Kanpyō Gyoki
The Kanpyō Gyoki (
Description[edit]
Uda's diary is valued as a source of information on court practices during his reign and about the antagonism between him and the Fujiwara clan.[1][2] In addition it provides glimpses into the private life and fears of Emperor Uda. In an entry for the year 889, titled A Dream denied, Uda reveals that at the age of 17 he wanted to become a Buddhist priest and did not anticipate ever to become an emperor. On his father's (Emperor Kōkō) enthronement in 884 he was "shuddering with fear".[3] In an entry for the second month, sixth day of the same year (March 11, 889) titled For the Love of a Cat, Uda gives a detailed and humorous description of the physical characteristics of his cat and goes on to ascribe her a yin and yang spirituality.[3]
History[edit]
According to historical records, ten fascicles of the diary were known in 1313. Parts of the work were lost during the Ōnin War (1467–77) and what remains of it today was compiled in the late Edo period by Nakatsu Hirochika (
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "The East". 27. Tokyo: East Publications: 7. ISSN 0012-8295.
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(help) - ^ a b Ichirō Ishida (1979). The future and the past: a translation and study of the Gukanshō, an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219. University of California Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-520-03460-0.
- ^ a b c Rabinovitch, Judith N; Minegishi, Akira (October 1992). "Some literary aspects of four kambun diaries of the Japanese court: Translation with commentaries on excerpts from Uda Tennō Gyoki, Murakami Tennō Gyoki, Gonki and Gyokuyō" (PDF). The Humanities. Section II, Language and Literature; Journal of the Yokohama National University. 39 (1–13). ISSN 0513-563X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-30.
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寛平 御 記 " [Kanpyō Gyoki]. Encyclopedia Nipponica (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2011-08-16.