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| The Making of Shinkokinshu |
| Shinkokinshu--the "New Kokinshu"--has been viewed as a neoclassical effort. Reading history backward, scholars have often taken the work to be the outgrowth of a nostalgia for greatness presumed to have been lost in the wars of the origins of the collection. But the author argues that the compliers of Shinkokinshu instead saw it as a "new" beginning, a revitalization and affirmation of courtly traditions, and not a reaction to loss. It is a dynamic collection, full of innovative, challenging poetry--not an elegy for a lost age. |
Synopsis:
This study of the Japanese imperial court in the early
thirteenth century focuses on the compilation of one of
Japan's most important poetry collections, Shinkokinshu.
Using personal diaries, court records, poetry texts, and
literary treatises, the author reconstructs the process by
which Retired Emperor Go-Toba brought together
contending factions to produce this collection and laid the
groundwork for his later attempt at imperial restoration.
This study of the Japanese imperial court in the early
thirteenth century focuses on the compilation of one of
Japan's most important poetry collections, Shinkokinshu.
Using personal diaries, court records, poetry texts, and
literary treatises, the author reconstructs the process by
which Retired Emperor Go-Toba brought together
contending factions to produce this collection and laid the
groundwork for his later attempt at imperial restoration.
