The Link as Figuration and Metaphorical Shift
The Link as Figuration and Metaphorical Shift
In the context of formal poetic rhetoric, the economy of the renga link requires transformation. This process of figuration is evident in Shinkei's analysis, in which he further equates the hen-jo-dai-kyoku-ryū structure with waka poems employing jo no kotoba, an introduction or Preface to the main Statement, and so-called yasumetaru kotoba or pause words, a short preface or “pillow-word” placed in the medial rather than the typical initial position. Both rhetorical figures often end in kakekotoba, or puns, the hinge or joint of a double meaning that disrupts the linear continuity of the poem, causing the meaning to undergo a metaphorical shift from one part to the other. Shinkei's goal is to find in the history of rhetorical structures in Japanese poetry the origins of tsukeai in renga.
Keywords: renga, figuration, Shinkei, Japanese poetry, link, hen-jo-dai-kyoku-ryū, waka, jo no kotoba, yasumetaru kotoba, metaphorical shift
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