Fumihiko Gomi (1946.1.30- ) "Retired Emperor Gotoba: What Does the Shin Kokin Wakashu Tell Us? Kadokawa Sensho" Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan, Published May 2012, 368 pages
Fumihiko Gomi (1946.1.30- )
"Retired Emperor Gotoba: What Does the Shin Kokin Wakashu Tell Us?
Kadokawa Sensho"
Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan, Published May 2012
368 pages
Finished reading on July 6, 2012
Fukuoka City Public Library collection
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"What did Gotoba rely on the 'power of waka' for?
Exploring the background and historical facts of the establishment of the Shin Kokin Wakashu!"
Why did Retired Emperor Gotoba, known for the plan to destroy the shogunate—the Jokyu War—pour so much heart and soul into the compilation of the 'Shin Kokin Wakashu'? This book depicts the footsteps and historical facts of the Retired Emperor, who positioned the 'power of waka' as a cultural governance that overwhelmed the shogunate's 'military power.'"
"Why was the Emperor without the Sacred Treasures, Retired Emperor Gotoba, able to compile the 'Shin Kokin Wakashu' at such a young age and in such a short period? Therein lay the strong will of the Retired Emperor, who positioned waka and imperial anthologies as powerful tools of cultural governance to elevate royal authority, surpass the shogunate, and overwhelm 'military power.'
This book traces the path to the establishment of the 'Shin Kokin Wakashu' in detail from the records of poetry gatherings and poetry contests and the process of compilation, carefully depicting it along with complex historical facts including the relationship between the court and the shogunate, and brings into relief the monarch and the 'power of waka' under the warrior government.
Fumihiko Gomi: Born in 1946. Professor at the Open University of Japan, Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo. Specializes in Japanese medieval history. Focusing on biographical history, he elucidates history through paintings, literature, waka, etc. Author of numerous books including 'Killing and Faith' (Kadokawa Sensho) and 'The Medieval Body' (Kadokawa Sosho). Received the Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities for 'Medieval Words and Pictures' and the Kadokawa Genyoshi Prize for 'Medieval History of Books.'
<Table of Contents>
Introduction
1 Through Turbulent Times
I The Throne Without the Sacred Treasures
1 Good Fortune and Lack
2 The Dispute Over Breast Milk
3 The Growth of the Emperor
II The Path to Independence
4 The Dispute Over Entering the Palace
5 The Death of the Retired Emperor
6 The Development of Personal Rule
III Political Upheaval
7 The Warriors' Arrival in Kyoto
8 Toward Moving Beyond Kanezane
9 From Personal Rule to Cloistered Rule
2 The Monarch and Waka Culture
IV The Cloistered Rule of Gotoba
10 The Development of Gotoba's Cloistered Rule
11 The Impact of Court and Military
12 The Monarch's Poems
V Composing Hundred-Poem Sequences
13 The Environment Surrounding Waka
14 Beyond Michichika
15 The Hundred-Poem Sequence of the Early Shoji Era
VI The Joy of Composing Waka
16 Teika and the Retired Emperor
17 Enthusiasm for Poetry
18 Light and Shadow
VII Looking Toward an Imperial Anthology
19 Assessing Ability
20 Toward the Imperial Compilation of an Imperial Waka Anthology
21 Moves Toward Compilation
3 The Concept of the Imperial Waka Anthology
VIII Cultural Integration
22 The Retired Emperor's Three Hundred-Poem Sequences
23 The Establishment of the Waka Office
24 Toward the Kumano Pilgrimage
IX The Start of Compilation
25 The Kumano Pilgrimage and Teika
26 Appointment of Compilers
27 A Storm in the Buddhist World
X Setting Goals
28 Indicators for Compilation
29 A New Waka Space
30 The Minase Love Fifteen-Poem Contest
XI Hitting a Wall
31 Completion of the Fifteen Hundred-Poem Contest
32 A Turning Point in the Era
33 Continuing Misfortunes and Recovery
4 The Establishment of the Shin Kokin Wakashu
XII The Climax of Compilation
34 Activities of the Waka Office
35 Strange Occurrences in the Kanto Region
36 Celebration of Shunzei's Ninetieth Birthday
XIII Toward the Establishment of the Shin Kokin Wakashu
37 The Relationship Between the Shogunate and the Imperial Court
38 Compilation by the Waka Office
39 The Final Stage of Compilation
XIV Presentation of the Shin Kokin Wakashu
40 The Establishment of the Chinese Preface
41 Presentation and the Concluding Banquet
42 The Japanese Preface and Yoshitsune
Conclusion
Bibliography
A biography of Retired Emperor Gotoba (1180-1239) by a Japanese medieval historian born in 1946.
It depicts the first half of his life, from his birth to the year 1205 (Genkyu 2), when the presentation and concluding banquet of the Shin Kokin Wakashu took place.
Waka poems that would later be included in the Shin Kokin Wakashu, composed at many poetry gatherings, poetry contests, and dedications to shrines, are quoted one after another,
and since the authors of those waka are also introduced,
I was able to enjoy the feeling of reading through the Shin Kokin Wakashu in chronological order.
I wish there had been an index of the names and waka that appeared.
"Surprisingly, there are few full-scale biographies of Retired Emperor Gotoba.
Of course, when one speaks of Emperor Gotoba, he is always mentioned in Japanese literature research because he compiled the 'Shin Kokin Wakashu,' and there are many works to rely on,
but since the focus there is often on waka, many tend to be superficial.
Amidst this, the writer Saiichi Maruya
wrote the critique 'Retired Emperor Gotoba'
as one volume of the 'Selected Japanese Poets' (Chikuma Shobo, 1973), but this went beyond superficiality,
and was extremely stimulating content regarding the nature of biographical writing, the meaning of an emperor being a poet,
and the relationship between culture and politics.
For example,
"In that respect, was the Jokyu War perhaps the only culturally historical rebellion in world history?"
Such a definitive statement strikes sharply at the essence.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4480095322
However, as it was not a full-scale biography,
a biography by a historian was next expected, and what was written was
Tokue Mezaki's 'Historical Biography of Retired Emperor Gotoba'
(Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 2001).
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4642083766
It was a collection of pieces serialized in the magazine 'Tanka',
and because the author passed away before publication, it became a posthumous manuscript,
but like a biography by a historian, it carefully and elegantly follows the movements of his life from his youth to his later years.
It properly addresses the various historical issues related to Retired Emperor Gotoba and previous research,
and with almost no direct biographies by historians, it can be said to be the research to rely on in the future.
Under these circumstances, the reason I decided to write a biography of Emperor Gotoba is that,
while advancing historical research on this era,
I felt it was absolutely necessary to work on properly positioning the existence of Retired Emperor Gotoba.
How should we perceive this Retired Emperor who confronted the shogunate as it was being born in the eastern provinces,
accomplished the cultural project of the 'Shin Kokin Wakashu,'
and eventually ran toward the destruction of the shogunate?
I wanted to approach the truth of that."
p.8 "Introduction"
Professor Tokue Mezaki (1921.2-2000.6) was
a professor in the Department of Historical Sociology
when I was working at the Seishin Women's University Library (1978-87).
He was the Deputy Chief Textbook Investigator for the Ministry of Education during the Ienaga Textbook Trial.
A haiku poet.
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/目崎徳衛
Even when dealing with a young person like me who is completely ignorant of both Japanese history and classical literature,
when we were together at a drinking party, he was kind and easy to understand,
and taught me many things.
Unfortunately, I can no longer remember the content.
Perhaps it was just natural for him,
given his profession of teaching young students every day.
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/九条兼実
"[Fujiwara] Kanezane disliked [Minamoto] Michichika, and
even when Michichika came to Kanezane's residence on the 28th day of the first month of Bunji 3 (1187) to offer congratulations for his promotion to Junior Second Rank,
he only had him meet with a single official (shikiji), and claimed he was out elsewhere so as not to meet him himself.
When Kanezane's second son, Yoshitsune, was promoted to Senior Second Rank in the fourth year of Bunji, surpassing Michichika,
Michichika protested this and requested to resign from his post to become Senior Second Rank,
which made Kanezane furious." p.27
"When I attended the small morning audience on the 1st day of the first month of Bunji 4 (1188),
there was a report that the Emperor's old clothing had been eaten by rats,
and since the situation in the Imperial Palace was lacking in various ways,
I often took my son, Inner Minister Yoshimichi, and Third Rank Middle Counselor Yoshitsune to the Imperial Palace,
to instruct them on how public affairs and ceremonies should be conducted.
However, on the 19th day of the second month of Bunji 4, the head of the family I had been counting on,
Yoshimichi, suddenly passed away.
When Yoshimichi and his wife visited the day before, although he had been feeling unwell for the past two or three days,
he said he had recovered, so we were talking about the council and I had fallen asleep,
when a lady-in-waiting serving Yoshimichi came in a panic,
and told me that Yoshimichi had stopped breathing.
Kanezane's grief from then on was extraordinary.
From the 20th day of the second month to the 9th day of the fifth month, he was unable to even write in his diary ('Gyokuyo'),
stating that he was writing things down as he remembered them, but that there were surely many errors,
and he wrote at length about his thoughts on Yoshimichi,
saying, 'Now all hope for my life is gone, I will simply look forward to rebirth in the nine grades of the Pure Land,' and
he even thought about becoming a monk.
He had established Yoshimichi as the head of the family and was thinking about the succession of the regency,
and because things had been going smoothly, his grief was all the greater." p.37
After that, his second son Yoshitsune (1169-1206, author of the Kana Preface and the opening poem of the Shin Kokin Wakashu) also
passed away early.
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/五味文彦
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"New Japanese Classical Literature Series 11
Shin Kokin Wakashu"
Edited and annotated by Yutaka Tanaka and Shingo Akase
Iwanami Shoten 1992.1
Saiichi Maruya
"Emperor Go-Toba, Second Edition"
Chikuma Shobo 2004.9
"Emperor Go-Toba, Second Edition"
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"Selected Japanese Poets 10: Emperor Go-Toba" Chikuma Shobo 1973.6
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Kumiko Tabuchi (1957- )
"Shin Kokinshu
The Era of Emperor Go-Toba and Teika
Kadokawa Sensho"
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"The Heretical Princess and the Lady Poet
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"Princess Shikishi
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Gotoba-in no Kunaikyo (dates of birth and death unknown)
"New Japanese Classical Literature Series 11: Shin Kokin Wakashu"
Edited and annotated by Yutaka Tanaka and Shingo Akase
Iwanami Shoten, Jan 1992