ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CHRONOLOGY AND CONVENTIONS IN THIS BOOK
INTRODUCTION
1.
Heian Fantasies: Nationalism and Nostalgia in the Reading of Genji
The Edo Period and the Rise of Nativism
2.
Hagiwara Hiromichi: Masterless Samurai and Iconoclastic Scholar
Profound Loss in an Age of Enlightenment
From Poetry to Poetics
Osaka: Encounters with Heterodox Learning
Takizawa Bakin and the Edo “Novel”
Marketing a New Way to Read Genji
3.
From Moral Contention to Literary Persuasion
The Design of the Monogatari and Norinaga’s Mono no Aware Theory
The Main Point of the Monogatari
Commentaries on Genji
Transcending the Limitations of Traditional Structure and Format
Guiding the Reader
Conclusion
4.
Exposing the Secrets of the Author’s Brush
Historical Sources for the “Principles of Composition”
“Principles of Composition” and Literary Style
Conclusion
5.
Ambiguity and the Responsive Reader
“Principles of Composition” and the Structure of Genji as a Whole
Gaps in the Narrative and Hiromichi’s Theory of Ambiguity
Techniques and Terminology
“Principles of Composition” Unique to the Hyo¯shaku in Genji Commentary
“Major and Minor” or “Principal and Auxiliary” Characters
“Lead and Secondary” Characters
“Corresponding” or “Contrasting” Characters
“Opposing” Characters or “Character Foils”
“Retroactive Parallel” and “Retroactive Correspondence”
“Narrative Interlude”
“Foreshadowing”
“Comparative Description”
“Control of Narrative Pace”
“Reversal”
“Ellipsis”
“Allegory”
“Context”
Terms from Previous Genji Commentaries
“Close Correspondence”
“Textual Parallelism or Intertextuality”
“Planning” or “Discretion”
“Authorial Intrusion”
“Aesthetic After-effect” and “Aesthetic Satisfaction”
Conclusion
6. Translating Genji into the Modern Idiom
Tree Spirits and Apparitions
The Disappearance of Ukifune
The Problem of Edo
Cultural Anxiety and the First Translation of Genji into English
Genji and the Essence of the Modern Novel
Conclusion
NOTES
APPENDIX I
Character Glossary of Premodern Names, Titles, and Terms in Chinese and Japanese
APPENDIX II
List of Major Commentaries on Genji
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
