Ann Sherif discusses the life and work of Kòda in light of changes in critical horizons, readerly communities, and especially constructions of gender and the family in the latter half of the twentieth century. Excellent translations of some of Kòda's most provocative short works are included.

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Mirror : the fiction and essays of Kāoda Aya

Ann Sherif; Aya Kōda

Ann Sherif, Aya Koda

Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa

University of Hawai'i Manoa - Center for Pacific Island Studies

University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1999

United States, United States of America

1, 1999-06-01

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<p><em>Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women </em>explores the world of thirteenth-century Japan through the life of a prolific noblewoman known as Nun Abutsu (1225-1283). Abutsu crossed gender and genre barriers by writing the first career guide for Japanese noblewomen, the first female-authored poetry treatise, and the first poetic travelogue by a woman - all despite the increasingly limited social mobility for women during the Kamakura era (1185-1336). Capitalizing on her literary talent and political prowess, Abutsu rose from middling origins and single-motherhood to a prestigious marriage and membership in an esteemed literary lineage.</p>
<p>Abutsu's life is well documented in her own letters, diaries, and commentaries, as well as in critiques written by rivals, records of poetry events, and legal documents. Drawing on these and other literary and historiographical sources, including <em>The Tale of Genji, </em>author Christina Laffin demonstrates how medieval women responded to institutional changes that transformed their lives as court attendants, wives, and nuns. Despite increased professionalization of the arts, competition over sources of patronage, and rivaling claims to literary expertise, Abutsu proved her poetic capabilities through her work and often used patriarchal ideals of femininity to lay claim to political and literary authority.</p>
<p>This book effectively challenges notions that literary salons in Japan were a phenomenon limited to the Heian period (794-1185) and that literary writing and scholarship were the domain of men during the Kamakura era. Its analysis of literary works within the context of women's history makes clear the important role that medieval women and their cultural contributions continued to play in Japanese history.</p>

Contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on Names
Part One: Life and Writings
1. A Literary Life
2. The Father: Kōda’s Autobiographical Texts
3. Flowing and the Literature of the Demimonde
4. Narrative Authority and the Postwar Realm: Two Exemplary Short Stories
5. Torn Sleeves and the Anti-Oedipal Family
6. Epilogue
Part Two: Translations
Fragments
The Medal
Dolls for a Special Day
A Friend for Life
Chronology
Bibliography
Index

2023-08-22