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- catalog abstract "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 the defining moments of its culture, when Zen Buddhism began to directly influence the arts. The book is in two parts. The first part is a literary biography based primarily on Shinkei's own writings - his critical essays, waka sequences, hokku collections, and commentaries - supplemented by various external sources. What emerges is the compelling portrait of a man who bore witness to the tragic anarchy of his times while clinging to the ideal of poetic practice as a mode of being and access to Buddhist enlightenment. Shinkei became embroiled in the factional struggles preceding the Onin War (1467-77) and died a refugee in what is now Kanagawa. The second part consists of annotated translations of Shinkei's most representative poetry: (1) selected hokku (opening verse of a sequence) and tsukeku (linked pairs of verses), along with Muromachi-period commentaries on them; (2) two 100-verse renga sequences - the first a solo composition from 1467, and the second a collaboration with Sogi and other poet-priests and samurai from 1468; and (3) a selection of one hundred waka poems highlighting Shinkei's most characteristic mode of ineffable remoteness. Throughout, the author's annotations seek to define and clarify the unique genre called "linked poetry."".
- catalog contributor b5821068.
- catalog contributor b5821069.
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description "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 the defining moments of its culture, when Zen Buddhism began to directly influence the arts.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-443) and indexes.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Shinkei became embroiled in the factional struggles preceding the Onin War (1467-77) and died a refugee in what is now Kanagawa.".
- catalog description "The book is in two parts. The first part is a literary biography based primarily on Shinkei's own writings - his critical essays, waka sequences, hokku collections, and commentaries - supplemented by various external sources. What emerges is the compelling portrait of a man who bore witness to the tragic anarchy of his times while clinging to the ideal of poetic practice as a mode of being and access to Buddhist enlightenment.".
- catalog description "The second part consists of annotated translations of Shinkei's most representative poetry: (1) selected hokku (opening verse of a sequence) and tsukeku (linked pairs of verses), along with Muromachi-period commentaries on them; (2) two 100-verse renga sequences - the first a solo composition from 1467, and the second a collaboration with Sogi and other poet-priests and samurai from 1468; and (3) a selection of one hundred waka poems highlighting Shinkei's most characteristic mode of ineffable remoteness.".
- catalog description "Throughout, the author's annotations seek to define and clarify the unique genre called "linked poetry."".
- catalog description "pt. 1. Heart's Flower: A Shinkei Literary Biography. 1. Prologue: "The Seed of the Heart" 2. "A Stepchild in the Past, Now an Orphan": Shotetsu and Shinkei. 3. Rising Star on the Brink of War. 4. The Sorrows of Exile. 5. Traveler-Recluse. 6. "Bone-Withered Trees" -- pt. 2. Gems of the Mind-Heart: A Shinkei Reader. I. Hokku and Tsukeku. II. Shinkei Alone and with Other Voices: Two Hundred-Verse Sequences. "Cuckoo" "Broken Beneath Snow" III. One Hundred Poems -- Appendix: The Two Sequences Without Commentary. "Cuckoo" "Broken Beneath Snow."".
- catalog extent "xii, 475 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0804722536 (alk. paper) :".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng jpn".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Japan".
- catalog subject "895.6/124 B 20".
- catalog subject "Buddhist priests Japan Biography.".
- catalog subject "PL792.S45 Z89 1994".
- catalog subject "Poets, Japanese 1185-1600 Biography.".
- catalog subject "Priests, Buddhist Japan Biography.".
- catalog subject "Shinkei 1406-1475 Translations into English.".
- catalog subject "Shinkei, 1406-1475.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Heart's Flower: A Shinkei Literary Biography. 1. Prologue: "The Seed of the Heart" 2. "A Stepchild in the Past, Now an Orphan": Shotetsu and Shinkei. 3. Rising Star on the Brink of War. 4. The Sorrows of Exile. 5. Traveler-Recluse. 6. "Bone-Withered Trees" -- pt. 2. Gems of the Mind-Heart: A Shinkei Reader. I. Hokku and Tsukeku. II. Shinkei Alone and with Other Voices: Two Hundred-Verse Sequences. "Cuckoo" "Broken Beneath Snow" III. One Hundred Poems -- Appendix: The Two Sequences Without Commentary. "Cuckoo" "Broken Beneath Snow."".
- catalog title "Heart's flower : the life and poetry of Shinkei / Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen.".
- catalog type "text".