Kamo no Chmei (or Nagaakira) claims an eminent place in the history of Japanese letters despite his relatively small oeuvre. He was a respected poet at a fairly early age; wrote a valuable treatise on...
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In the following essay, originally delivered as a lecture in 1892, Dixon compares and contrasts Chōmei's poetry to that of William Wordsworth.
There are few countries upon which natur...
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In the following essay, Hora offers biographical information on Chōmei.
In Vol. XX. Part II. of the Transactions (1893) there are two articles “Chōmei and Wordsworth—A l...
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In the following essay, Katō examines Chōmei's ideas concerning poets and poetry. Some footnotes refer to appendices and tables not reprinted here.
The Background of Early Japan...
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In the following excerpt, Ury provides background for the Hosshinshū.
In the last decades of the twelfth century Japan was ravaged by earthquake, famine, pestilence and civil war. The burden...
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In the following essay, Geddes examines how Chōmei is portrayed in the Jikkinsho collection.
Compiled in 1252, Jikkinshō is a collection of short tales, or setsuwa, that generally tou...
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In the following essay, Hare discusses Chōmei's writings, noting that scholars disagree on how best to approach his work.
The only extant scrap of Kamo no Chōmei's handw...
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In the following essay, Hoare examines Basil Banting's translattion of Chōmei, commenting on how the experience enriched Banting's other translations.
Basil Bunting's tr...
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In the following essay, Pandey provides an overview of Chōmei's life and development as a poet.
While little is known about the lives of many well-known writers of the Heian and Kamak...
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Chomei Kamo no
Lecture by J. M. Dixon
