The Pre-Texts of Saigyō's Communion with a Sacred Prostitute in <i>Eguchi</i>

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  • 能〈江口〉とプレテクストをめぐって

Abstract

<p>Eguchi is a Noh play about Saigyō's and Shōkū's encounter with the Buddhist saint Samantabhadra in the guise of a prostitute. The former's episode has several sources; the account of Saigyō's communion with the sacred prostitute in Senjū-shō, the comment on her song in reply to the monk in Saigyō-monogatari, and his theatrically masochistic style found in his own poetry collection Sanka-shū. The aim of this article is to redefine the Noh play as a fable of Saigyō's transcendental experience in terms of these “pre-texts.”</p>

Journal

  • Japanese Literature

    Japanese Literature 67 (7), 13-22, 2018-07-10

    Japanese Literature Association

Details 詳細情報について

  • CRID
    1390015366742096384
  • DOI
    10.20620/nihonbungaku.67.7_13
  • ISSN
    24241202
    03869903
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
  • Abstract License Flag
    Disallowed

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