Dancer, Nun, Ghost, Goddess

Roberta Strippoli, Ph.D. (Stanford 2006), is associate professor at Binghamton University (SUNY). A scholar of premodern Japanese literature and theater, she has published on the late-medieval narratives otogizōshi, including La monaca tuttofare, la donna serpente, il demone beone (Marsilio 2001).

• AcknowledgementsList of FiguresIntroductionThe Giō (and Hotoke) LegendOverviewA Note to the Reader1 Women Entertainers in Heian and Medieval Japan: Eleventh to Fourteenth CenturyWomen Entertainers between Fiction and HistoryLiterary Works by Male AuthorsLiterary Works by Female AuthorsIntegrated or Marginalized?ShirabyōshiShirabyōshi Origins in Medieval Literary SourcesThe Range of Shirabyōshi AttireShirabyōshi in HistoryThe Case of Shizuka GozenShirabyōshi PerformanceSinging: imayōDancingImayō no shoThe GikeikiThe Engyōbon Heike monogatariThe TowazugatariConclusion2 The Story of Giō in the Heike monogatariThe Story of Giō in the Engyōbon Heike monogatariGiō in Other Heike TextsWhat’s in a Name? Kami vs. BuddhaIrresistible Ladies, Freakish CapricesChallenging Authority, Saving Each Other: The Bond between WomenConclusion3 Still Seeking Salvation: The Transformation of the Giō Story in Noh TheaterGiō as Seed in Zeami’s SandōThe PlaysGiōHotoke no hara (Hotoke’s Field)Genzai Giō (Present World Gio)Rō Giō (Giō at the Prison)Conclusion4 Giō in Late Medieval and Early Modern Narrative, Theater, and Visual ArtsPerformance Texts Related to the Legend of theMan-Made Sutra IslandKōwaka and SekkyōJōruriYomihonVisual Representations of the Giō-Hotoke StoryThe Giō otogizōshi TextsThe Spencer-bon: Giō monogatariThe Ishikawabon: GiōThe Keiōbon: GiōThe Iwasebon: GiōThe Tokudabon: Giō Ginyo monogatariTokugawa PrintsConclusion5 The Four Graves of Giō: Cultural Heritage Sites and Local LegendsThe Temple of Giō in Sagano, KyotoGiō’s Hometown in Ōmi ProvinceWelcome to Haramachi, Hotoke’s VillageThe Other Hotoke no Hara in Fukui PrefectureThey Also Lived Here: Giō’s Grave in Fukui PrefectureMemorial Stupas of Giō and Ginyo in KobeConclusionEpilogueThe Modern Legacy of Giō and HotokeShin Heike monogatari (The New Tale of the Heike)Jotoku (Women’s Virtues)When Reality Takes after Fiction: The Life of Takaoka ChishōIn ConclusionAppendix ATranslation of “Giō Ginyo” from the Genpei jōsuikiAppendix BTranslation of Genzai Giō (Present World Giō) a Noh PlayBibliographyIndex