In the Shelter of the Pine

Name: In the Shelter of the Pine
Brand: Columbia University Press
SKU: 2505752

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4516970In the Shelter of the Pinehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/in-the-shelter-of-the-pine-9780231553162/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3629352/da70a2a2-0419-48ec-87e3-77a9010685e5.jpg?v=638848971651130000517718MXNColumbia University PressInStock/Ebooks/In the early eighteenth century, the noblewoman Ogimachi Machiko composed a memoir of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, the powerful samurai for whom she had served as a concubine for twenty years. Machiko assisted Yoshiyasu in his ascent to the rank of chief adjutant to the Tokugawa shogun. She kept him in good graces with the imperial court, enabled him to study poetry with aristocratic teachers and have his compositions read by the retired emperor, and gave birth to two of his sons. Writing after Yoshiyasus retirement, she recalled it allfrom the glittering formal visits of the shogun and his entourage to the passage of the seasons as seen from her apartments in the Yanagisawa mansion.In the Shelter of the Pine is the most significant work of literature by a woman of Japans early modern era. Featuring Machikos keen eye for detail, strong narrative voice, and polished prose studded with allusions to Chinese and Japanese classics, this memoir sheds light on everything from the social world of the Tokugawa elite to the role of literature in womens lives. Machiko modeled her story on The Tale of Genji, illustrating how the eleventh-century classic continued to inspire its female readers and provide them with the means to make sense of their experiences. Elegant, poetic, and revealing, In the Shelter of the Pine is a vivid portrait of a distant world and a vital addition to the canon of Japanese literature available in English....2505752In the Shelter of the Pine517718https://www.gandhi.com.mx/in-the-shelter-of-the-pine-9780231553162/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3629352/da70a2a2-0419-48ec-87e3-77a9010685e5.jpg?v=638848971651130000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20219780231553162_W3siaWQiOiJhYmUxNjJiYy0wNzZjLTQwYTctYWRiMy04ZjU3NDViNGRhNWEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjY5OSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjcwLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjYyOSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780231553162_In the early eighteenth century, the noblewoman Ogimachi Machiko composed a memoir of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, the powerful samurai for whom she had served as a concubine for twenty years. Machiko assisted Yoshiyasu in his ascent to the rank of chief adjutant to the Tokugawa shogun. She kept him in good graces with the imperial court, enabled him to study poetry with aristocratic teachers and have his compositions read by the retired emperor, and gave birth to two of his sons. Writing after Yoshiyasus retirement, she recalled it allfrom the glittering formal visits of the shogun and his entourage to the passage of the seasons as seen from her apartments in the Yanagisawa mansion.In the Shelter of the Pine is the most significant work of literature by a woman of Japans early modern era. Featuring Machikos keen eye for detail, strong narrative voice, and polished prose studded with allusions to Chinese and Japanese classics, this memoir sheds light on everything from the social world of the Tokugawa elite to the role of literature in womens lives. Machiko modeled her story on The Tale of Genji, illustrating how the eleventh-century classic continued to inspire its female readers and provide them with the means to make sense of their experiences. Elegant, poetic, and revealing, In the Shelter of the Pine is a vivid portrait of a distant world and a vital addition to the canon of Japanese literature available in English....9780231553162_Columbia University Presslibro_electonico_9780231553162_9780231553162Lgimachi MachikoInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram30-epub-08ec26ad-53ff-467b-b862-94d292cc47df.epub2021-06-29T00:00:00+00:00Columbia University Press