CONTENTS

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. PREFACE IX
4. MAJOR ERAS OF JAPANESE HISTORY XVI
5. 1. “FLOATING PHRASES AND FICTIVE UTTERANCES”: THE RISE AND FALL OF SYMBOLS 1
6. 2. IN AND OUT THE ROKUDŌ: KYŌKAI AND THE FORMATION OF MEDIEVAL JAPAN 26
7. 3. INNS AND HERMITAGES: THE STRUCTURE OF IMPERMANENCE 60
8. 4. SYMBOL AND YŪGEN: SHUNZEI’S USE OF TENDAI BUDDHISM 80
9. 5. CHŌMEI AS HERMIT: VIMALAKĪRTI IN THE “HŌJŌ-KI” 107
10. 6. ZEAMI’S BUDDHISM: COSMOLOGY AND DIALECTIC IN NO DRAMA 116
11. 7. SOCIETY UPSIDE-DOWN: KYŌGEN AS SATIRE AND AS RITUAL 133
12. 8. THE POET AS SEER BASHŌ LOOKS BACK 149
13. NOTES 165
14. JAPANESE NAMES AND TERMS 183
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 187
16. INDEX 197