Court Poetics: The Kokinshu and the Tales of Ise Flashcards
Characteristics of Otoke-te
Hand’s hand, sinitic script, foreign, official
Characteristics of Onna-de
Woman’s hand, Kana, Native, Private
Monogatari Tales
Most likely men at first but by Murasaki shikibu’s day most tales writers were women.
When did Kana come about?
The 9th century
What was Waka typically used for?
Behind the scenes
What was Kana typically used for?
casual discourse
Tanka became the standard form of what?
Waka
How did Waka relate to customs?
It protected the inertia of customs
Whar’s Waka’s relation of romance?
It was often used in romantic discourse
Were the Fujiwara marriage politics important to court?
Yes, they are considered the most important political development
How did Fujiwara Marriage politics affect court?
It allowed for regrant household expansion and shoen acclamation
What did Haikai develop into
Haiku
How did the Kokinshu confront Waka?
It described the custom was meaingless
What was the Kokinshu
The first imperial anthology
When was the Kokinshu presented and to who?
It was presented to Emperor Daigo in 905
Did the Kokinshu focus on larger sequences or individual poems?
Larger seqeuences
What was Ki no Tsurayuki’s kana preface?
He defended Waka using six-dynasty poetry belief that Waka/Poetry is natural to humans
What did the Tales of Ice mainly consist of?
most of the poems deal with love
How was the Tales of Ise compiled?
By several persons overtime, which caused issues with authority
How did the Tales of Ice affect Waka?
It became the text book for waka poets throughout the medieval period
How is love defined in the Tales of Ise?
Strategic and Lustful
What are the Tales of Ise based on?
Based on the poetry of Ariwara no Narihira
How do the Kokinshu and Manyoshu compare?
Range of feelings in the kokinshu are greatly narrowed and refined compared to the manyosh
What will the Kokinshu go on to inspire?
many similar anthologies such as the Shinkokinshu
