Dancer, Nun, Ghost, Goddess

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-90-04-35629-0
Verlag: World Bank Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 61, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

Reihe: Brill's Japanese Studies Library

Dancer, Nun, Ghost, Goddess explores the story of the dancers Gio and Hotoke, which first appeared in the fourteenth-century narrative Tale of the Heike. The story of the two love rivals is one of loss, female solidarity, and Buddhist salvation. Since its first appearance, it has inspired a stream of fiction, theatrical plays, and visual art works. These heroines have become the subjects of lavishly illustrated hand scrolls, ghosts on the noh stage, and Buddhist and Shinto goddesses. Physical monuments have been built to honor their memories; they are emblems of local pride and centerpieces of shared identity. Two beloved characters in the Japanese literary imagination, Gio and Hotoke are also models that have instructed generations of women on how to survive in a male-dominated world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Strippoli, Roberta

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Introduction
The Gio (and Hotoke) Legend
Overview
A Note to the Reader
1 Women Entertainers in Heian and Medieval Japan: Eleventh to Fourteenth Century
Women Entertainers between Fiction and History
Literary Works by Male Authors
Literary Works by Female Authors
Integrated or Marginalized?
Shirabyoshi
Shirabyoshi Origins in Medieval Literary Sources
The Range of Shirabyoshi Attire
Shirabyoshi in History
The Case of Shizuka Gozen
Shirabyoshi Performance
Singing: imayo
Dancing
Imayo no sho
The Gikeiki
The Engyobon Heike monogatari
The Towazugatari
Conclusion
2 The Story of Gio in the Heike monogatari
The Story of Gio in the Engyobon Heike monogatari
Gio in Other Heike Texts
What’s in a Name? Kami vs. Buddha
Irresistible Ladies, Freakish Caprices
Challenging Authority, Saving Each Other: The Bond between Women
Conclusion
3 Still Seeking Salvation: The Transformation of the Gio Story in Noh Theater
Gio as Seed in Zeami’s Sando
The Plays
Gio
Hotoke no hara (Hotoke’s Field)
Genzai Gio (Present World Gio)
Ro Gio (Gio at the Prison)
Conclusion
4 Gio in Late Medieval and Early Modern Narrative, Theater, and Visual Arts
Performance Texts Related to the Legend of the
Man-Made Sutra Island
Kowaka and Sekkyo
Joruri
Yomihon
Visual Representations of the Gio-Hotoke Story
The Gio otogizoshi Texts
The Spencer-bon: Gio monogatari
The Ishikawabon: Gio
The Keiobon: Gio
The Iwasebon: Gio
The Tokudabon: Gio Ginyo monogatari
Tokugawa Prints
Conclusion
5 The Four Graves of Gio: Cultural Heritage Sites and Local Legends
The Temple of Gio in Sagano, Kyoto
Gio’s Hometown in Omi Province
Welcome to Haramachi, Hotoke’s Village
The Other Hotoke no Hara in Fukui Prefecture
They Also Lived Here: Gio’s Grave in Fukui Prefecture
Memorial Stupas of Gio and Ginyo in Kobe
Conclusion
Epilogue
The Modern Legacy of Gio and Hotoke
Shin Heike monogatari (The New Tale of the Heike)
Jotoku (Women’s Virtues)
When Reality Takes after Fiction: The Life of Takaoka Chisho
In Conclusion
Appendix A
Translation of “Gio Ginyo” from the Genpei josuiki
Appendix B
Translation of Genzai Gio (Present World Gio) a Noh Play
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Roberta Strippoli, Ph.D. (Stanford 2006), is associate professor at Binghamton University (SUNY). A scholar of premodern Japanese literature and theater, she has published on the late-medieval narratives otogizoshi, including La monaca tuttofare, la donna serpente, il demone beone (Marsilio 2001).