Title The Buddhist poetry of the Great Kamo Priestess : Daisaiin Senshi and Hosshin Wakashū / by Edward Kamens

Published Ann Arbor : Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 1990

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 170 p.) Series Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; no. 5 Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; no. 5. Contents Part One: The Great Kamo Priestess -- Part Two: A Reading of Hosshin Wakashū -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The Text of Hosshin Wakashū -- List of Characters for Names and Terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author Summary Senshi was born in 964 and died in 1035, in the Heian period of Japanese history (794-1185). Most of the poems discussed here are what may loosely be called Buddhist poems, since they deal with Buddhist scriptures, practices, and ideas. For this reason, most of them have been treated as examples of a category or subgenre of waka called Shakkyoka, "Buddhist poems.Yet many Shakkyoka are more like other poems in the waka canon than they are unlike them. In the case of Senshi's "Buddhist poems," their language links them to the traditions of secular verse. Moreover, the poems use the essentially secular public literary language of waka to address and express serious and relatively private religious concerns and aspirations. In reading Senshi's poems, it is as important to think about their relationship to the traditions and conventions of waka and to other waka texts as it is to think about their relationship to Buddhist thoughts, practices, and texts.The Buddhist Poetry of the Great Kamo Priestess creates a context for the reading of Senshi's poems by presenting what is known and what has been thought about her and them. As such, it is a vital source for any reader of Senshi and other literature of the Heian period Notes Includes the text of Hosshin Wakashū Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-164) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Description based on print version record; resource not viewed digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Senshi, Princess, daughter of Murakami, Emperor of Japan, 964-1035. Hosshin wakashū SUBJECT Senshi, Princess, daughter of Murakami, Emperor of Japan, 964-1035. Hoshin wakashū Senshi (Japan, Prinzessin) swd Subject Buddhism in literature. Buddhism in literature Boeddhisme. Form Electronic book Author Senshi, Princess, daughter of Murakami, Emperor of Japan, 964-1035. Hosshin wakashū. 1990 University of Michigan. Center for Japanese Studies. LC no. 2020715734 ISBN 9780472128020 0472128027 9780472880027 0472880020 0472038311 9780472038312

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