TY - BOOK ID - 3439330 TI - Man'yōshū and the Imperial Imagination in Early Japan PY - 2014 VL - 45 SN - 9789004251717 9004251715 900426454X 9789004264540 9781306405263 1306405262 PB - Leiden DB - UniCat KW - J5715 KW - J5500.30 KW - J3308.20 KW - J5501 KW - J3320 KW - Japan: Literature -- poetry -- Waka, tanka, chōka -- Man'yōshū KW - Japan: Literature -- history and criticism -- Heian period (794-1185) KW - Japan: History -- ancient and early histories -- Nihon shoki (Nihongi) KW - Japan: Literature -- policy, legislation, guidelines, codes of behavior (government, internal...) KW - Japan: History -- Kodai -- Asuka and Nara period (538-794) KW - Courts and courtiers in literature. KW - Imperialism in literature. KW - Japan -- History -- 645-794. KW - Japan -- Intellectual life -- To 1185. KW - Japanese literature -- To 1185 -- History and criticism. KW - Japanese poetry -- To 1185 -- History and criticism. KW - Man’yo ̄shu ̄ -- Criticism, Textual. KW - Nihon shoki -- Criticism, Textual. KW - Political culture -- Japan -- History -- To 1500. KW - Politics and literature -- Japan -- History -- To 1500. KW - Imperialism in literature KW - Courts and courtiers in literature KW - Politics and literature KW - Political culture KW - Japanese poetry KW - Japanese literature KW - Languages & Literatures KW - East Asian Languages & Literatures KW - History KW - History and criticism KW - History and criticism. KW - Man'yōsh KW - Nihon shoki KW - Criticism, Textual. KW - Japan KW - Intellectual life KW - Literature KW - Literature and politics KW - Political aspects KW - Nihongi KW - Yamato fumi KW - Yamatobumi KW - Ilbon sŏgi KW - Nihon-gi KW - Chronicles of Japan KW - Chronicle of Japan KW - 日本書紀 KW - Culture KW - Political science KW - Rikkokushi KW - Man'yōshū KW - Man'yôsyû KW - Man̄yefushifu KW - Manʺësi︠u︡ KW - Mannyōshū KW - Manyŏpchip KW - Wan yeh chi KW - Nishi Honganji-bon Man'yōshū KW - Man.yôshû UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3439330 AB - 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 last volumes of the official history Nihon shoki (c. 720), Duthie shows how competing political interests and different styles of representation produced not a unified ideology, but rather a “bundle” of disparate imperial imaginaries collected around the figure of the imperial sovereign. Central to this process was the creation of a tradition of vernacular poetry in which Yamato courtiers could participate and recognize themselves as the cultured officials of the new imperial realm. ER -