Time and Glory in the Ise monogatari

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_5511
dc.title	Time and Glory in the Ise monogatari. Considerations on the Political Implications of the Songs of the ‘Old Man’
dc.contributor.author	Fraccaro Francesca
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2021/1/il-tempo-e-la-gloria-nellise-monogatari/
dc.description.abstract	Centred as they are on historical figures and public events, the six chapters (76, 77, 79, 81, 83, 97) that refer to Narihira as an “old man” (okina) have long been the object of scholarly debate as important keys to the understanding of the Ise monogatari. This article explores their political overtones, showing how, through the symbolic use of seasonal motifs, the old man’s poems obliquely signal – and covertly denounce as an illegitimate assumption of power – specific stages of Fujiwara no Yoshifusa’s political ascent, vis-à-vis the consequent decline of other clans (the Ariwaras) and royal personages (Prince Koretaka).
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 57 \| June 2021
dc.issued	2021-06-30
dc.dateAccepted	2021-03-26
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-02-02
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2021/01/020
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Ambiguity
dc.subject	Ambiguity
dc.subject	Bai Juyi
dc.subject	Bai Juyi
dc.subject	Flower
dc.subject	Flower
dc.subject	Fujiwara no Yoshifusa
dc.subject	Fujiwara no Yoshifusa
dc.subject	Last day of spring
dc.subject	Last day of spring
dc.subject	Okina
dc.subject	Okina
dc.subject	Political dissent
dc.subject	Political dissent
dc.subject	Political power
dc.subject	Political power
dc.subject	Time
dc.subject	Time
dc.subject	Wisteria
dc.subject	Wisteria

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Time and Glory in the Ise monogatari

Considerations on the Political Implications of the Songs of the ‘Old Man’

Francesca Fraccaro Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

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abstract

Centred as they are on historical figures and public events, the six chapters (76, 77, 79, 81, 83, 97) that refer to Narihira as an “old man” (okina) have long been the object of scholarly debate as important keys to the understanding of the Ise monogatari. This article explores their political overtones, showing how, through the symbolic use of seasonal motifs, the old man’s poems obliquely signal – and covertly denounce as an illegitimate assumption of power – specific stages of Fujiwara no Yoshifusa’s political ascent, vis-à-vis the consequent decline of other clans (the Ariwaras) and royal personages (Prince Koretaka).

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June 30, 2021

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March 26, 2021

Submitted

Feb. 2, 2021

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Keywords: Time • Political dissent • Flower • Okina • Political power • Wisteria • Last day of spring • Ambiguity • Bai Juyi • Fujiwara no Yoshifusa

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