Reconsidering 'Izumi Shikibu'
by Małgorzata Karolina Citko
The paper is devoted to the legendary figure of a mid-Heian poet named Izumi Shikibu, based on the analysis of pieces of poetry attributed to her and on its reception. The author concentrates on the analysis of conventionality and uniqueness in the Izumi Shikibu poetry, as well as on Buddhist traces in her works, giving an account on different representations of the poet figure in the "Izumi Shikibu Nikki." On the basis of presented analysis of facts and their interpretations, the figure ‘Izumi Shikibu’ is viewed as an important subject for the study of the medievalisation and...
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