A poetics of courtly male friendship in Heian Japan - Schalow, Paul Gordon (Honolulu University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2007)
Poems to sing and the hope for transcendence -- Paradigms of friendship in the Tale of Ise -- Poetic sequence in the Kagerō diary -- The Tale of Genji : "Two cranes flying wing to wing" --The Uji chapters : "Maidens of the bridge."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-211) and index.
Keywords: Japanese literature -- Heian period, 794-1185 -- History and criticism; Male friendship in literature