No moonlight in my cup : Sinitic poetry (Kanshi) from the Japanese court, eighth to the twelfth centuries / edited and translated with introduction and commentaries by Judith N. Rabinovitch, Timothy R. Bradstock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rabinovitch, Judith N., editor, translator.

Bradstock, Timothy Roland, editor, translator.

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Series:

East Asian comparative literature and culture ; v. 10.

East Asian comparative literature and culture, 2212-4772 ; volume 10

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese poetry.

Japan.

Chinese poetry--Japan--Translations into English.

Chinese poetry--Japan--History and criticism.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Translations.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 474 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Language Note:

Poems in English and Chinese. Introduction and notes in English. Translated from the original Chinese.

Summary:

This work is an anthology of 225 translated and annotated Sinitic poems (kanshi) composed in public and private settings by nobles, courtiers, priests, and others during Japan's Nara and Heian periods (710-1185). The authors have supplied detailed biographical notes on the sixty-nine poets represented and an overview of each collection from which the verse of this eminent and enduring genre has been drawn. The introduction provides historical background and discusses kanshi subgenres, themes, textual and rhetorical conventions, styles, and aesthetics, and sheds light on the socio-political milieu of the classical court, where Chinese served as the written language of officialdom and the preeminent medium for literary and scholarly activity among the male elite.

"This work is an anthology of 225 translated and annotated Sinitic poems (kanshi 漢詩) composed in public and private settings by nobles, courtiers, priests, and others during Japan's Nara and Heian periods (710-1185). The authors have supplied detailed biographical notes on the sixty-nine poets represented and an overview of each collection from which the verse of this eminent and enduring genre has been drawn. The introduction provides historical background and discusses kanshi subgenres, themes, textual and rhetorical conventions, styles, and aesthetics, and sheds light on the socio-political milieu of the classical court, where Chinese served as the written language of officialdom and the preeminent medium for literary and scholarly activity among the male elite"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

An overview of Sinitic verse in the Japanese court

The rise of Sinitic verse composition and the establishment of the academy

The early anthologies: from Kaifuso through the age of emperor saga

Sinitic verse practice: mid- to late-Heian

Allusion and appropriation in historical verse and Kudaishi, and Technical aspects of social verse practice

Natural motifs in Sinitic verse: some observations

Kaifuso (Poetic gems cherishing the styles of old, 751)

Ryoun shinshu (The new cloud-soaring collection, 814)

Bunka shureishu (Anthology of splendid literary flowerings, 818)

Keikokushu (A collection of works for bringing order to the realm, 827)

Denshi kashu (The shimada poetry collection, ca. 892)

Kanke bunso (The Sugawara literary works, 900) and Kanke Koshu (The second Sugawara collection, 903)

Kikeshu (The Ki family collection, ca. 911-19)

Fusoshu (An anthology of poetry from the land of Fusang, ca. 995-98)

Honcho reiso (Poetic masterpieces from our court, ca. 1010)

Chuyuki burui shihai kanshishu (A collection of kanshi written on the reverse side of the classified edition of the Chuyuki diary, twelfth century)

Hosshoji-dono gyoshu (A collection of poems by the Lord of Hosshoji, 1145)

Honcho mudaishi (Poems from our court without allusive titles, 1162-64).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: No moonlight in my cup

ISBN:

9789004387195

9004387196

OCLC:

1057241294

Publisher Number:

99981044751