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Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600 (Translations from the Asian Classics)

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Product Details

  • Series: Translations from the Asian Classics
  • Paperback: 1288 pages
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press (August 22, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0231136978
  • ISBN-13: 978-0231136976
  • Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 2.3 x 8.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn Impressive Collection
By A Japanese Instructor on March 26, 2007
Format: Hardcover
A comprehensive selection of Japanese texts from the ancient, Heian and medieval periods, this book is a very valuable addition to the existing range of anthologies of classical Japanese writing available in English. It far exceeds any other anthology of its kind in terms of both the breadth of its selections and the depth of its secondary supporting material.

A wide range of primary texts is included, with extensive excerpts not only from major classics such as The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), The Pillow Book (Makura no soshi), or The Tales of the Heike (Heike monogatari), but also passages from texts less commonly included in anthologies of Japanese literature, such as the Hitachi Province Gazetteer (Hitachi fudoki) or The Essentials of Salvation (Ojo yoshu). Other genres represented include poetry in Chinese, setsuwa, noh, kyogen, linked verse, and sermon-ballads (sekkyo-bushi). Some texts in this volume have been selected to complement each other: for instance, one can read the account of the death of Taira no Atsumori in The Tales of the Heike, read a dramatization of the event in the noh Atsumori, and also read a letter from Honen, the founder of Pure Land Buddhism in Japan, to Kumagai, the man who killed Atsumori ("Reply to Kumagai Naozane, the Monk Rensei"). Likewise, the anthology includes both the famous essay An Account of a Ten-Foot-Square Hut (Hojoki) and part of the less widely read Record of a Pond Pavilion (Chiteiki), which addresses similar themes.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsDelivery was timely and the book was in good condition (bought it used)
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Delivery was timely and the book was in good condition (bought it used).
It was a book I rented in university and I really wanted to own a copy. The poems and stories are great and the editors do a great job of explaining the vaguer aspects of the topics discussed.
I'd recommend this book if you are trying to get more knowledge on Japanese culture and history.
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent Collection. Very Accessible.
By Sye Sye on January 7, 2014
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I love this book and its partner below. They give a wonderful selection of Japanese literature from earliest times up to the early modern period. These books have been an inexhaustible resource on their own, as well as an aid to finding more texts I am interested in. These would be Desert Island books for sure. While quite large there are abridged versions available, but hey, go the whole hog, they are a library in themselves! Can't recommend them strongly enough.

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