Eccentric spaces, hidden histories : narrative, ritual, and royal authority from The chronicles of Japan to The tale of the Heike / David T. Bialock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bialock, David T.

Series:

Asian religions & cultures.

Asian religions & cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese literature--To 1600--History and criticism.

Japanese literature.

History in literature.

Religion and literature--Japan.

Religion and literature.

Heike monogatari.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (481 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After 'The Tale of Genji' (c.1000), the greatest work of classical Japanese literature is the historical narrative 'The Tale of the Heike' (13th-14th centuries). In addition to opening up fresh perspectives on the Heike narratives, this study draws attention to a range of problems centred on the interrelationship between narrative, ritual space, and Japan's changing views of China as they bear on depictions of the emperor's authority, warriors, and marginal population going all the way back to the Nara period.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

A note to the reader

Introduction

Part One

1. Hidden Texts: The Modern Construction

2. The Yin and the Yang of Power

3. Recovering the Daoist Text

Part Two

4. Royalizing the Realm and the Ritualization of Violence

5. Peripheries of Power: Toward an Ambulatory History

Part Three

6. China in the Medieval Imaginary

7. Reimagining Late Heian and Early Medieval Space

8. The Apocryphal History of Kiyomori

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Glossary of Chinese characters

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-433) and index.

ISBN:

0-8047-6764-5

1-4356-0880-1

OCLC:

290563497