Man'yoshu and the imperial imagination in early Japan / by Torquil Duthie.

Author/creator Duthie, Torquil
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.
Descriptionxviii, 443 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
Man'yōshū--Criticism, Textual.
Nihon shoki--Criticism, Textual.
Imperialism in literature.
Courts and courtiers in literature.
Politics and literature--Japan. --History. --To 1500.
Political culture--Japan. --History. --To 1500.
Japanese poetry--To 1185. --History and criticism.
Japanese literature--To 1185. --History and criticism.
Japan--History. --645-794.
Japan--Intellectual life. --To 1185.

SeriesBrill's Japanese studies library, 0925-6512; volume 45
Contents Chronology of major events in the Nihon Shoki and Shoku Nihongi narratives -- Part One. The literary representation of empire -- Yamato as empire in the Sinoscript sphere -- The national imagining of early Japan -- The imperial configuration of Nihon -- Imperial historiography and the narrative politics of the Jinshin Rebellion -- Poetry anthology as imperial history -- Part Two. Imperial poetry and the politics of the first person -- The voice of all under heaven -- Tenmu and the Yoshino cult -- The Tenmu myth of heavenly descent -- The memory of the Omi capital -- The Fujiwara sovereign.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 417-433) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013040587
ISBN9789004251717 (hardback : acid-free paper)
ISBN9004251715 (hardback : acid-free paper)

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