Early Modern Japanese Literature An Anthology, 1600-1900

Name: Early Modern Japanese Literature An Anthology, 1600-1900
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ISBN: 9780231144155

ISBN-10: 0231144156

ISBN-13: 9780231144155

Edition: 2008 (Abridged)

Authors: Haruo Shirane

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This abridged edition of Haruo Shirane's popular anthology, Early Modern Japanese Literature, retains the essential texts that have made the original volume such a valuable resource. The book introduces English-speaking readers to prose fiction genres, including dangibon, kibyoshi(satiric picture books), sharebon(books of wit and fashion), yomihon, kokkeibon(books of humor), gokan(bound books), and ninjobon(books of romance and sentiment). It also features poetic genres such as waka, haiku, senryu, and kyoka, and plays ranging from Chikamatsu's puppet plays to nineteenth-century kabuki. Readers will continue to benefit from the anthology's selection of significant essays, treatises,…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 4/21/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 552
Size: 0.66" wide x 0.89" long x 0.11" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English