Anthology of Japanese literature, from the earliest era to the mid-nineteenth century.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Series: UNESCO collection of representative works. Japanese seriesPublication details: New York, Grove Press [1955]Description: 442 p. illus. 22 cmSubject(s):
Contents:
Part I: Ancient period [To 794 A.D.]. Man'yōshū -- The luck of the sea and luck of the mountains -- Kaifūsō -- Part II: Heian period [794-1185]. Kūkai : Kūkai and his master -- Tales of Ise -- Kokinshū -- Ki No Tsurayuki : The Tosa diary -- Poetry from the six collections -- The mother of Michitsuna : Kagerō Nikki -- Murasaki Shikibu : Yūgao (from "The Tale of Genji") -- Sei Shōnagon : The pillow book -- Murasaki Shikibu : Diary -- The daughter of Takasue : The Sarashina diary -- Poetry in Chinese -- Ryōjin Hishō -- The lady who loved insects -- Part III: Kamakura period [1185-1333]. The tale of the Heike -- Shinkokinshū -- Kamo No Chōmei : An account of my hut -- Tales from the Uji collection -- The captain of Naruto -- Part IV: Muromachi period [1333-1600]. Yoshida Kenkō : Essays in idleness -- The exile of Godaigo -- Seami Motokiyo : The art of the Nō -- Plan of the Nō stage -- Kan'ami Kiyotsugu : Sotoba Komachi -- Seami Motokiyo : Birds of sorrow -- Seami Motokiyo : Atsumori -- Seami Motokiyo : The Damask drum -- The bird-catcher in Hades -- Busu -- Poems in Chinese by Buddhist monks -- Three poets at Minase -- Three priests -- Part V: Tokugawa period [1600-1868]. Ihara Saikaku : What the seasons brought to the almanac-maker -- Ihara Saikaku : The umbrella oracle -- Ihara Saikaku : The eternal storehouse of Japan -- Matsuo Bashō : The narrow road of Oku -- Matuso Bashō : Prose poem on the unreal dwelling -- Mukai Kyorai : Conversations with Kyorai -- Haiku by Bashō and his school -- Chikamatsu on the art of the puppet stage -- Chikamatsu Monzaemon : The love suicides at Sonezaki -- Ejima Kiseki : A wayward wife -- Jippensha Ikku : Hizakurige -- Takizawa Bakin : Shino and Hamaji -- Haiku of the middle and late Tokugawa period -- Waka of the Tokugawa period -- Poetry and prose in Chinese.
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Part I: Ancient period [To 794 A.D.]. Man'yōshū -- The luck of the sea and luck of the mountains -- Kaifūsō -- Part II: Heian period [794-1185]. Kūkai : Kūkai and his master -- Tales of Ise -- Kokinshū -- Ki No Tsurayuki : The Tosa diary -- Poetry from the six collections -- The mother of Michitsuna : Kagerō Nikki -- Murasaki Shikibu : Yūgao (from "The Tale of Genji") -- Sei Shōnagon : The pillow book -- Murasaki Shikibu : Diary -- The daughter of Takasue : The Sarashina diary -- Poetry in Chinese -- Ryōjin Hishō -- The lady who loved insects -- Part III: Kamakura period [1185-1333]. The tale of the Heike -- Shinkokinshū -- Kamo No Chōmei : An account of my hut -- Tales from the Uji collection -- The captain of Naruto -- Part IV: Muromachi period [1333-1600]. Yoshida Kenkō : Essays in idleness -- The exile of Godaigo -- Seami Motokiyo : The art of the Nō -- Plan of the Nō stage -- Kan'ami Kiyotsugu : Sotoba Komachi -- Seami Motokiyo : Birds of sorrow -- Seami Motokiyo : Atsumori -- Seami Motokiyo : The Damask drum -- The bird-catcher in Hades -- Busu -- Poems in Chinese by Buddhist monks -- Three poets at Minase -- Three priests -- Part V: Tokugawa period [1600-1868]. Ihara Saikaku : What the seasons brought to the almanac-maker -- Ihara Saikaku : The umbrella oracle -- Ihara Saikaku : The eternal storehouse of Japan -- Matsuo Bashō : The narrow road of Oku -- Matuso Bashō : Prose poem on the unreal dwelling -- Mukai Kyorai : Conversations with Kyorai -- Haiku by Bashō and his school -- Chikamatsu on the art of the puppet stage -- Chikamatsu Monzaemon : The love suicides at Sonezaki -- Ejima Kiseki : A wayward wife -- Jippensha Ikku : Hizakurige -- Takizawa Bakin : Shino and Hamaji -- Haiku of the middle and late Tokugawa period -- Waka of the Tokugawa period -- Poetry and prose in Chinese.