Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Preface xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter One. Script and Scripture: The Kojiki and the Problem of Writing 15
8. Chapter Two. The Informing Image: “China” in The Tale of Genji 55
9. Chapter Three. “A Bridge Across the Mountains”: Chinese and the Aesthetics of the Shinkokinshu 77
10. Chapter Four. “Chineseness” and “Japaneseness” in Early Medieval Zen: Kokan Shiren and Musō Soseki 111
11. Chapter Five. Wakan and the Development of Renga Theory in the Late Fourteenth Century: Gido Shushin and Nijo Yoshimoto 134
12. Chapter Six. Wakan in Literary Theory in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: Zeami, Shōtetsu, Shinkei and Sōgi 158
13. Chapter Seven. The Intellectual Contexts of Tokugawa Aesthetics: Itō Jinsai, Ogyū Sorai, and Genroku Culture 185
14. Conclusion 227
15. Bibliography 232
16. Index 243