Ten Thousand Leaves

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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Ten Thousand Leaves

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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Man’yōshū (Book 5)

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Publisher: Global Oriental
ISBN: 9004212795
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 195

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This is the second volume to be published in the 20-volume set. It includes 114 poems (104 tanka, ten choka), traditionally considered to be the zoka genre, although some of them can be classified as benka, since they deal with death and sorrow. It also contains two poems in Chinese.

The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature

The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature PDF Author: Haruo Shirane
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316368289
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages :

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The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature provides, for the first time, a history of Japanese literature with comprehensive coverage of the premodern and modern eras in a single volume. The book is arranged topically in a series of short, accessible chapters for easy access and reference, giving insight into both canonical texts and many lesser known, popular genres, from centuries-old folk literature to the detective fiction of modern times. The various period introductions provide an overview of recurrent issues that span many decades, if not centuries. The book also places Japanese literature in a wider East Asian tradition of Sinitic writing and provides comprehensive coverage of women's literature as well as new popular literary forms, including manga (comic books). An extensive bibliography of works in English enables readers to continue to explore this rich tradition through translations and secondary reading.

Written on Water

Written on Water PDF Author: Takashi Kojima
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462901131
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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This collection of classical poetry was selected from the Man'yoshu—the oldest and most important collection of Japanese poetry. Despair and hope are two emotions commonly voiced by poets in the Man'yoshu. Although written over thirteen hundred years ago, the poems retain a rare freshness, an originality that delights and fascinates even today. Part of the collection's originality is due to its variety of authors, from members of the aristocracy to commoners from the lowest ranks. The poems cover a wide range of content and expression, from court poets' highly polished verses to anonymous poems that read like folk songs. Poems about love are common but the treatment of love varies from anguished pinning to wondrous celebration to bitter denunciation. What the various Man'yo poems do have in common is emotional fire, amazing candor, and eloquent expression of feeling not found in later Japanese poetry. It is these characteristics that have earned the Man'yoshu a constant and devoted readership over the centuries.

Travels with a Writing Brush

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Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241310865
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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A rich, exquisite and original anthology that illuminates Japanese travel writing over a thousand years 'Oh journey upon journey, my life is a brief moment, and I cannot hope that we will meet again' Roaming over mountains and along perilous shores, this anthology illuminates over a thousand years of Japanese travel writing. It takes in songs, diaries, tales and poetry, and ranges from famous works including The Pillow Book and the works of Basho to pieces such as the diary of a young girl who longs to return to the capital and her beloved books, or the writings of travelling monks who sleep on pillows of grass. Together they illuminate a long literary tradition, with intense poetic experience at its heart. Translated and edited with an introduction by Meredith McKinney

Man’yōshū (Book 2)

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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004433333
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Book two of the Man’yōshū (‘Anthology of Myriad Leaves’) continues Alexander Vovin’s new English translation of this 20-volume work originally compiled between c.759 and 785 AD. It is the earliest Japanese poetic anthology in existence and thus the most important compendium of Japanese culture of the Asuka and Nara periods.

1000 Poems from the Manyoshu

1000 Poems from the Manyoshu PDF Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486123472
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 466

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Features 1,000 poems from the oldest Japanese poetry anthology, chosen by a scholarly committee based on their poetic excellence and their role in revealing the Japanese national spirit and character. Text is in English only.

Man’yōshū (Book 16)

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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004440216
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 217

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Book sixteen of the Man’yōshū (‘Anthology of Myriad Leaves’) continues Alexander Vovin’s new English translation of this 20-volume work originally compiled between c.759 and 785 AD. It is the earliest Japanese poetic anthology in existence and thus the most important compendium of Japanese culture of the Asuka and Nara periods.

The Manyōshū; One Thousand Poems Selected and Translated from the Japanese

The Manyōshū; One Thousand Poems Selected and Translated from the Japanese PDF Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 602

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Traditional Japanese Literature

Traditional Japanese Literature PDF Author: Haruo Shirane
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231157304
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 601

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Traditional Japanese Literature features a rich array of works dating from the very beginnings of the Japanese written language through the evolution of Japan's noted aristocratic court and warrior cultures. It contains stunning new translations of such canonical texts as The Tales of the Heike as well as works and genres previously ignored by scholars and unknown to general readers.