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| Dancing Dust on the Rafters: A Study of "Ryojin Hisho" (Japanese Classical Poetry) | ||
| 作者 | Kwon, Yung-hee |
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| 出版日期 | 1984 |
| 出版者 | Cornell University |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.cornell.edu/ |
| 出版地 | Ithaca, NY, US [伊薩卡, 紐約州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 博士 |
| 校院名稱 | Cornell University |
| 畢業年度 | 1984 |
| 關鍵詞 | 梁塵秘抄=Ryojin Hisho; 日本佛教=Japanese Buddhism |
| 摘要 | The Ryojin hisho (Dancing Dust on the Rafters: A Secret Selection) is an anthology of popular songs called imayo from late 12th century Japan. It is a personal compilation of Go-Shirakawa (1127-1192) under whose rule as a retired emperor the Kamakura bakufu was established. Go-Shirakawa's time is believed to have marked the peak of imayo popularity and the anthology is the largest extant collection of these songs. Presumably the work consisted of 20 books; but the extant text contains only a fragment of the original, about two and a half books, with a total of 566 songs. Since the present study is the first extended treatment of the anthology in a Western language, its findings are presented in a format which can accommodate as much information as possible. The first part of the study includes background materials outlining the history of the text, a brief discussion of imayo as a song genre, a discussion of the transmitters of imayo, and a short biographical account of the compiler, the Emperor Go-Shirakawa. The main body of the dissertation concentrates on an analysis of the songs from two perspectives: thematic and technical. The analysis of theme explores how concerns with religion, love, and society are perceived and articulated, while the examination of technique considers the formal characteristics, imagery, modes of deliver, and diction. The literary value of the anthology consists in the diversity and complexity of the materials it contains. There is an unusual juxtaposition and co-existence of heterogeneous elements within the anthology which ranges from Buddhist metaphysics to the lowly folk's plea for salvation; from the public eulogy for eminent Buddhist priests to the curses uttered by jilted courtesans; and from a glimpse of high court ceremonial life to the disturbing signs of the times harbingering the coming of the warrior classes. In total, these songs present a slice of life of Heian society in transition from the aristocratic culture to the warrior norms and ethos. That an emperor, the hub of aristocratic culture, should be the keenest observer and recorder of such changes is a telling irony of the age. |
| 點閱次數 | 270 |
| 建檔日期 | 2004.02.13 |
| 更新日期 | 2016.06.27 |
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