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Books by Vyjayanthi Selinger
  | | Brill's Japanese Studies Library, Volume 44 Authorizing the Shogunate: Ritual and Material Symbolism in the Literary Construction of Warrior Order by Vyjayanthi R. Selinger 212 Pages, Published 2013 by Brill ISBN-13: 978-90-04-25533-3, ISBN: 90-04-25533-8 "Similar to the portrayal of the horse Konoshita in the Heike, equine love in this Kojidan tale camouflages the violence of war- riors with a more ennobling emotion. Ikezuki and Surusumi: Horse Racing (kurabeuma) and the Transformation of War into Sport in the words of the literary critic Kobayashi hideo , the essence of the Heike lies in the “sweat of men and horses.” Struck by the masculinization of the man through horse in episode ..." |
 | | Authorizing the Shogunate (Brill's Japanese Studies Library) by Vyjayanthi Ratnam Selinger, Tomoko Arakaki Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2013 by Brill ISBN-13: 978-90-04-24810-6, ISBN: 90-04-24810-2 "The Genpei War of 1180-1185 signaled a crucial shift in Japanese history because it gave birth to the shogunate, or government run by warriors. How was the emergence of this new polity following a contentious civil war explained in literary texts? This book argues that political authority is made visible in the variant texts of the Heike monogatari corpus through rituals that map the ideal social-cosmic order, overwriting untidy histori ..." |
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