{"product_id":"murmured-conversations-a-treatise-on-poetry-and-buddhism-by-the-poet-monk-shinkei-hardcover","title":"Murmured Conversations: A Treatise on Poetry and Buddhism by the Poet-Monk Shinkei - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEsperanza Ramirez-Christensen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurmured Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e is the first complete and rigorously annotated translation of \u003ci\u003eSasamegoto\u003c\/i\u003e (1463-1464), considered the most important and representative poetic treatise of the medieval period in Japan because of its thoroughgoing construction of poetry as a way to attain, and signify through language, the mental liberation (\u003ci\u003esatori\u003c\/i\u003e) that is the goal of Buddhist practice. It is a fascinating document revealing the central place of Buddhist philosophy in medieval Japanese artistic practices. Shinkei (1406-1475), the author of the treatise, is himself a major poet, regarded as the most brilliant among the practitioners of linked poetry (\u003ci\u003erenga\u003c\/i\u003e) in the Muromachi Period. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlong with the extensive annotations, Ramirez-Christensen's commentaries illuminate the significance of each section of the treatise within the context of \u003ci\u003ewaka\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003erenga\u003c\/i\u003e poetics, of the history of classical Japanese aesthetic principles in general and of Shinkei's thought in particular, and the role of Buddhism in the contemporary understanding of cultural practices like poetry. This is the most comprehensive presentation available in English of a major classical Japanese critical text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEsperanza Ramirez-Christensen is Professor of Japanese Literature at the University of Michigan. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eHeart's Flower: The Life and Poetry of Shinkei\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 1994), and the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Father-Daughter Plot: Japanese Literary Women and the Law of the Father\u003c\/i\u003e (2001).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.13 x 8.93 x 6.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51817929572640,"sku":"9780804748636","price":153.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c1740ba966050f63413c6b61ccacc000.webp?v=1781112873","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/murmured-conversations-a-treatise-on-poetry-and-buddhism-by-the-poet-monk-shinkei-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}