{"product_id":"modern-japanese-writers-and-kanshi-exophonic-literary-performance-and-the-shifting-sinosphere-hardcover","title":"Modern Japanese Writers and Kanshi: Exophonic Literary Performance and the Shifting Sinosphere - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher T. Keaveney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the practice among Japanese writers in the modern era of composing \u003cem\u003ekanshi\u003c\/em\u003e, traditional Sinitic poetry. For the Japanese, writing poetry in Literary Sinitic (also known as Classical Chinese) is an \"exophonic\" practice, referring to the act of writing in a language other than one's native tongue. Meiji period (1868-1912) writers who, like generations of Japanese before them, received a traditional Confucian education, including studies in Literary Sinitic, were by and large capable of composing \u003cem\u003ekanshi\u003c\/em\u003e. As a result of changes in the Japanese education system following the Imperial Rescript on Education of 1890, and of shifting attitudes toward China after the Sino-Japanese War (1894-95), subsequent generations of Japanese were less proficient in Literary Sinitic. Yet, as this book documents, throughout the twentieth century and even in the twenty-first century, a small number of Japanese writers have continued to produce \u003cem\u003ekanshi\u003c\/em\u003e. Moreover, each generation of Japanese writers who have composed kanshi has turned to \u003cem\u003ekanshi \u003c\/em\u003ecomposition for a certain purpose and directed it to a specific audience in an act that this study refers to as \"exophonic literary performance.\" Interestingly, as the Japanese literary community has become increasingly multicultural, writers with roots in China have appeared, for whom the exophonic performance of \u003cem\u003ekanshi \u003c\/em\u003etakes on a special meaning, challenging the very idea of what it means to be a Japanese writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher T. Keaveney is a Professor of the Humanities in the Global Liberal Arts Program at Rikkyo University in Tokyo. He has authored five books concerning Sino-Japanese literature and cultural exchange and Japanese cultural studies including his most recent book \u003ci\u003eWestern Rock Artists, Madame Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eand the Allure of Japan\u003c\/i\u003e. Keaveney is also a poet whose poetry has appeared in several dozen poetry journals, and he is the author of two collections of poetry including \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Who Ate Nothing But Sonnets\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 198\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43338859970649,"sku":"9781680535860","price":143.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/nyYKIGOUtx9781680535860.webp?v=1779430520","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/products\/modern-japanese-writers-and-kanshi-exophonic-literary-performance-and-the-shifting-sinosphere-hardcover","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}