1000 poems from the Manyōshū : the complete Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai translation / Japanese Classics Translation Committee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nihon Gakujutsu Shinkōkai. Japanese Classics Translation Committee.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Man'yōshū. Selections. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Japanese poetry--Translations into English.

Japanese poetry.

Genre:

Translations.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

lxxx, 362 pages : 5 maps ; 22 cm

Other Title:

One thousand poems from the Manyōshū

Place of Publication:

Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2005.

Summary:

Dating from the eighth century and earlier, the "Manyoshu" is the oldest Japanese poetry anthology--and it's widely considered to be the best. A committee of distinguished scholars chose 1,000 poems from more than 4,500 possibilities. Their criteria for inclusion demanded poetic excellence, insights into the Japanese national spirit and character, and cultural and historical significance. The acclaimed translations artfully preserve the simplicity and direct quality of the originals, encompassing an enormous range of human emotions and experiences while offering glimpses of a world authentically and uniquely Japanese. Text is in English only.

Notes:

" ... is a slightly abridged republication of the work originally published as The Manyōshū : one thousand poems selected and translated from the Japanese by the Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, in 1940. The text in romaji section has been omitted from the Dover edition ..."--Title page verso.

ISBN:

0486439593

9780486439594

OCLC:

56905642

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