„Aufgeblähte Zeit“ in narrativer Lyrik – Yakamochis Einleitungssequenz zum neunzehnten Man’yōshū-Band (original) (raw)

Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques

Abstract

Some of Ōtomo no Yakamochi’s best-known poems are included among the fifteen poems that introduce the Man’yōshū Book 19. While research sees the common themes of these poems, it does not understand them as a cohesive group or “work” (sakuhin 作品). This essay takes a narratological approach and subjects the poems to a reinterpretation based on the two dimensions of “space” and “time.” This reading reveals the fifteen poems as a narrative sequence. For comparison and at the same time for a better understanding, a sequence from Book 17 is consulted, which shows similar narrative features. While the spatial aspects are in the foreground there, the sequence from the Book 19 deals with the theme of time. Both sequences are framed, and their middle section can be compared to the enlargement technique of photography (blow-up). In both sequences, the traditional banquet poetry to the 3rd day in the 3rd month plays a central role. The essay contains a complete translation of the fifteen poems ...

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