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Uniform Title Matsura no Miya monogatari. English.
Title The tale of Matsura : Fujiwara Teika's experiment in fiction / translated with an introduction and notes by Wayne P. Lammers.

Imprint Ann Arbor : Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 1992.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 208 p.)
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Series Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; no. 9
Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; no. 9.
Note Translation of: Matsura no Miya monogatari.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and indexes.
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Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Charts -- Preface -- Matsura no Miya Monogatari: A Critical Introduction -- Chapter One: Fujiwara Teika and Matsura no Miya Monogatari -- Chapter Two: The Aesthetic of Yen in a Narrative Context -- Chapter Three: The Manuscripts and Texts -- The Tale of Matsura: A Translation of Matsura no Miya Monogatari -- Book One -- Book Two -- Book Three -- Appendix A: Evidence on Dating Matsura no Miya Monogatari -- Appendix B: The Authorship of Matsura no Miya Monogatari -- Bibliography -- Indexes -- About the Author
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Summary Fujiwara Teika is known as the premier poet and literary scholar of the early 13th century. It is not so widely known that he also tried his hand at fiction: Mumyzshi (Untitled Leaves; ca. 1201) refers to "several works" by Teika and then names Matsura no miya monogatari (The Tale of Matsura; ca. 1190) as the only one that can be considered successful. The work is here translated in full, with annotation. Set in the pre-Nara period, The Tale of Matsura is the story of a young Japanese courtier, Ujitada, who is sent to China with an embassy and has a number of supernatural experiences while there. Affairs of the heart dominate The Tale of Matsura, as is standard for courtly tales. Several of its other features break the usual mold, however: its time and setting; the military episode that would seem to belong instead in a war tale; scenes depicting the sovereign's daily audiences, in which formal court business is conducted; a substantial degree of specificity in referring to things Chinese; a heavy reliance on fantastic and supernatural elements; an obvious effort to avoid imitating The Tale of Genji as other late-Heian tales had done; and a most inventive ending. The discussion in the introduction briefly touches upon each of these features, and then focuses at some length on how characteristics associated with the poetic ideal of yen inform the tale. Evidence relating to the date and authorship of the tale is explored in two appendixes.
Subject Matsura no Miya monogatari -- Translations, English.
Matsura no Miya monogatari
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Genre/Form Translations
Added Author Fujiwara, Sadaie, 1162-1241.
Lammers, Wayne P., 1951-
Other Form: Print version: The tale of Matsura Ann Arbor : Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 1992. 0939512483 (alk. paper) (DLC) 90042197
ISBN 0939512483 (alk. paper)
9780472127641 electronic book
0472127640
9780472901593 open access
0472901591
9780939512485 hardcover
9780472038176 paper
0472038176
Standard No. 10.3998/mpub.18817 doi

 
    
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