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    Sasamegoto. English
    Murmured conversations : a treatise on poetry and Buddhism / by the poet-monk Shinkei ; translation, commentary, and annotation by Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen.

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    • Title:[Sasamegoto. English]
      Murmured conversations : a treatise on poetry and Buddhism / by the poet-monk Shinkei ; translation, commentary, and annotation by Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen.
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    • Author/Creator:Shinkei, 1406-1475.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Ramirez-Christensen, Esperanza U.
    • Published/Created:Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2008.

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Shinkei, 1406-1475--Translations into English.
      Renga--History and criticism.
      Japanese poetry--To 1600--History and criticism.
      Buddhism--Japan--History--To 1500.
    • Description:xiv, 416 p. ; 24 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-370) and indexes.
    • ISBN:9780804748636 (hbk.)
      0804748632 (hbk.)
    • Contents:1. Prologue
      2. Renga History
      3. On the Tsukubashu
      4. Post-Shinkokinshu Waka
      5. Ancient and Middle-Period Renga
      6. Character of the Work of the Early Masters
      7. Style of Ineffable Depth (Yugen)
      8. Learning and the Study of Renga
      9. Role of Waka in Renga Training
      10. On Hokku
      11. Double Meaning in Poetry
      12. Manifold Configurations of Poetry
      13. Roots of Poetry in Temporality
      14. Poetic Process as a Contemplation
      15. Wisdom of Nondiscrimination
      16. Right Teaching and the Individual Poet
      17. Influence of Companions in the Way
      18. Poetry and the Mundane Mind
      19. Issue of Fame as Index of Poetic Value
      20. Poetry Is an Existential Discipline
      21. Poetry Is a Self-Consuming Passion
      22. Worldly Glory Versus Reclusive Concentration
      23. Criticism Is a Function of One's Own Limitations
      24. Sitting with a Master
      25. Constant Practice Is Decisive
      26. Valorizing the Deviant or Obscure
      27. Difficulty of Comprehending Superior Poetry
      28. "Vulgar" Verse
      29. Plagiarism
      30. Excessive Straining After Effect
      31. Semantic Confusion
      32. Incomprehensibility
      33. Close Link and the Distant Link
      34. On Hen-jo-dai-kyoku-ryu; as the Structure of the Renga Link
      35. On Rikugi: The Six Types of Poetry
      36. Poetry Contests and Criticism
      37. Marks and Grade Points in Renga
      38. One's True Poetry Emerges in Old Age
      39. State of Renga in Our Time
      40. About Hen-jo-dai-kyoku-ryu
      41. Central Place of Grace (en) in the Poetic Process
      42. Verses on the Moon, Flowers, and Snow
      43. Verse of Ineffable Remoteness (Yoon)
      44. Renga Rules and Buddhist Precepts: The Question of Morality and Freedom
      45. Poetry and Zen Meditation, the Cosmic Body, and the True Word
      46. Link Between Maeku and Tsukeku
      47. Nature and Goal of Criticism
      48. Selecting Friends of the Way
      49. Close Link and the Distant Link
      50. On the Issue of the Ultimate Style
      51. Discipline in the Mind-Ground
      52. Orthodoxy and Plurality
      53. Reclusion
      54. Impartiality of Divine Response
      55. Heredity, Social Status, and the Way
      56. Mark of Temporality in Talent, Training, and Fame or Obscurity
      57. Difficulty of Achieving the Way: The Transmission of Mind Is Beyond Language
      58. Mutually Supportive and Antagonistic Arts
      59. Practice of Poetry in Our Time
      60. Question of the True Buddha and the Ultimate Poem
      61. Ten Virtues
      62. Epilogue
      Appendix. Biographical Notes.
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