Court Poetics: The Kokinshu and the Tales of Ise Flashcards

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Characteristics of Otoke-te

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Hand’s hand, sinitic script, foreign, official

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Characteristics of Onna-de

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Woman’s hand, Kana, Native, Private

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Monogatari Tales

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Most likely men at first but by Murasaki shikibu’s day most tales writers were women.

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When did Kana come about?

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The 9th century

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What was Waka typically used for?

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Behind the scenes

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What was Kana typically used for?

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casual discourse

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7
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Tanka became the standard form of what?

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Waka

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How did Waka relate to customs?

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It protected the inertia of customs

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Whar’s Waka’s relation of romance?

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It was often used in romantic discourse

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Were the Fujiwara marriage politics important to court?

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Yes, they are considered the most important political development

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How did Fujiwara Marriage politics affect court?

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It allowed for regrant household expansion and shoen acclamation

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12
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What did Haikai develop into

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Haiku

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How did the Kokinshu confront Waka?

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It described the custom was meaingless

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What was the Kokinshu

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The first imperial anthology

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When was the Kokinshu presented and to who?

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It was presented to Emperor Daigo in 905

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Did the Kokinshu focus on larger sequences or individual poems?

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Larger seqeuences

17
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What was Ki no Tsurayuki’s kana preface?

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He defended Waka using six-dynasty poetry belief that Waka/Poetry is natural to humans

18
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What did the Tales of Ice mainly consist of?

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most of the poems deal with love

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How was the Tales of Ise compiled?

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By several persons overtime, which caused issues with authority

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How did the Tales of Ice affect Waka?

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It became the text book for waka poets throughout the medieval period

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How is love defined in the Tales of Ise?

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Strategic and Lustful

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What are the Tales of Ise based on?

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Based on the poetry of Ariwara no Narihira

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How do the Kokinshu and Manyoshu compare?

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Range of feelings in the kokinshu are greatly narrowed and refined compared to the manyosh

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What will the Kokinshu go on to inspire?

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many similar anthologies such as the Shinkokinshu