Title Murmured conversations : a treatise on poetry and Buddhism / by the poet-monk Shinkei ; translation, commentary, and annotation by Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen

Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 416 pages) Contents 1. Prologue -- 2. Renga History -- 3. On the Tsukubashu -- 4. Post-Shinkokinshu Waka -- 5. Ancient and Middle-Period Renga -- 6. The Character of the Work of the Early Masters -- 7. The Style of Ineffable Depth (Yugen) -- 8. Learning and the Study of Renga -- 9. The Role of Waka in Renga Training -- 10. On Hokku -- 11. Double Meaning in Poetry -- 12. The Manifold Configurations of Poetry -- 13. The Roots of Poetry in Temporality -- 14. Poetic Process as a Contemplation -- 15. The Wisdom of Nondiscrimination -- 16. Right Teaching and the Individual Poet -- 17. The Influence of Companions in the Way -- 18. Poetry and the Mundane Mind -- 19. The Issue of Fame as Index of Poetic Value -- 20. Poetry Is an Existential Discipline -- 21. Poetry Is a Self-Consuming Passion -- 22. Worldly Glory Versus Reclusive Concentration -- 23. Criticism Is a Function of One's Own Limitations -- 24. Sitting with a Master -- 25. Constant Practice Is Decisive -- 26. Valorizing the Deviant or Obscure -- 27. The Difficulty of Comprehending Superior Poetry -- 28. The "Vulgar" Verse -- 29. Plagiarism -- 30. Excessive Straining After Effect -- 31. Semantic Confusion -- 32. Incomprehensibility -- 33. The Close Link and the Distant Link -- 34. On Hen-jo-dai-kyoku-ryu; as the Structure of the Renga Link -- 35. On Rikugi: The Six Types of Poetry -- 36. Poetry Contests and Criticism -- 37. Marks and Grade Points in Renga -- 38. One's True Poetry Emerges in Old Age -- 39. The State of Renga in Our Time -- 40. About Hen-jo-dai-kyoku-ryu -- 41. The Central Place of Grace (en) in the Poetic Process -- 42. Verses on the Moon, Flowers, and Snow -- 43. The Verse of Ineffable Remoteness (Yoon) -- 44. Renga Rules and Buddhist Precepts: The Question of Morality and Freedom -- 45. Poetry and Zen Meditation, the Cosmic Body, and the True Word -- 46. The Link Between Maeku and Tsukeku -- 47. The Nature and Goal of Criticism -- 48. Selecting Friends of the Way -- 49. The Close Link and the Distant Link -- 50. On the Issue of the Ultimate Style -- 51. Discipline in the Mind-Ground -- 52. Orthodoxy and Plurality -- 53. Reclusion -- 54. The Impartiality of Divine Response -- 55. Heredity, Social Status, and the Way -- 56. The Mark of Temporality in Talent, Training, and Fame or Obscurity -- 57. The Difficulty of Achieving the Way: The Transmission of Mind Is Beyond Language -- 58. Mutually Supportive and Antagonistic Arts -- 59. The Practice of Poetry in Our Time -- 60. The Question of the True Buddha and the Ultimate Poem -- 61. The Ten Virtues -- 62. Epilogue -- Appendix. Biographical Notes Summary "Murmured Conversations is the first complete and rigorously annotated translation of Sasamegoto (1463-1464), considered the most important and representative poetic treatise of the medieval period in Japan because of its thoroughgoing construction of poetry as a way to attain, and signify through language, the mental liberation (satori) that is the goal of Buddhist practice. It is a fascinating document revealing the central place of Buddhist philosophy in medieval Japanese artistic practices. Shinkei (1406-1475), the author of the treatise, is himself a major poet, regarded as the most brilliant among the practitioners of linked poetry (renga) in the Muromachi Period."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-370) and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Shinkei, 1406-1475 -- Translations into English SUBJECT Shinkei, 1406-1475 fast Shinkei. Sasamegoto. swd Subject Renga -- History and criticism Japanese poetry -- To 1600 -- History and criticism Buddhism -- Japan -- History -- To 1500 LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- Japanese. Buddhism Japanese poetry Renga Übersetzung Japansk poesi -- historia -- före 1500. Buddhism -- historia -- Japan -- före 1500. Japan Englisch. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Translations Form Electronic book Author Ramirez-Christensen, Esperanza U 心敬(1406-1475) ISBN 9780804779395 0804779392

Other Titles Sasamegoto. English

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