A History of Japanese Literature, Volume 3. The High Middle Ages

In this third of five volumes tracing the history of Japanese literature through Mishima Yukio, Jin'ichi Konishi portrays the high medieval period. Here he continues to examine the influence of Chinese  literature on Japanese writers, addressing in particular reactions to  Sung ideas, Zen Buddhism, and the ideal of literary vocation, michi. This volume focuses on three areas in which Konishi has long made distinctive contributions: court poetry (waka), featuring twelfth-and thirteenth-century works, especially those of Fujiwara Teika (1162-1241), standard linked poetry (renga), from its inception to its  full harvest in the work of Sogi (1421-1502), and the theatrical form  noh, including the work of Zeami (ca. 1365-1443) and Komparu Zenchiku  (1405-?). The author also considers prose narrative and popular song.Originally published in 1991.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts  of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to  vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.