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Scuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale ISEAS
Ecole Francaise d’Extreme-Orient EFEO

KYOTO LECTURES 2007

Thursday, July 12th 18:00h

Roberta Strippoli will speak on:

Gio and Hotoke in the Tale of the Heike:
Irresistible Ladies, Comic Intent, Esoteric Reading

The story of the shirabyoshi dancers Gio and Hotoke, which first
appeared in Heike monogatari, enjoyed an extensive and varied
reception in later literature and theater, from noh to otogizoshi,
kowakamai, sekkyo, and joruri. Although no document proves the
historical existence of the two women, a number of temples and
monuments were built in memory of them.
The case of Gio and Hotoke can be seen as emblematic of a wider
system of textual interaction that traverses the history of premodern
Japanese literature. One of the reasons for the permanence of such a
marginal subplot is to be found in the fact that the story easily
lends itself to multiple interpretations and practical uses. Although
scarcely detectable now, some of the possible readings of the text
were evident to a medieval audience. Making use of passages from
Genpei josuiki (seisuiki) and Kakuichibon, this lecture will explore
several ways of looking at the story from the point of view of gender
and religious studies.

Roberta Strippoli teaches Classical Japanese at the University of
Naples "L’Orientale" and Japanese Culture at the University of Milan
"Bicocca". Trained in medieval narrative, she has published on
otogizoshi (La monaca tuttofare, la donna serpente, il demone beone.
Racconti dal medioevo giapponese, Venezia: Marsilio 2001), Sarashina
nikki, and Heike monogatari. Besides Gio, she is currently
researching on competing masculinities in gunki monogatari.

Discussant: Francois Lachaud
He is the Director of the Kyoto Center of the Ecole Française d’
Extreme-Orient and Maitre de conferences associé at the Ecole
Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Section des sciences religieuses
(Japanese Buddhism).

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Italian School of East Asian Studies (ISEAS)
Ecole Francaise d’Extreme-Orient (EFEO)