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How a Medieval Monk-Poet (Saigyô) and Japan Became Identified with 'Nature'
2017
Asian Literature and Translation
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Japan and, more specifically, the celebrated early medieval monk-poet Saigyô have long been associated with properties of 'nature'. From Ruth Benedict's postwar work of anthropology The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, to earlier appropriations by nineteenth-century artists of Japonisme, to greenways lined with cherry trees, Japan as nature has been a powerful cultural cliché. This paper traces the misidentification of a key poet, Saigyô, with the qualities of nature, and argues that this rendering
doi:10.18573/j.2017.10130
fatcat:w2sy476kmfgvlgr6mwin5tomzq