An Unfamiliar Place by Kendra Strand (Hardback Book)

Name: An Unfamiliar Place by Kendra Strand (Hardback Book)
Brand: University of Hawai'i Press

University of Hawai'i Press

In mid-fourteenth-century Japan, amid decades of civil unrest caused by a violent rivalry over imperial succession, three men embarked on journeys that would lead them to reimagine their world: the second Ashikaga shogun and general Yoshiakira (1330\u20131367), the Buddhist lay priest Sokyu (ca. 1350), and the statesman Nijo Yoshimoto (1320\u20131388). All three shared elite social status, political connections, and a deep engagement with poetry.\nYoshiakira traveled from Kyoto to Sumiyoshi Shrine in Osaka to pray for poetic skill; Sokyu left his home in Kyushu and wandered for three years across Honshu, visiting sites celebrated in traditional waka poetry; and Yoshimoto, after fleeing an attack on his home in Kyoto, found refuge in distant Ojima and comfort in composing poetry surrounded by\n\nAn Unfamiliar Place\nPoetry, Power, and the Travel Diary in Medieval Japan\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked se;