Lady Nijo S Own Story Towazu Gatari The Candid Diary Of A Thirteenth Century Japanese Imperial Concubine
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Lady Nijo S Own Story
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language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 1999-10-15
Lady Nijo S Own Story written by and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-10-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Lady Nijo, a lady–in–waiting of the thirteenth–century Japanese Imperial Court, was a small child when the young ex–Emperor Go Fukakusa took her under his protection. She was between twelve and thirteen years old when he made her his mistress, and for more than a decade after that the lovely young girl from one of Japan's most noble families lived at the court as an honored Lady in the ex–Emperor's entourage. As a historical work, the book documents the routine of long-ago court life, with its great emphasis on poetry contests, "football" games, drinking parties, and clothing (at the most tragic moment, Lady Nijo stops to describe what the messenger bringing word of her lover's death is wearing). Lady Nijo's story is much more than a day-to-day record of trivial events. It is the tale of a courageous woman, told with consummate skill. Scholars agree that the newly-discovered diary is one of the masterpieces of the country's literature, a genuine autobiography that not only records the social pastimes of the aristocracy, but also gives a contemporary view of the political and economic movements of the time.
Lady Nijo S Own Story Towazu Gatari The Candid Diary Of A Thirteenth Century Japanese Imperial Concubine
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Author : Lady Nijo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Lady Nijo S Own Story Towazu Gatari The Candid Diary Of A Thirteenth Century Japanese Imperial Concubine written by Lady Nijo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Japan categories.
Lady Nij S Own Story
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language : en
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Release Date : 1974
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The Power Of Denial
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Author : Bernard Faure
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009-01-10
The Power Of Denial written by Bernard Faure and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-10 with Religion categories.
Innumerable studies have appeared in recent decades about practically every aspect of women's lives in Western societies. The few such works on Buddhism have been quite limited in scope. In The Power of Denial, Bernard Faure takes an important step toward redressing this situation by boldly asking: does Buddhism offer women liberation or limitation? Continuing the innovative exploration of sexuality in Buddhism he began in The Red Thread, here he moves from his earlier focus on male monastic sexuality to Buddhist conceptions of women and constructions of gender. Faure argues that Buddhism is neither as sexist nor as egalitarian as is usually thought. Above all, he asserts, the study of Buddhism through the gender lens leads us to question what we uncritically call Buddhism, in the singular. Faure challenges the conventional view that the history of women in Buddhism is a linear narrative of progress from oppression to liberation. Examining Buddhist discourse on gender in traditions such as that of Japan, he shows that patriarchy--indeed, misogyny--has long been central to Buddhism. But women were not always silent, passive victims. Faure points to the central role not only of nuns and mothers (and wives) of monks but of female mediums and courtesans, whose colorful relations with Buddhist monks he considers in particular. Ultimately, Faure concludes that while Buddhism is, in practice, relentlessly misogynist, as far as misogynist discourses go it is one of the most flexible and open to contradiction. And, he suggests, unyielding in-depth examination can help revitalize Buddhism's deeper, more ancient egalitarianism and thus subvert its existing gender hierarchy. This groundbreaking book offers a fresh, comprehensive understanding of what Buddhism has to say about gender, and of what this really says about Buddhism, singular or plural.
The Confessions Of Lady Nijo
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Author : Nakanoin Masatada no Musume
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1976
The Confessions Of Lady Nijo written by Nakanoin Masatada no Musume and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Literary Criticism categories.
In about 1307 a remarkable woman in Japan sat down to complete the story of her life. The result was an autobiographical narrative, a tale of thirty-six years (1271-1306) in the life of Lady Nijo, starting when she became the concubine of a retired emperor in Kyoto at the age of fourteen and ending, several love affairs later, with an account of her new life as a wandering Buddhist nun. Through the vagaries of history, however, the glory of Lady Nijo's story has taken six and half centuries to arrive. The Confessions of Lady Nijo or Towazugatari in Japanese, was not widely circulated after it was written, perhaps because of the dynastic quarrel that soon split the imperial family, or perhaps because of Lady Nijo's intimate portrait of a very human emperor. Whatever the cause, the book was neglected, then forgotten completely, and only a single manuscript survived. This was finally discovered in 1940, but would not be published until after World War II in 1950. This translation and its annotations draw on multiple Japanese editions, but borrow most heavily from the interpretations offered by Tsugita Kasumi.
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Author : 国際日本文化研究センター
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
written by 国際日本文化研究センター and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Foreign language publications categories.
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language : en
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Release Date : 1976
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Weekly Record
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
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Library Of Congress Catalog
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Author : Library of Congress
language : en
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Release Date : 1974-07
Library Of Congress Catalog written by Library of Congress and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974-07 with Subject catalogs categories.
Beginning with 1953, entries for Motion pictures and filmstrips, Music and phonorecords form separate parts of the Library of Congress catalogue. Entries for Maps and atlases were issued separately 1953-1955.
Choice
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language : en
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Release Date : 1976
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