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: Mumyozoshi ( 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 yoen inform the tale. Evidence relating to the date and authorship of the tale is explored in two appendixes.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies
ISBN-10
0939512483
ISBN-13
9780939512485
eBay Product ID (ePID)
406448
Product Key Features
Book Title
Tale of Matsura : Fujiwara Teika's Experiment in Fiction
Author
Wayne Lammers
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Ethnic Studies / General, General
Publication Year
1992
Genre
Literary Criticism, Social Science, Fiction
Number of Pages
222 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
19 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
9
Lc Classification Number
Pl790.M34e5 1991
Copyright Date
1992
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lccn
90-042197
Dewey Decimal
895.6322
Series
Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies
Dewey Edition
23
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