The Dynamics of Nyonin jōbutsu in Zenchiku’s Yōkihi

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_7061
dc.contributor.author	Chudnow Matthew
dc.title	The Dynamics of Nyonin jōbutsu in Zenchiku’s Yōkihi. Honzetsu, Poetic Allusion, and Sacred Space
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	Medieval nō theatre is built upon honzetsu (source texts), which are drawn from the premodern Japanese canon and critical for dramaturgical structure and meaning. This study focuses on Zenchiku’s Yōkihi, a female-spirit play with an initial honzetsu of Chinese Tang the poem Changhenge that is further filtered through additional texts, primarily Heian-period narrative Genji monogatari. Therefore, examination of Yōkihi involves consideration of all relevant honzetsu cited within the play, their earlier Heian receptions, and subsequent medieval textual lives. The dramaturgical structure and language of Yōkihi, with its variations from these honzetsu, emphasise thematic concerns of existential isolation, karmic clinging, and sacred space as critical to feminine ontological and enlightenment status.
dc.relation.ispartof	Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	Arts and Literature
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2022-08-30
dc.dateAccepted	2022-03-21
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-12-13
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-609-1/the-dynamics-of-nyonin-jobutsu-in-zenchikus-yokihi/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-608-4/006
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8976
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9395
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-609-1
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-608-4
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Female enlightenment
dc.subject	Gender dynamics
dc.subject	Nō theatre
dc.subject	Premodern Japanese literature
dc.subject	Religion

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The Dynamics of Nyonin jōbutsu in Zenchiku’s Yōkihi

Honzetsu, Poetic Allusion, and Sacred Space

Matthew Chudnow Central Connecticut State University, USA

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Medieval nō theatre is built upon honzetsu (source texts), which are drawn from the premodern Japanese canon and critical for dramaturgical structure and meaning. This study focuses on Zenchiku’s Yōkihi, a female-spirit play with an initial honzetsu of Chinese Tang the poem Changhenge that is further filtered through additional texts, primarily Heian-period narrative Genji monogatari. Therefore, examination of Yōkihi involves consideration of all relevant honzetsu cited within the play, their earlier Heian receptions, and subsequent medieval textual lives. The dramaturgical structure and language of Yōkihi, with its variations from these honzetsu, emphasise thematic concerns of existential isolation, karmic clinging, and sacred space as critical to feminine ontological and enlightenment status.

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Aug. 30, 2022

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March 21, 2022

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Dec. 13, 2021

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Keywords: Gender dynamics • Nō theatre • Premodern Japanese literature • Religion • Female enlightenment

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