Man'yőshű and the imperial imagination in early Japan / / by Torquil Duthie.
In Man’yōshū and the Imperial Imagination in Early Japan , Torquil Duthie examines the literary representation of the late seventh-century Yamato court as a realm of \'all under heaven.” Through close readings of the early volumes of the poetic anthology Man’yōshū (c. eighth century) and the la...
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| Superior document: | Brill's Japanese Studies Library, Volume 45 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's Japanese studies library ;
v. 45. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (463 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Chronology of Major Events in the Nihon Shoki and Shoku Nihongi Narratives
- 1 Yamato as Empire in the Sinoscript Sphere
- 2 The National Imaginings of Early Japan
- 3 The Imperial Configuration of Nihon
- 4 Imperial Historiography and the Narrative Politics of the Jinshin Rebellion
- 5 Poetry Anthology as Imperial History
- 6 The Voice of All under Heaven
- 7 Tenmu and the Yoshino Cult
- 8 The Tenmu Myth of Heavenly Descent
- 9 The Memory of the Ōmi Capital
- 10 The Fujiwara Sovereign
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.