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Japan and the culture of the four seasons : nature, literature, and the arts / Haruo Shirane.
LIBRA PL721.S4 S55 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shirane, Haruo, 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Japanese literature--History and criticism.
- Japanese literature.
- Seasons in literature.
- Arts and society--Japan.
- Arts and society.
- Philosophy of nature in literature.
- Seasons in art--Japan.
- Seasons in art.
- Japan--Civilization.
- Japan.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 311 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Secondary nature, climate, and landscape
- Poetic topics and the making of the four seasons
- Visual culture, classical poetry, and linked verse
- Interiorization, flowers, and social ritual
- Rural landscape, social difference, and conflict
- Trans-seasonality, talismans, and landscape
- Annual observances, famous places, and entertainment
- Seasonal pyramid, parody, and botany
- Conclusion: History, genre, and social community.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780231152808
- 0231152809
- 9780231526524
- 0231526520
- OCLC:
- 693812400
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