part Three: Four Haikai Sequences; title: 1: <i>Even the Kite's Feathers</i>, Kyorai, Bash&#333;,  Bonch&#333;, and Fumikunhi, 277; title: 2: <i>Throughout the Town</i>, Bonch&#333;, Bash&#333;, and Kyorai, 298; title: 3: <i>At the Tub of Ashes</i>, Bonch&#333;, Bash&#333;, Yasui, and Kyorai, 316; title: 4: <i>Peony Petals Fell</i>, Buson and Kit&#333;, 337; title: Glossary, 361; title: Index, 369