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Dancer, Nun, Ghost, Goddess: The Legend of Giō and Hotoke in Japanese Literature, Theater, Visual Arts, and Cultural Heritage by Roberta Strippoli (review)

Dancer, Nun, Ghost, Goddess: The Legend of Giō and Hotoke in Japanese Literature, Theater,... Review Section Dancer, Nun, Ghost, Goddess: The Legend of Gio ¯ and Hotoke in Japanese Literature, Theater, Visual Arts, and Cultural Heritage. By Roberta Strippoli. Brill, Leiden, 2018. xvi, 226 pages. €99.00. Reviewed by Janet R. Goodwin Los Angeles The poignant tale of the shirabyo ¯shi Gio ¯ and Hotoke, and their treatment by military strongman Taira no Kiyomori, is one of the best-known episodes in the medieval Heike monogatari (Tale of the Heike). To summarize briefl y, Gio ¯ , an entertainer of marginal social status, becomes Kiyomori’s lover, and his patronage results in prosperity for her and her mother and sister. When one day another shirabyo ¯shi named Hotoke (Buddha) offers to perform for Kiyomori, he at fi rst turns her down, but Gio ¯ persuades him to grant her an audience. Unfortunately for Gi¯o, Hotoke’s performance and her appearance are so mesmerizing that Kiyomori demands she replace Gio ¯ and expels his former lover from his mansion. Later Kiyomori, perhaps in an excess of sadism, summons Gio ¯ back to perform for him and Hotoke, humiliating her further by making her occupy a lower seat than she had before. In despair, Gio ¯ returns home to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Japanese Studies Society for Japanese Studies

Dancer, Nun, Ghost, Goddess: The Legend of Giō and Hotoke in Japanese Literature, Theater, Visual Arts, and Cultural Heritage by Roberta Strippoli (review)

The Journal of Japanese Studies , Volume 46 (1) – Jan 28, 2020

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Society for Japanese Studies
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Review Section Dancer, Nun, Ghost, Goddess: The Legend of Gio ¯ and Hotoke in Japanese Literature, Theater, Visual Arts, and Cultural Heritage. By Roberta Strippoli. Brill, Leiden, 2018. xvi, 226 pages. €99.00. Reviewed by Janet R. Goodwin Los Angeles The poignant tale of the shirabyo ¯shi Gio ¯ and Hotoke, and their treatment by military strongman Taira no Kiyomori, is one of the best-known episodes in the medieval Heike monogatari (Tale of the Heike). To summarize briefl y, Gio ¯ , an entertainer of marginal social status, becomes Kiyomori’s lover, and his patronage results in prosperity for her and her mother and sister. When one day another shirabyo ¯shi named Hotoke (Buddha) offers to perform for Kiyomori, he at fi rst turns her down, but Gio ¯ persuades him to grant her an audience. Unfortunately for Gi¯o, Hotoke’s performance and her appearance are so mesmerizing that Kiyomori demands she replace Gio ¯ and expels his former lover from his mansion. Later Kiyomori, perhaps in an excess of sadism, summons Gio ¯ back to perform for him and Hotoke, humiliating her further by making her occupy a lower seat than she had before. In despair, Gio ¯ returns home to

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Published: Jan 28, 2020

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