Atkins - Teika

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Atkins, Paul S. (Paul Stephen).
Title: Teika: the life and works of a medieval Japanese poet / Paul S. Atkins.
Description: Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, [2017] |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016032550 | ISBN 9780824858506 (hardcover; alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Fujiwara, Sadaie, 1162-1241. |
Poets, Japanese1185-1600Biography.
Classification: LCC PL791.Z5 A85 2017 | DDC 895.61/22 [B]dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016032550

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In researching and writing this book I have received help from many people and organizations to whom I am deeply grateful.

Professor Akase Shingo of Kyoto Prefectural University sponsored my stay there as a visiting researcher during academic year 20012002. An expert on medieval Japanese poetry and especially the works of Teika, Professor Akase gave freely of his time and energy, offering advice, providing tutorials in reading waka poetry and kambun, and introducing me to leading scholars in the field. He made me into a scholar of waka. The Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) awarded me a generous postdoctoral research fellowship that made my visit possible.

The members of the Meigetsuki Research Group (Meigetsuki kenkykai), led by Professor Gomi Fumihiko of the University of Tokyo, admitted me to their ranks and gave me information and advice. I am especially grateful to Professors Kanechiku Nobuyuki, Kikuchi Hiroki, and Tabuchi Kumiko.

At the University of Washington, where I researched and wrote most of this book, I would like to acknowledge my former department chairs, Michael Shapiro and William Boltz; my divisional deans, Michael Halleran, Ellen Kaisse, Robert Stacey, and Michael Shapiro; my departmental adminstrator, Youngie Yoon; and all of my colleagues, including Davinder Bhowmik and Ted Mack. David Knechtges and Ken Pyle have been staunch supporters of my work. Kathleen Woodward helped me every step of the way. Librarian Keiko Yokota-Carter (now at the University of Michigan), her successor Azusa Tanaka, and their colleagues at the East Asia Library made sure I had all the books I needed.

The University of Washington Japan Studies Program supported this project with multiple research grants and a publication subsidy. I received funding from the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the x Humanities, the Royalty Research Fund, the East Asia Center, and the Department of Asian Languages and Literature. Some of the books I used were purchased with funds from an endowment established in the memory of Professor Andrew L. Markus, my distinguished late predecessor, by his family and friends. I received research travel funds from the Takashi and Lily Hori Endowment for Japanese Language and Literature.

At Montana State University, where I began this project, I benefited greatly from the encouragement of Brett Walker. I received financial support from the Dean of the College of Arts and Letters.

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded me a summer stipend. The Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies gave me a grant for a research trip to Japan.

Some of the research included in this book was first presented at meetings of the Waka Workshop, an almost-annual gathering of waka scholars in North America, to read texts together and present new ideas. I benefited from feedback from many people who attended. The hosts of the workshops I attended were Joshua Mostow, Christina Laffin, and Stefania Burk (University of British Columbia); Haruo Shirane (Columbia University); Torquil Duthie (University of California, Los Angeles); Steven Carter (Stanford University); and Edward Kamens (Yale University).

I gave lectures on earlier drafts of this material at the Rocky Mountain Southwest Regional Japan Seminar, the University of British Columbia, the University of Washington, the Association for Asian Studies annual meeting, the University of Colorado, Japan Womens University, and the Congrs Asie & Pacifique. I am grateful to my hosts and for those who gave me valuable suggestions.

For their support of this project in various ways, I thank Steven Carter, Edward Kamens, Stephen Miller, and Laurel Rodd.

I would like to acknowledge the Namikawa family of Kyoto and Robert Singer, of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, for providing housing to me and my family during the memorable year we lived in Kyoto.

Tom Hare taught me to read classical Japanese and made me into a scholar. He has supported me in this project and in my career in many ways for almost twenty-five years. I am proud to call him my teacher and my friend.

I thank my family, especially my parents. My wife, Mikiyo, sustained me with her love and care. Thank you.