Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women : : Politics, Personality, and Literary Production in the Life of Nun Abutsu / / Christina Laffin.
Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women explores the world of thirteenth-century Japan through the life of a prolific noblewoman known as Nun Abutsu (1225-1283). Abutsu crossed gender and genre barriers by writing the first career guide for Japanese noblewomen, the first female-authored poetry treatise, a...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 2 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Nun Abutsu and Women's Writing in Medieval Japan
- Chapter 2. A Woman's Guide to Career Success Nun Abutsu and Court Life in The Nursemaid's Letter
- Chapter 3. Lover and Nun Embodying the Heroine in Fitful Slumbers
- Chapter 4. Women and the Way Nun Abutsu as Poet and Genji Scholar
- Chapter 5. Politics and Poetry Diary of the Sixteenth Night Moon as a Literary Appeal
- Epilogue: Abutsu's Legacy
- Appendix I: The Mikohidari Lineage
- Appendix II: A Chronology of Nun Abutsu
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index