From the 8th century to 11th century,Japanese literary critics,believing there was also rhyme in Waka,applied rhyme to Waka and set up“Waka mistakes”by imitating“poetry mistakes”to prevent monotonous syllables by ...From the 8th century to 11th century,Japanese literary critics,believing there was also rhyme in Waka,applied rhyme to Waka and set up“Waka mistakes”by imitating“poetry mistakes”to prevent monotonous syllables by avoiding using one character pronunciation overly.But in 12th century,Fujiwara no Toshinari pointed out clearly that there was no such Chinese poetry rhyme in Waka.Although Waka had no rhyme,its melody features were not generalized into any concept and were only expressed as a kind of long pronunciation.In the Edo period Kamo no Mabuchi put forward the concept of tone and made the singing property of tone clear;he pointed out that tone was also an expression of style.On the basis of criticizing Kamo no Mabuchi’s theory,Kagawa Kageki emphasized that Waka’s tone expressed natural feel-ings and consequently there was no need to imitate the tone of the ancients.Then Yata Tomonori,in the process of further explaining Kagawa Kageki’s tone theory,connected tone with the belief of Kotodama.And at that point,the tone theory of Waka and the rhyme theory of Chinese poetry began to become more and more different from each other.展开更多
文摘From the 8th century to 11th century,Japanese literary critics,believing there was also rhyme in Waka,applied rhyme to Waka and set up“Waka mistakes”by imitating“poetry mistakes”to prevent monotonous syllables by avoiding using one character pronunciation overly.But in 12th century,Fujiwara no Toshinari pointed out clearly that there was no such Chinese poetry rhyme in Waka.Although Waka had no rhyme,its melody features were not generalized into any concept and were only expressed as a kind of long pronunciation.In the Edo period Kamo no Mabuchi put forward the concept of tone and made the singing property of tone clear;he pointed out that tone was also an expression of style.On the basis of criticizing Kamo no Mabuchi’s theory,Kagawa Kageki emphasized that Waka’s tone expressed natural feel-ings and consequently there was no need to imitate the tone of the ancients.Then Yata Tomonori,in the process of further explaining Kagawa Kageki’s tone theory,connected tone with the belief of Kotodama.And at that point,the tone theory of Waka and the rhyme theory of Chinese poetry began to become more and more different from each other.
