CHAPTER 1. Introduction: A Poetics of Interpretation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
4. A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION xvii
5. CHAPTER 1. Introduction: A Poetics of Interpretation 1
6. PART ONE. THE HYAKUNIN ISSHU: ITS FORMATION AND RECEPTION
7. CHAPTER 2: Historical Context 23
8. CHAPTER 3: Waka in Translation 58
9. CHAPTER 4: The Poem-Picture Tradition 87
10. CHAPTER 5: Pictorialization as Reception 123
11. PART TWO. TRANSLATION, COMMENTARY, AND PICTURES
12. A NOTE ON TEXTS AND SOURCES
13. 1. Emperor Tenji 141
14. 2. Empress Jitō 145
15. 3. Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 149
16. 4. Yamabe no Akahito 152
17. 5. Senior Assistant Minister Sarumaru 155
18. 6. Middle Counselor Yakamochi 158
19. 7. Abe no Nakamaro 161
20. 8. Master of the Law Kisen 165
21. 9. Ono no Komachi 168
22. 10. Semimaru 171
23. 11. Consultant Takamura 175
24. 12. Archbishop Henjō 178
25. 13. Retired Emperor Yōzei 181
26. 14. The Riverbank Minister of the Left (Minamoto no Tōru) 184
27. 15. Emperor Kōkō 187
28. 16. Middle Counselor Yukihira 190
29. 17. Lord Ariwara no Narihira 192
30. 18. Lord Fujiwara no Toshiyuki 195
31. 19. Ise 198
32. 20. Prince Motoyoshi 201
33. 21. Master of the Law Sosei 204
34. 22. Fun’ya no Yasuhide 207
35. 23. Ōe no Chisato 210
36. 24. Kanke (Sugawara no Michizane) 213
37. 25. The Third Ward Minister of the Right (Minamoto no Sadakata) 217
38. 26. Lord Teishin (Fujiwara no Tadahira) 220
39. 27. Middle Counselor Kanesuke 223
40. 28. Lord Minamoto no Muneyuki 226
41. 29. Ōshikōchi no Mitsune 229
42. 30. Mibu no Tadamine 232
43. 31. Sakanoue no Korenori 235
44. 32. Harumichi no Tsuraki 238
45. 33. Ki no Tomonori 240
46. 34. Fujiwara no Okikaze 243
47. 35. Ki no Tsurayuki 246
48. 36. Kiyohara no Fukayabu 249
49. 37. Fun’ya no Asayasu 252
50. 38. Ukon 255
51. 39. Consultant Hitoshi 258
52. 40. Taira no Kanemori 260
53. 41. Mibu no Tadami 263
54. 42. Kiyohara no Motosuke 266
55. 43. Supernumerary Middle Counselor Atsutada 269
56. 44. Middle Counselor Asatada 272
57. 45. Lord Kentoku (Fujiwara no Koremasa) 275
58. 46. Sone no Yoshitada 278
59. 47. Master of the Law Egyō 281
60. 48. Minamoto no Shigeyuki 284
61. 49. Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu 287
62. 50. Fujiwara no Yoshitaka 290
63. 51. Lord Fujiwara no Sanekata 293
64. 52. Lord Fujiwara no Michinobu 296
65. 53. The Mother of Major Captain of the Right Michitsuna 298
66. 54. The Mother of the Supernumerary Grand Minister 301
67. 55. Major Counselor Kintō 304
68. 56. Izumi Shikibu 307
69. 57. Murasaki Shikibu 310
70. 58. Daini no Sanmi 313
71. 59. Akazome Emon 316
72. 60. Handmaid KoShikibu 319
73. 61. Ise no Tayū 322
74. 62. Sei Shōnagon 325
75. 63. Master of the Western Capital Michimasa 328
76. 64. Supernumerary Middle Counselor Sadayori 331
77. 65. Sagami 334
78. 66. Major Archbishop Gyōson 337
79. 67. The Suō Handmaid 340
80. 68. Retired Emperor Sanjō 343
81. 69. Master of the Law Nōin 346
82. 70. Master of the Law Ryōzen 349
83. 71. Major Counselor Tsunenobu 351
84. 72. Kii of Princess Yūshi’s Household 354
85. 73. Supernumerary Middle Counselor Masafusa 357
86. 74. Lord Minamoto no Toshiyori 360
87. 75. Fujiwara no Mototoshi 363
88. 76. Former Prime Minister and Chancellor, the Hosshōji Buddhist Novice (Fujiwara no Tadamichi) 366
89. 77. Retired Emperor Sutoku 369
90. 78. Minamoto no Kanemasa 372
91. 79. Master of the Western Capital Akisuke 375
92. 80. Horikawa of the Taikenmon In 378
93. 81. The Later Tokudaiji Minister of the Left (Fujiwara no Sanesada) 381
94. 82. Master of the Law Dōin 383
95. 83. Master of the Grand Empress’ Palace Shunzei 386
96. 84. Lord Fujiwara no Kiyosuke 389
97. 85. Master of the Law Shun’e 392
98. 86. Master of the Law Saigyō 395
99. 87. Master of the Law Jakuren 398
100. 88. The Steward of Kōkamon In 400
101. 89. Princess Shokushi 403
102. 90. Inpumon In no Tayū 406
103. 91. The GoKyōgoku Regent and Former Chancellor (Fujiwara no Yoshitsune) 409
104. 92. Sanuki of Nijō In 412
105. 93. The Kamakura Minister of the Right (Minamoto no Sanetomo) 415
106. 94. Consultant Masatsune 418
107. 95. Former Major Archbishop Jien 421
108. 96. The Former Chancellor and Lay Novice (Fujiwara no Kintsune) 424
109. 97. Supernumerary Middle Counselor Teika 427
110. 98. Ietaka of the Junior Second Rank 430
111. 99. Retired Emperor GoToba 434
112. 100. Retired Emperor Juntoku 437
113. APPENDIXES
114. A. Imperial Anthologies and Exemplary Collections 443
115. B. One Hundred Poets: Selected Copies, Editions, and Commentaries 445
116. NOTES 449
117. Character Glossary 475
118. BIBLIOGRAPHY 487
119. PICTURE CREDITS 499
120. INDEX OF POETS AND FIRST LINES 503
121. SUBJECT INDEX 511