Early modern Japanese literature : an anthology, 1600-1900 / edited with introductions and commentary by Haruo Shirane ; translators, James Brandon ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shirane, Haruo, 1951-

Brandon, James R.

Series:

Translations from the Asian classics

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Japanese literature--Translations into English.

Japanese literature.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 1027 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2002]

Language Note:

Translated from the Japanese.

Summary:

This unique anthology is the first representative collection of Japanese literature from one of the most creative periods in Japanese culture, known variously as the Edo or the Tokugawa. It includes a wide range of fiction, poetry, and drama, and also essays, literary criticism, folk stories, and other noncanonical works with a number of new translations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [969]-981) and index.

ISBN:

0231109903

OCLC:

48084101