Steven Carter
Yamato Ichihashi Chair in Japanese History and Civilization, Emeritus
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Bio
Research Areas:
- Japanese Poetry, Poetics, and Poetic Culture
- The Japanese Essay (zuihitsu)
- Travel Writing
- Historical Fiction
- The Relationship between the Social and the Aesthetic
Academic Appointments
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Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Program Affiliations
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Center for East Asian Studies
Professional Education
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B.A., Brigham Young University, Major: Japanese Language and Literature, Minors: English and History (1974)
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M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Oriental Languages (1977)
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Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Oriental Languages (1980)
All Publications
- The Columbia Anthology of Japanese Essays: Zuihitsu from the Tenth to the Twenty-First Century New York: Columbia University Press. 2014
- Waka in the Medieval Period: Patterns of Practice and Patronage The Cambrige History of Japanese Literature edited by Shirane, H. 2013
- Renga The Cambrige History of Japanese Literature edited by Shirane, H. 2013
- HAIKU BEFORE HAIKU: FROM THE EARLIEST DAYS TO BASHŌ New York: Columbia University Press. 2011
- HOUSEHOLDERS: THE REIZEI FAMILY IN JAPANESE HISTORY 2007
- Linked Verse: Selections from Sōgi’s East Country Dialogues, An Old Man’s Diversions, Three Poets at Minase, and New Tsukuba Collection Traditional Japanese Literature, Anthology: Beginnings to 1600 Columbia University Press. 2007
- Selections from Nijō Yoshimoto’s Secret Notes on the Principles of Linking and The Tsukuba Collection Traditional Japanese Literature, Anthology: Beginnings to 1600 Columbia University Press. 2007
- Travel as Poetic Practice in Medieval and Early Modern Japan Traditions of East Asian Travel New York: Berghan Books. 2006
- Claiming the Past for the Present: Ichijō Kaneyoshi and Tales of Ise Rhetoric and the Discourses of Power in Court Culture, China, Europe, and Japan Seattle: The University of Washington Press. 2005: 94–116
- Travel as Poetic Practice in Medieval and Early Modern Japan Journeys, The International Journel of Travel and Travel Writing 2004; 5 (1): 23-46
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The making of Shinkokinshu (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES
2003; 62 (2): 615-617
View details for Web of Science ID 000183404800043
- Selections from Flowers and the Moon Early Modern Japanese Literature edited by Shirane, H. Columbia University Press. 2002
- JUST LIVING: POEMS BY THE MEDIEVAL MONK TONNA New York: Columbia University Press. 2002
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Chats with the Master - Selections from 'Kensai Zodan'
MONUMENTA NIPPONICA
2001; 56 (3): 295-347
View details for Web of Science ID 000171279200001
- Remodeling the Reizei House: The State of the Poetic Field in Eighteenth Century Japan Early Modern Japan: An Interdisciplinary Journal 2001; 9 (2): 30-39
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Basho and the mastery of poetic space in 'Oko no hosomichi'
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY
2000; 120 (2): 190-198
View details for Web of Science ID 000165358600004
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The origins of Japan's medieval world: Courtiers, clerics, warriors, and peasants in the fourteenth century. (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF JAPANESE STUDIES
1999; 25 (2): 412-417
View details for Web of Science ID 000082616000017
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The persistence of the personal in Late Medieval Uta
HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES
1999; 59 (1): 163-185
View details for Web of Science ID 000080921300004
- Daiei no honyaku: Ton’a no uta wo megutte (in Japanese) 1999: 1–22
- Ichijô Kaneyoshi Medieval Japanese Writers Detroit: Burccoli, Clark, Layman. 1999: 95–103
- Saigyô Medieval Japanese Writers, Dictionary of Literary Biography Detroit: Burccoli, Clark, Layman. 1999: 224–233
- Shôtetsu Medieval Japanese Writers, Dictionary of Literary Biography Detroit: Burccoli, Clark, Layman. 1999: 277–282
- Ton’a Medieval Japanese Writers, Dictionary of Literary Biography Detroit: Burccoli, Clark, Layman. 1999: 287–292
- Jôha Medieval Japanese Writers, Dictionary of Literary Biography Detroit: Burccoli, Clark, Layman. 1999: 125–129
- Inô Sôgi Medieval Japanese Writers, Dictionary of Literary Biography Detroit: Burccoli, Clark, Layman. 1999: 113–124
- The Reizei Family Medieval Japanese Writers, Dictionary of Literary Biography Detroit: Burccoli, Clark, Layman. 1999: 217–223
- Introduction Medieval Japanese Writers, Dictionary of Literary Biography Detroit: Burccoli, Clark, Layman. 1999: xv-xxii
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Utamakura, allusion, and intertextuality in traditional Japanese poetry (Book Review)
HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES
1998; 58 (2): 550-555
View details for Web of Science ID 000077635500007
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Traces of dreams: Landscape, cultural memory, and the poetry of Basho. (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES
1998; 57 (4): 1176-1178
View details for Web of Science ID 000078114100056
- REGENT REDUX: A LIFE OF THE STATESMAN-SCHOLAR ICHIJÔ KANEYOSHI 1997
- Seeking What the Masters Sought: Masters, Disciples, and Poetic Enlightenment in Medieval Japan The Distant Isle: Studies and Translations of Japanese Literature in Honor of Robert H. Brower 1997: 35–58
- UNFORGOTTEN DREAMS: POEMS BY THE ZEN MONK SHÔTETSU New York: Columbia University Press. 1997
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On a bare branch: Basho and the haikai profession
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY
1997; 117 (1): 57-69
View details for Web of Science ID A1997XE72900004
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NOH DRAMA AND THE 'TALE OF GENJI' - THE ART OF ALLUSION IN 15 CLASSICAL PLAYS - GOFF,J (Book Review)
HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES
1994; 54 (2): 567-571
View details for Web of Science ID A1994QD04800008
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A HISTORY OF JAPANESE LITERATURE, VOL 3, THE HIGH-MIDDLE-AGES - KONISHI,J (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY
1993; 113 (4): 610-611
View details for Web of Science ID A1993MW49600020
- The End of a Year--The End of a Life As Well" Murasaki Shikibu's Farewell to the Shining One Approaches to Teaching Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji 1993: 124–131
- Introduction Literary Patronage in Late Medieval Japan 1993: 1–17
- LITERARY PATRONAGE IN LATE MEDIEVAL JAPAN edited by Carter, S. D. 1993
- Ichijô Kaneyoshi and the Literary Arts Literary Patronage in Late Medieval Japan 1993: 19–44
- CONVERSATIONS WITH SHÔTETSU 1992
- TRADITIONAL JAPANESE POETRY, AN ANTHOLOGY Stanford: Stanford University Press. 1991
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KYOGOKU,TAMEKANE - POETRY AND POLITICS IN LATE KAMAKURA JAPAN - HUEY,RN (Book Review)
MONUMENTA NIPPONICA
1990; 45 (3): 360-363
View details for Web of Science ID A1990DU87600010
- Selections from Essays in Idleness Classical Japanese Prose, An Anthology edited by McCullough, H. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 1990: 393–421
- Traveler's of a Hundred Ages: Japan as Revealed Through 1,000 Years of Diaries Los Angeles Times Book Review 1989: 1 - 7
- WAITING FOR THE WIND: THIRTY-SIX POETS OF JAPAN'S LATE MEDIEVAL AGE New York: Columbia University Press. 1989
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THE ROAD TO KOMATSUBARA - A CLASSICAL READING OF THE 'RENGA HYAKUIN' - CARTER,SD (Book Review)
MONUMENTA NIPPONICA
1988; 43 (3): 363-364
View details for Web of Science ID A1988Q143100005
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MIXING MEMORIES - LINKED VERSE AND THE FRAGMENTATION OF THE COURT HERITAGE
HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES
1988; 48 (1): 5-45
View details for Web of Science ID A1988N849700001
- The Fracture of Meaning: Japan's Synthesis of China from the Eighth through the Eighteenth Centuries Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese 1988; 22 (1)
- What's So Strange About A Strange Tale?: Kafû and His Narrative Persona in Bokutô Kidan Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese 1988; 22 (2): 151-168
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SOGI IN THE EAST-COUNTRY, 'SHIRAKAWA KIKO' + MEDIEVAL JAPANESE POETIC TRAVELOGUE
MONUMENTA NIPPONICA
1987; 42 (2): 167-179
View details for Web of Science ID A1987J190100003
- Allusion in Linked Verse Renga kenkyô no tenkai Tokyo: Benseisha. 1985: 121–132
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A LESSON IN FAILURE - LINKED-VERSE CONTESTS IN MEDIEVAL JAPAN
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY
1984; 104 (4): 727-737
View details for Web of Science ID A1984AEG1000008
- THREE POETS AT YUYAMA 1983
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RULES, RULES, AND MORE RULES, SHOHAKU RENGA RULEBOOK OF 1501 + AN ANNOTATED TRANSLATION OF 'RENGA SHINSHIKI TSUIKA NARABI NI SHINSHIKI KINAN TO' FROM JAPANESE
HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES
1983; 43 (2): 581-642
View details for Web of Science ID A1983RZ37600005
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THE 'MONKEYS STRAW RAINCOAT' AND OTHER POETRY OF THE BASHO SCHOOL - MINER,E, ODAGIRI,H (Book Review)
HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES
1982; 42 (2): 643-660
View details for Web of Science ID A1982PS86300007
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WAKA IN THE AGE OF RENGA + MUROMACHI POETRY
MONUMENTA NIPPONICA
1981; 36 (4): 425-444
View details for Web of Science ID A1981MW45400003
- Background and Design in Linked Verse of the Golden Age Bungaku gogaku 1980; 87: 51-58
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3 POETS AT YUYAMA - SOGI AND YUYAMA SANGIN HYAKUIN, 1491
MONUMENTA NIPPONICA
1978; 33 (2): 119-149
View details for Web of Science ID A1978EZ00700001
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3 POETS AT YUYAMA - SOGI AND YUYAMA-SANGIN-HYAKUIN, 1491 .2.
MONUMENTA NIPPONICA
1978; 33 (3): 241-283
View details for Web of Science ID A1978FK32600001