{"product_id":"linked-verse-in-medieval-japan-history-commentary-performance-9780231191142","title":"Linked Verse in Medieval Japan: History, Commentary, Performance","description":"\u003cp\u003eLinked verse (\u003ci\u003erenga\u003c\/i\u003e) was the most popular form of poetry in Japan's medieval era (c. 1200-1600 CE). \u003ci\u003eRenga\u003c\/i\u003e poets linked verses of seventeen and fourteen syllables into long sequences in accordance with complex rules and literary allusions; the first verse, which initially stood alone, was the ancestor of the modern haiku. Courtiers, warriors, and commoners alike practiced linked verse in an atmosphere of literary artistry, scholarship, social sensitivity, and charged competition. The masters were often invited at great expense to warrior domains to preside at linked-verse sessions and provide instruction in the art and in allied works of the classical canon, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Genji.\u003c\/i\u003e Some of Japan's most famous poets, among them Sōgi and Bashō, not only composed \u003ci\u003erenga\u003c\/i\u003e sequences still revered today but also made important contributions to the study of \u003ci\u003erenga\u003c\/i\u003e history, theory, composition, and etiquette. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is the most comprehensive work in English on premodern Japanese linked verse. It includes a history of the genre in both its formal (\u003ci\u003eushin\u003c\/i\u003e) and unorthodox (\u003ci\u003ehaikai\u003c\/i\u003e) manifestations up through the time of Bashō, an introduction to linked-verse composition and commentaries, and an overview of the art's performative aspects. These three parts are each linked to original English translations: an early treatise on \u003ci\u003erenga\u003c\/i\u003e history, theory, and rules; a particularly intricate hundred-verse sequence and its contemporary commentaries; and two guides to mental attitude and deportment at a \u003ci\u003erenga\u003c\/i\u003e session. Wide-ranging and erudite, \u003ci\u003eLinked Verse in Medieval Japan\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful account of the history, theory, and practice of one of Japan's great art forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eH. Mack Horton is the Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Japanese Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include \u003ci\u003eSong in an Age of Discord: \u003c\/i\u003eThe Journal of Sôchô \u003ci\u003eand Poetic Life in Late Medieval Japan\u003c\/i\u003e (2002); \u003ci\u003eTraversing the Frontier: The\u003c\/i\u003e Man'yōshū \u003ci\u003eAccount of a Japanese Mission to Silla in 736-737\u003c\/i\u003e (2012); and \u003ci\u003eThe Rhetoric of Death and Discipleship in Premodern Japan: Sōchō's\u003c\/i\u003e Death of Sōgi \u003ci\u003eand Kikaku's\u003c\/i\u003e Death of Master Bashō (2019).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623501857042,"sku":"9780231191142","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8d84e06d-247c-4637-ab6a-5639ca6a1a48.jpg?v=1758639102","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/linked-verse-in-medieval-japan-history-commentary-performance-9780231191142","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}