15-476: Japanese Shinju can mean the following things: Shinjū ( 心中 ), double suicide Shinju ( 真珠 ), pearl Shinjū (novel) , a 1994 fiction book by Laura Joh Rowland Shinju, a traditional Japanese breast bondage technique Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Shinju . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
30-726: A Bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 1942 and studied under Mark Van Doren , Moses Hadas , Lionel Trilling , and Jacques Barzun . He then studied the Japanese language at the United States Navy Japanese Language School in Boulder, Colorado and in Berkeley, California , and served as an intelligence officer in the Pacific region during World War II. Upon his discharge from
45-452: A PhD from Columbia in 1949. Keene credits Ryūsaku Tsunoda as a mentor during this period. While staying at Cambridge, Keene went to meet Arthur Waley who was best known for his translation work in classical Chinese and Japanese literature. For Keene, Waley's translation of Chinese and Japanese literature was inspiring, even arousing in Keene the thought of becoming a second Waley. Keene
60-447: Is an important theme of the puppet theater repertory. The tragic denouement is usually known to the audience and is preceded by a michiyuki , a small poetical journey, where lovers evoke the happier moments of their lives and their attempts at loving each other. The term plays a central role in works such as Shinjū Ten no Amijima ( The Love Suicides at Amijima ), written by the seventeenth-century tragedian Chikamatsu Monzaemon for
75-494: Is called muri -shinjū ( 無理心中 ) and it is considered as a sort of murder–suicide . Lovers committing double suicide believed that they would be united again in heaven, a view supported by feudal teaching in Edo period Japan, which taught that the bond between two lovers is continued into the next world, and by the teaching of Pure Land Buddhism wherein it is believed that through double suicide, one can approach rebirth in
90-495: The bunraku puppet theater. It would later be adapted as a film in 1969 under the title Double Suicide in English, in a modernist adaptation by the filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda , including a score by Toru Takemitsu . In the preface for Donald Keene 's book Bunraku , writer Jun'ichirō Tanizaki complained about the too-long endings known to be common in double suicide plays. In his novel Some Prefer Nettles , he parodies
105-584: The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , he retired from Columbia, moved to Japan permanently, and acquired citizenship under the name Kīn Donarudo ( キーン ドナルド , "Donald Keene" in the Japanese name order) . This was also his poetic pen name ( 雅号 , gagō ) and occasional nickname, spelled in the ateji form 鬼怒鳴門 . Keene was born in 1922 in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York City and attended James Madison High School . He received
120-696: The Pure Land . The word shinjū is formed by the characters for "mind/heart" ( 心 ) and "center/inside" ( 中 ) . In this usage it literally means "heart-inside" or "oneness of hearts", probably reflecting a psychological link between the participants. In Japanese theater and literary tradition, double suicides are the simultaneous suicides of two lovers whose personal feelings ( 人情 , ninjō ) or love for one another are at odds with giri , social conventions or familial obligations. Double suicides were rather common in Japan throughout history and double suicide
135-487: The US Navy , he returned to Columbia where he earned a master's degree in 1947. Keene studied for a year at Harvard University before transferring to Cambridge University as a Henry Fellow , where he earned a second master's and became a Fellow of Corpus Christi College , Cambridge from 1948 to 1954, and a University Lecturer from 1949 to 1955. In the interim, in 1953, he also studied at Kyoto University , and earned
150-519: The "A History of Japanese Literature" series nihon bungakushi kinseihen nihon tono deai nihon bungaku sanpo nihonsaiken Third book in the "A History of Japanese Literature" series Fourth book in the "A History of Japanese Literature" series koten no tanoshimi Later published by 宝島社, 2000. hyakudai no kakaku: nikkini miru nihonjin Later published by Asahi, 2011 and 2012. [?trans of revised edition] noh, bunraku, kabuki First book in
165-658: The Donald Keene Foundation for Japanese Culture. Keene was awarded the Order of Culture by the Japanese government in 2008, one of the highest honors bestowed by the Imperial Family in the country, becoming the first non-Japanese to receive the award. Soon after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , Keene retired from Columbia and moved to Japan with the intention of living out the remainder of his life there. He acquired Japanese citizenship, adopting
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#1732772286062180-908: The legal name Kīn Donarudo ( キーン ドナルド ) . This required him to relinquish his American citizenship , as Japan does not permit dual citizenship . Keene was well known and respected in Japan and his relocation there following the earthquake was widely lauded. In 2013 Keene adopted shamisen player Seiki Uehara as a son. Keene was not married. Keene died of cardiac arrest in Tokyo on February 24, 2019, aged 96. In an overview of writings by and about Keene, OCLC / WorldCat lists roughly 600+ works in 1,400+ publications in 16 languages and 39,000+ library holdings. nihonjin no seiyou hakken 日本人の西洋発見 (中公叢書, 1968). Jp trans. 芳賀徹訳 [?trans of 2nd ed] ikiteiru nihon Revised edition published as 果てしなく美しい日本 (講談社学術文庫, 2002). Jp trans. 足立康改 [?mistake. ?Separate work] bunraku kinou no senchi kara Second book in
195-620: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shinju&oldid=1137983003 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Shinj%C5%AB Shinjū ( 心中 ) is a Japanese term meaning "double suicide", used in common parlance to refer to any group suicide of two or more individuals bound by love, typically lovers, parents and children, and even whole families. A double suicide without consent
210-458: The notion of shinjū and gives it a social and sensual double suicide with no clear ending. Donald Keene Donald Lawrence Keene (June 18, 1922 – February 24, 2019) was an American-born Japanese scholar, historian, teacher, writer and translator of Japanese literature . Keene was University Professor emeritus and Shincho Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature at Columbia University , where he taught for over fifty years. Soon after
225-408: Was a Japanologist who published about 25 books in English on Japanese topics, including both studies of Japanese literature and culture and translations of Japanese classical and modern literature, including a four-volume history of Japanese literature which has become a standard work. Keene also published about 30 books in Japanese, some of which have been translated from English. He was president of
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