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Abstract
EDWARD
KAMENS
Waking the Dead:
Fujiwara no Teika’s
Sotoba kuyō Poems
Shūi
gusō
poems 2770-79 appear as a group composed by Teika for inscription on a set
of memorial placards (sotoba) offered in the name of ten earlier
waka poets, and the poems make a series of readily recognizable
allusive gestures to foundation poems (honka) by or closely
associated with these poets. Teika transforms the tropes of the
foundation poems and rearranges their elements as cleansed Shakkyōka
prayers for the repose of the dead. This essay explores the issues of
interpretation raised by performative waka compositions such as
these and interrogates the meaning of honkadori poetics. A
transcription and translation of Teika’s sotoba kuyō poems is
included.
Volume 28, Number 2 (Summer
2002)
© 2002 Society for Japanese Studies
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