Uncovering Heian Japan: An Archaeology of Sensation and Inscription (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society)

"A vivid reading of Heian court poetry that removes the interpretive screen later imposed in the name of national identity and modernity to reveal a richly expressive world. Here calligraphy, composition, and community combine in a 'song machine' that links poetics and politics and seeks, quite literarily, to calibrate the cosmos. After this book the poetry of 'old Japan' will never be the same."-Carol Gluck, Columbia UniversityThomas LaMarre is the author of 'Uncovering Heian Japan: An Archaeology of Sensation and Inscription (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society)', published 2000 under ISBN 9780822324829 and ISBN 0822324822.