Shinkei (1406-75), one of the most brilliant poets of medieval Japan, is a pivotal figure in the development of renga (linked poetry) as a serious art. In an age when anyone who wished to signal his denial of mundane concerns or make his way in the world with relative freedom donned the robes of a m...

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Main Author:	Ramirez-Christensen, Esperanza U. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English Japanese
Published:	Stanford, CA Stanford Univ. Press 1994
Subjects:	Shinkei <1406-1475> Shinkei <1406-1475> > Translations into English Shinkei > 1406-1475 Buddhist priests > Japan > Biography Poets, Japanese > 1185-1600 > Biography Biografie
Summary:	Shinkei (1406-75), one of the most brilliant poets of medieval Japan, is a pivotal figure in the development of renga (linked poetry) as a serious art. In an age when anyone who wished to signal his denial of mundane concerns or make his way in the world with relative freedom donned the robes of a monk, Shinkei stood out by being a practicing cleric with a temple in Kyoto, the Japanese capital His priestly duties and his devotion to Buddhist ideals are directly reflected in the intensely pure, lyrical longing for transcendence that is the most notable quality of his sensibility. Shinkei's life and work also provide a vivid portrayal of a tumultuous period of Japanese history that was one of the defining moments of its culture, when Zen Buddhism began to directly influence the arts
Physical Description:	XII, 475 S.
ISBN:	0804722536