Author: Basil Hall Chamberlain
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415245326
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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Facsimile of edition published: London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1880.

Author: Basil Hall Chamberlain
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136393374
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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Published in 2000, The Classical Poetry of the Japanese is a valuable contribution to the field of Asian Studies.

Author: Basil Hall Chamberlain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japanese poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Author: Paul S. Atkins
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824858700
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 281

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Fujiwara no Teika (1162–1241) was born into an illustrious lineage of poets just as Japan’s ancien régime was ceding authority to a new political order dominated by military power. Overcoming personal and political setbacks, Teika and his allies championed a new style of poetry that managed to innovate conceptually and linguistically within the narrow confines of the waka tradition and the limits of its thirty-one syllable form. Backed by powerful patrons, Teika emerged finally as the supreme arbiter of poetry in his time, serving as co-compiler of the eighth imperial anthology of waka, Shin Kokinshū (ca. 1210) and as solo compiler of the ninth. This first book-length study of Teika in English covers the most important and intriguing aspects of Teika’s achievements and career, seeking the reasons behind Teika’s fame and offering distinctive arguments about his oeuvre. A documentary biography sets the stage with valuable context about his fascinating life and times, followed by an exploration of his “Bodhidharma style,” as Teika’s critics pejoratively termed the new style of poetry. His beliefs about poetry are systematically elaborated through a thorough overview of his writing about waka. Teika’s understanding of classical Chinese history, literature, and language is the focus of a separate chapter that examines the selective use of kana, the Japanese phonetic syllabary, in Teika’s diary, which was written mainly in kanbun, a Japanese version of classical Chinese. The final chapter surveys the reception history of Teika’s biography and literary works, from his own time into the modern period. Sometimes venerated as demigod of poetry, other times denigrated as an arrogant, inscrutable poet, Teika seldom inspired lukewarm reactions in his readers. Courtier, waka poet, compiler, copyist, editor, diarist, and critic, Teika is recognized today as one of the most influential poets in the history of Japanese literature. His oeuvre includes over four thousand waka poems, his diary, Meigetsuki, which he kept for over fifty years, and a fictional tale set in Tang-dynasty China. Over fifteen years in the making, Teika is essential reading for anyone interested in Japanese poetry, the history of Japan, and traditional Japanese culture.

Author: Basil Hall Chamberlain
Publisher:
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Author: Basil Hall Chamberlain
Publisher:
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 362

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Author: Kenneth Rexroth
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811201810
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 186

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A collection of Japanese poems accompanied by their English translations.

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Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014139594X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 317

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A new edition of the most widely known and popular collection of Japanese poetry. The best-loved and most widely read of all Japanese poetry collections, the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu contains 100 short poems on nature, the seasons, travel, and, above all, love. Dating back to the seventh century, these elegant, precisely observed waka poems (the precursor of haiku) express deep emotion through visual images based on a penetrating observation of the natural world. Peter MacMillan's new translation of his prize-winning original conveys even more effectively the beauty and subtlety of this magical collection. Translated with an introduction and commentary by Peter MacMillan.

Author: Kenneth Rexroth
Publisher:
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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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.