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Article type: Cover
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages Cover1-
Published: May 10, 2001
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2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages Cover2-
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Article type: Appendix
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages App1-
Published: May 10, 2001
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Article type: Appendix
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages App2-
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Two Poems Dedicated to Emperor Tenchi in His Sickbed(<Special Issue>Representations of "Illness" in Ancient Times)

Migifumi Murata

Article type: Article
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 1-8
Published: May 10, 2001
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In "Elegies" of the second volume of Manyo-shu there are two poems dedicated to Emperor Tenchi who was then seriously sick in bed. The poems are extremely stylized, and in this sense they are definitely different from the earlier elegies, most of which are crudely rendered in hackneyed phrases. This essay will first make clear the reason the poems were included in "Elegies" and then consider their place and meaning in the formalistic development of elegies.

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Kyokai and Okura : Nihon-ryoi-ki and "China-jiai-bun"(<Special Issue>Representations of "Illness" in Ancient Times)

Kazuomi Tada

Article type: Article
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 9-17
Published: May 10, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.50.5_9

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What epistemological and existential significance did illness have in ancient times? To consider this question, this essay will be centered on reading Nihon-ryoi-ki. As is clearly shown in the pathological interpretations which its editor Kyokai made of sin, the text tells us that the Buddhist concept of karma had a great influence on the epistemology of illness. While comparing his view of illness with that of Yamanoue-no-Okura presented in "China-jiai-bun" of Manyo-shu, I will attempt to reconstruct the system of interpreting illness in ancient times.

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Poetical Illness : The Rhythm of Kakyo-hyosiki(<Special Issue>Representations of "Illness" in Ancient Times)

Yoshiyuki Ota

Article type: Article
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 18-26
Published: May 10, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.50.5_18

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In Kakyo-hyosiki, the earliest text of poetics compiled by Fujiwara-no-Hamanari, a strange concept of "poetical illness" is explained in detail. At a glance it seems to metaphorically refer to something like the weak constitution of a literary person, but it doesn't. Instead it is a poetical theory based on the correspondence between spirit and illness in ancient medical knowledge with the application to it the logic of sound and spirit developed in Chinese poetics of the Rokucho Period. In this system of correspondence, a poem is the medium through which a human being can get in touch with the other world.

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Genji-monogatari and Diseases(<Special Issue>Representations of "Illness" in Ancient Times)

Kazumasa Hinata

Article type: Article
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 27-34
Published: May 10, 2001
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Almost all diseases are mentioned in Genji-monogatari as if it were a pathological catalogue of the Heian Period. The text, however, not only somatically describes diseases, but notably it grasps them as psychological symptoms which may lead to death, as is seen in the phrase "mono-omoi-ni-yamaiduku" ("get sick from anxiety"). Through-out Genji-monogatari there is this view of illness, which is also evident in "urami" ("rancor"), "nayamashi" ("longing"), and other similar words. Thus here I will read the representation and symbolic function of illness in Genji-monogatari.

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Liaisons and Illness in Genji-monogatari(<Special Issue>Representations of "Illness" in Ancient Times)

Rei Kubukihara

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2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 35-42
Published: May 10, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.50.5_35

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Liaisons or illicit love affairs are, needless to say, the central theme of Genji-monogatari. Hikaru-Genji, the amorous hero, falls in love and has intercourse with many women, among whom Fujitsubo, Oboro-dukiyo, and Onna-Sannomiya are most well-known. But, interestingly enough, in most of these love affairs illness has a vital part. During his affairs with Fujitsubo and Oboro-dukiyo, the disease called "Warawa-yami" (a kind of "ague") attacked Genji. The point of this essay is to examine the narrative function of illness and to see how it reflects the age of Genji-monogatari.

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Secret Love and Illness : Hikaru-Genji and Niou-no-Miya(<Special Issue>Representations of "Illness" in Ancient Times)

Tomoyuki Matsuoka

Article type: Article
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 44-53
Published: May 10, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.50.5_44

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In Genji-monogatari, illness often has an important narrative function. Hikaru-Genji, for example, fell ill when he knew his lover Yugao's death just after his visit to her, and Niou-no-Miya took to his bed after he met Ukifune at Uji. Although the direct cause of Hikaru-Genji's illness was his encounter with something supernatural, it is interesting to note that both of the princes got sick after they visited their lovers incognito. It is as if a peculiar thrill strongly felt in secret love had made the amorous princes out of condition. Thus in the narrative logic, telling about illness means narrating a love story.

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Something Hidden in Representations of Illness and Pregnancy : Reading Yoru-no-nezame(<Special Issue>Representations of "Illness" in Ancient Times)

Masae Miyashita

Article type: Article
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 54-63
Published: May 10, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.50.5_54

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Something uncanny in the depth of our mind is usually translated and transformed into a familiar or at least perceptible thing which is approximately like it but nevertheless different from it. This process of alienation in interpretation can be most typically traced in representations of illness and pregnancy. Here, to see how the function to repress the uncanny works, the figures of illness and pregnancy in the third part of Yoru-no-nezame will be examined.

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A Brief History of Studies on Japanese Literature in South Korea(The Meridian)

Mizue Yoshino

Article type: Article
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 64-65
Published: May 10, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.50.5_64

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Women, Money, and Words : Takiji Kobayashi's "Dokubo"(Reading)

Teru Shimamura

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2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 66-70
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.50.5_66

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Article type: Appendix
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 71-
Published: May 10, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.50.5_71_1

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Article type: Appendix
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 71-
Published: May 10, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.50.5_71_2

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Ryumei Cho, The Redemption of Genji-monogatari

Yasuyo Ueta

Article type: Article
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 72-73
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.50.5_72

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Masami Ishii, The Beginning of Tono-monogatari

Katsumi Togo

Article type: Article
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 74-75
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.50.5_74

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Tsunekazu Takeuchi, For the Change of Education: From Force to Peace

Kiyomi Igarashi

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2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 76-77
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Article type: Bibliography
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 78-79
Published: May 10, 2001
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Article type: Bibliography
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 81-80
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Article type: Appendix
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 82-
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Article type: Appendix
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages 82-
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Article type: Appendix
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages App3-
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.50.5_App3

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Article type: Cover
2001 Volume 50 Issue 5 Pages Cover3-
Published: May 10, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.50.5_Cover3

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