The Pheasant’s Call and the Sound of Sympathy

This article examines how literati poet-painter Yosa Buson (1716-1783) composed an elegy that transforms the conventional trope of the pheasant as a figure for representing grief and grieving and Confucian moral and social values.  I argue that Buson forges a new poetic form, representing feelings o...

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Main Author: Matthew Mewhinney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2022-03-01
Series:Japanese Language and Literature
Online Access:http://jll.pitt.edu/ojs/JLL/article/view/223