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Utamakura, Allusion, and Intertextuality in Traditional Japanese Poetry
Utamakura Allusion and Intertextuality in Traditional Japanese Poetry Author:Edward Kamens In traditional Japanese poetry the use of utamakura-a category of poetic words, many of which are place names or their features-cultivates allusion and intertextuality between poems and within the tradition. Kamens traces the literary history of utamakura and its special powers within Japanese poetry, and he shows how generations of poets have r... more »eturned to these places and poems to discover ways to create new poems.« less