This book traces the history of noh and ky?gen, the first major Japanese theatrical arts. Going beyond P. G. O'Neill's Early N? Drama of 1958, it covers the full period of noh's medieval development and includes a chapter dedicated to the comic art of ky?gen, which has often been left in noh's shadow. It is based on contemporary research in Japan, Asia, Europe and America, and embraces current ideas of theatre history, providing a richly contextualized account which looks closely at theatrical forms and genres as they arose.
The masked drama of noh, with its ghosts, chanting and music, and its use in Japanese films, has been the object of modern international interest. However, audiences are often confused as to what noh actually is. This book attempts to answer where noh came from, what it was like in its day, and what it was for. To that end, it contains sections which discuss a number of prominent noh plays in their period and challenges established approaches. It also contains the first detailed study in English of the ky?gen repertoire of the sixteenth-century.
Автор: Rajyashree Pandey Название: Perfumed Sleeves and Tangled Hair: Body, Woman, and Desire in Medieval Japanese Narratives ISBN: 0824853547 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824853549 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 76690.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Explores the possibilities and limits of terms such as "body", "woman", "gender", and "agency" to analyse texts that come out of altogether different temporal and cultural contexts. Through close textual readings of a wide range of classical and medieval narratives, Rajyashree Pandey offers new ways of understanding such terms within the context of medieval Buddhist knowledge.
This is a study of visual and textual images of the mythical creature tengu from the late Heian (897-1185) to the late Kamakura (1185-1333) periods. Popularly depicted as half-bird, half-human creatures with beaks or long noses, wings, and human bodies, tengu today are commonly seen as guardian spirits associated with the mountain ascetics known as yamabushi. In the medieval period, however, the character of tengu most often had a darker, more malevolent aspect. Haruko Wakabashi focuses in this study particularly on tengu as manifestations of the Buddhist concept of Māra (or ma), the personification of evil in the form of the passions and desires that are obstacles to enlightenment. Her larger aim is to investigate the use of evil in the rhetoric of Buddhist institutions of medieval Japan. Through a close examination of tengu that appear in various forms and contexts, Wakabayashi considers the functions of a discourse on evil as defined by the Buddhist clergy to justify their position and marginalize others.
Early chapters discuss Buddhist appropriations of tengu during the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries in relation to the concept of ma. Multiple interpretations of ma developed in response to changes in society and challenges to the Buddhist community, which recruited tengu in its efforts to legitimize its institutions. The highlight of the work discusses in detail the thirteenth-century narrative scroll Tengu zōshi (also known as the Shichi Tengu-e, or the Seven Tengu Scrolls), in which monks from prominent temples in Nara and Kyoto and leaders of "new" Buddhist sects (Pure Land and Zen) are depicted as tengu. Through a close analysis of the Tengu zōshi's pictures and text, the author reveals one aspect of the critique against Kamakura Buddhism and how tengu images were used to express this in the late thirteenth century. She concludes with a reexamination of the meaning of tengu and a discussion of how ma was essentially socially constructed not only to explain the problems that plague this world, but also to justify the existence of an institution that depended on the presence of evil for its survival. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, Wakabayashi provides a thoughtful and innovative analysis of history and religion through art. The Seven Tengu Scrolls will therefore appeal to those with an interest in Japanese art, history, and religion, as well as in interdisciplinary approaches to socio-cultural history.
Автор: Molly Vallor Название: Not Seeing Snow: Muso? Soseki and Medieval Japanese Zen ISBN: 9004386289 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789004386280 Издательство: Brill Цена: 131500.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Not Seeing Snow: Musō Soseki and Medieval Japanese Zen offers a critical reappraisal of a crucial yet sorely neglected figure in medieval Japan. It clarifies Musō's far-reaching significance as a Buddhist leader, waka poet, landscape designer, and political figure. In doing so, it sheds light on how elite Zen culture was formed through a complex interplay of politics, religious pedagogy and praxis, poetry, landscape design, and the concerns of institution building. The appendix contains the first complete English translation of Musō's personal waka anthology, Shōgaku Kokushishū.
Автор: Rajyashree Pandey Название: Perfumed Sleeves and Tangled Hair: Body, Woman, and Desire in Medieval Japanese Narratives ISBN: 0824875184 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824875183 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 23410.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Perfumed Sleeves and Tangled Hair explores the possibilities and limits of terms such as ""body,"" ""woman,"" ""gender,"" and ""agency""—categories that emerged within the context of western philosophical, religious, and feminist debates—to analyze texts that come out of altogether different temporal and cultural contexts. Through close textual readings of a wide range of classical and medieval narratives, from well-known works such as the Tale of Genji to popular Buddhist tales, Rajyashree Pandey offers new ways of understanding such terms within the context of medieval Buddhist knowledge. Pandey suggests that ""woman"" in medieval Japanese narratives does not constitute a self-evident and distinct category, and that there is little in these works to indicate that the sexed body was the single most important and overarching site of difference between men and women. She argues that the body in classical and medieval texts is not understood as something constituted through flesh, blood, and bones, or as divorced from the mind, and that in the Tale of Genji it becomes intelligible not as an anatomical entity but rather as something apprehended through robes and hair. Pandey provocatively claims that ""woman"" is a fluid and malleable category, one that often functions as a topos or figural site for staging debates not about real life women, but rather about delusion, attachment, and enlightenment, issues of the utmost importance to the Buddhist medieval world.Pandey's book challenges many of the assumptions that have become commonplace in academic writings on women and Buddhism in medieval Japan. She questions the validity of speaking of Buddhism's misogyny, women's oppression, passivity, or proto-feminism, and points to the anachronistic readings that result when fundamentally modern questions and concerns are transposed unreflexively onto medieval Japanese texts. Taking a broad, interdisciplinary approach, and engaging widely with literature, religious studies, and feminism, while paying close attention to medieval texts and genres, Pandey boldly throws down the gauntlet, challenging some of the sacred cows of contemporary scholarship on medieval Japanese women and Buddhism.
Автор: Hank Glassman Название: The Face of Jizo: Image and Cult in Medieval Japanese Buddhism ISBN: 0824834437 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824834432 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 57290.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This is about the role of images in the development of the cult of Jizo Bodhisattva in Japan from the mid-twelfth century to the mid-seventeenth. It places emphasis on the narrative aspects of visual culture, demonstrating that the synergy and negotiation between Buddhist and native traditions was central to the creation and dissemination of the cult in Japan.
Автор: Mikael S. Adolphson, Anne Commons Название: Lovable Losers: The Heike in Action and Memory ISBN: 0824875079 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824875077 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 31410.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The first substantial piece of English-language scholarship to examine the actions and the memorization of the Heike (Ise Taira), a family of aristocratic warriors whose resounding defeat at the hands of the Seiwa Genji in 1185 resulted in their iconic status as tragic losers. Lovable Losers aims to contextualize and deconstruct representations of the Heike.
Автор: Shirane Название: The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature ISBN: 1107029031 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107029033 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 166850.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The first English-language history of Japanese literature in a single volume, from its beginnings in pre-medieval times to the present day, accompanied by extensive bibliographies. Indispensable not only for scholars and students, but for all those interested in learning more about one of the world`s great literatures.
Автор: Charlene M. Eska Название: A Raven`s Battle-cry: The Limits of Judgment in the Medieval Irish Legal Tract Anfuigell ISBN: 9004342648 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789004342644 Издательство: Brill Цена: 131500.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: In A Raven’s Battle-cry Charlene M. Eska presents a critical edition and translation of the previously unpublished medieval Irish legal tract Anfuigell. Although the Old Irish text itself is fragmentary, the copious accompanying commentaries provide a wealth of legal, historical, and linguistic information not found elsewhere in the medieval Irish legal corpus. Anfuigell contains a wide range of topics relating to the role of the judge in deciding difficult cases, including kingship, raiding, poets, shipwreck, marriage, fosterage, divorce, and contracts relating to land and livestock.
Название: Tacitus: Annals Book XV ISBN: 0521269393 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521269391 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 30630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Unlocks the difficulties and complexities of this challenging yet popular text for students and instructors alike, making Tacitus` Latin more accessible than ever. The introduction and the commentary elucidate the cultural and historical context of the work and the literary artistry of the author.
Автор: Scott Название: The Model of Poesy ISBN: 0521196116 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521196116 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 100320.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This recently discovered treatise on poetics from 1599, the end of the most revolutionary decade in English literary history, includes discussions of the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Gavin Alexander`s groundbreaking edition, with introduction and commentary, makes William Scott`s powerful work newly available to students and scholars of English Renaissance literature.
Автор: Salz Название: A History of Japanese Theatre ISBN: 1107034248 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107034242 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 141510.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Japan boasts one of the world`s oldest, most vibrant and most influential performance traditions. Written by eminent international scholars, this history spans the full range of dance-theatre genres over the past fifteen hundred years. This accessible and complete history is beautifully illustrated and includes interviews with key modern directors.
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