A Reference Grammar of Classical Japanese Prose

A Reference Grammar of Classical Japanese Prose
Title A Reference Grammar of Classical Japanese Prose PDF eBook
Author Alexander Vovin
Publisher Psychology Press
Pages 500
Release 2003
Genre Foreign Language Study
ISBN 9780700717163

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This complete description of the language of the golden Heian period (794-1185) features an innovative morphological analysis to facilitate reference usage and provides a comprehensive reference work for students of classical Japanese.

Traditional Japanese Literature

Traditional Japanese Literature
Title Traditional Japanese Literature PDF eBook
Author Haruo Shirane
Publisher Columbia University Press
Pages 601
Release 2012
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0231157304

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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.

Classical Japanese Prose

Classical Japanese Prose
Title Classical Japanese Prose PDF eBook
Author Helen Craig McCullough
Publisher Stanford University Press
Pages 604
Release 1990
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 9780804719605

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This volume brings together in convenient form a rich selection of Japanese prose dating from the ninth to the seventeenth centuries, a period during which the preeminent cultural and aesthetic values were those of the Heian court. It contains 22 works representing all the major indigenous literary forms, either complete or in generous excerpts, and is particularly rich in writing by women and in autobiographical writings. This anthology contains longer selections than the only other available anthology, which was published in the 1950s, and each selection is preceded by an introduction reflecting the most recent scholarship. With three exceptions, all the translations are by the compilers, and almost all of them are published here for the first time. Because of space limitations, the compiler has omitted the two long masterpieces of the age, The Tale of Genji and The Tale of Heike, which deserve to be read in their entirety, and which are available in paperback English translations. The book contains an extensive general introduction, thirteen illustrations, five maps, a glossary, and a selected bibliography of works in English translation.

A Waka Anthology, Volume Two

A Waka Anthology, Volume Two
Title A Waka Anthology, Volume Two PDF eBook
Author Edwin A. Cranston
Publisher Stanford University Press
Pages 1332
Release 1993
Genre History
ISBN 9780804748254

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Grasses of Remembrance, the second volume of Edwin Cranston's monumental Waka Anthology, carries forward the story of Japanese court poetry, drawing on sources dating from the 890s to the 1080s. The book presents over 2,600 poems in lively and readable translation, including all 795 poems from The Tale of Genji.

The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature

The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature
Title The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature PDF eBook
Author Earl Miner
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 600
Release 2020-09-01
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0691218382

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The description for this book, The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature, will be forthcoming.

Early Modern Japanese Literature

Early Modern Japanese Literature
Title Early Modern Japanese Literature PDF eBook
Author Haruo Shirane
Publisher Columbia University Press
Pages 1054
Release 2002-07-10
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0231507437

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This is the first anthology ever devoted to early modern Japanese literature, spanning the period from 1600 to 1900, known variously as the Edo or the Tokugawa, one of the most creative epochs of Japanese culture. This anthology, which will be of vital interest to anyone involved in this era, includes not only fiction, poetry, and drama, but also essays, treatises, literary criticism, comic poetry, adaptations from Chinese, folk stories and other non-canonical works. Many of these texts have never been translated into English before, and several classics have been newly translated for this collection. Early Modern Japanese Literature introduces English readers to an unprecedented range of prose fiction genres, including dangibon (satiric sermons), kibyôshi (satiric and didactic picture books), sharebon (books of wit and fashion), yomihon (reading books), kokkeibon (books of humor), gôkan (bound books), and ninjôbon (books of romance and sentiment). The anthology also offers a rich array of poetry—waka, haiku, senryû, kyôka, kyôshi—and eleven plays, which range from contemporary domestic drama to historical plays and from early puppet theater to nineteenth century kabuki. Since much of early modern Japanese literature is highly allusive and often elliptical, this anthology features introductions and commentary that provide the critical context for appreciating this diverse and fascinating body of texts. One of the major characteristics of early modern Japanese literature is that almost all of the popular fiction was amply illustrated by wood-block prints, creating an extensive text-image phenomenon. In some genres such as kibyôshi and gôkan the text in fact appeared inside the woodblock image. Woodblock prints of actors were also an important aspect of the culture of kabuki drama. A major feature of this anthology is the inclusion of over 200 woodblock prints that accompanied the original texts and drama.

An Introduction to Japanese Court Poetry

An Introduction to Japanese Court Poetry
Title An Introduction to Japanese Court Poetry PDF eBook
Author Earl Roy Miner
Publisher Stanford University Press
Pages 202
Release 1978
Genre English poetry
ISBN

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The poetry written by the Japanese imperial court between A.D. 550 and 1350 is regarded as one of the great literatures of the world. This volume introduces readers to that literature, offering at once a condensation, a reorganization, and an extension (to A.D. 1500) of "Japanese Court Poetry" (1901). (Poetry)