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122:, or poetry competitions, a “good” poem was not merely one that expressed emotions in a unique and beautiful way. Rather, poets were judged on their mastery of using their knowledge of existing poems and the way in which they placed honkadori and other poetic tropes into their poems. In this way, the use of honkadori added depth to the poem because the poet displayed his mastery of Japanese poetic tropes, signifying a mastery of Japanese poetry. 134:
defined the use of honkadori. His specific interpretation of honkadori was limited to a selective audience of aristocrats and members of the Japanese court who were well versed in all Japanese poetry and tropes. Therefore, for Fujiwara no Teika the context and use of honkadori were dependent on the
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poem, this is usually the first line of the poem. Honkadori is not merely a reference to another poem even though lines are sometimes copied word for word. The use of honkadori attempts to affect the reader in the same way as the original poem, the only difference being in the meaning and
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atmosphere. Debates occur while interpreting poems over the difference between honkadori and seishi (lines from poetry which have already been used and are not allowed to be repeated.
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reader. The skilful use of honkadori is then found in the balance between not being plagiarism, and still evoking the context of the original poem.
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within a poem to an older poem which would be generally recognized by its potential readers. Honkadori possesses qualities of
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This style of quoting is a common trope in many ancient Japanese works of literature including stories such as
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In a narrative story, honkadori are often found in the form of a poem spoken by one of the characters. In a
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Miner, Earl; Odagiri, Hiroko; Morrell, Robert E. (21 September 1988).
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in Japanese art. The concept emerged in the 12th century during the
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Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600
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The Princeton companion to classical Japanese literature
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Fujiwara Teika's Hundred-Poem Sequence of the Shoji Era
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borrowing words and phrases from earlier prose works
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allusion
yūgen
Kamakura period
the Tale of Genji
Kokinshū
Shin Kokinshū
waka
utaawase
Fujiwara no Teika
The Princeton companion to classical Japanese literature
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Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600
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Japanese poetry
haikai
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