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Writing and Renunciation in Medieval Japan: The Works of the Poet-Priest Kamo no Chomei
Rajyashree Pandey 1998
Writing and Renunciation in Medieval Japan is an important contribution to a growing body of work that challenges the rigid distinction between the religious and literary—a distinction that would have made little sense to medieval writers, many of whom were poets as well as priests—and sheds light on the particular ways in which a religio-aesthetic tradition came to be articulated in medieval Japan. Through an examination of records left by Chōmei's contemporaries, the book also traces the life of Chōmei, particularly his activities as a court poet and the circumstances that led to his taking the tonsure.
- Series
- Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies
- ISBN(s)
- 978-0-472-03828-2 (paper)
- 978-0-939512-86-7 (hardcover)
- 978-0-472-90189-0 (open access)
- Subject
- Citable Link