{"product_id":"writing-and-renunciation-in-medieval-japan-the-works-of-the-poet-priest-kamo-no-chomei-9780472038282","title":"Writing and Renunciation in Medieval Japan: The Works of the Poet-Priest Kamo No Chomei","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rajyashree Pandey\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: U of M Center for Japanese Studies\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: U of M Center for Japanese Studies\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asian - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first monograph-length study in English of Kamo no Chōmei, one of the most important literary figures of medieval Japan. Drawing upon a wide range of writings in a variety of genres from the Heian and Kamakura periods, Pandey focuses on the terms \u003ci\u003ekyōgen kigo\u003c\/i\u003e (wild words and fancy phrases), \u003ci\u003eshoji soku nehan\u003c\/i\u003e (samsara is nirvana), \u003ci\u003ehōben\u003c\/i\u003e (expedient means), and \u003ci\u003esuki \u003c\/i\u003e(single-minded devotion to an art). She shows how these terms deployed by writers in an attempt to reconcile literary and artistic activities with a commitment to Buddhism. By locating Chōmei within this broad context, the book offers an original reading of his texts, while at the same time casting a light upon intellectual preoccupations that were central to the times.\u003ci\u003eWriting and Renunciation in Medieval Japan\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to a growing body of work that challenges the rigid distinction between the religious and literary--a distinction that would have made little sense to medieval writers, many of whom were poets as well as priests--and sheds light on the particular ways in which a religio-aesthetic tradition came to be articulated in medieval Japan. Through an examination of records left by Chōmei's contemporaries, the book also traces the life of Chōmei, particularly his activities as a court poet and the circumstances that led to his taking the tonsure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"U of M Center for Japanese Studies","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47779923984535,"sku":"9780472038282","price":1803.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780472038282.webp?v=1778041013","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/writing-and-renunciation-in-medieval-japan-the-works-of-the-poet-priest-kamo-no-chomei-9780472038282","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}