Mountain/home : new translations from Japan / Leza Lowitz, guest editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lowitz, Leza, editor.

Series:

Mānoa (Honolulu, Hawaii : 1989) ; 29:2.

Manoa, 1045-7909 ; 29:2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese literature--Translations into English.

Japanese literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu, Hawaii : University of Hawaii Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Mountain/Home presents new translations of Japanese literature from the country's medieval period to the present. The narrative arc of the selections follows the evolution of Japan's national self-image. Because Mount Fuji, more than any other national symbol, has represented the soul of Japan, Mountain/Home begins with works inspired by the mountain's presence. They include excerpts from some of the first literary works in which Mount Fuji appears: the mysterious Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, early court poetry, and the Confessions of Lady Nijо̄, among others. These works are followed by a chapter from Lady Murasaki's brilliant novel, The Tale of Genji, and Edo-period haiku by Bashо̄ and Issa. In the twentieth century, Japan went through its darkest years. But out of the trauma of militarism, war, devastation, and defeat came outstanding fiction by Dazai Osamu and Natsume Sо̄seki, as well as avant-garde poetry by Yoshioka Minoru and Ayukawa Nobuo. In recent decades, contemporary optimism has produced writing that breaks new literary ground without forgetting the past: experimental fiction by Kurahashi Yumiko and poetry about everyday life by Takahashi Mutsuo.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Editor's Note

One Hundred Literary Views of Mount Fuji / Macmillan, Peter

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

Love Song and Reply / Wakashū, Gosen

The Confessions of Lady Nijo / Nijō, Lady

A Tale of a Mount Fuji Cave

Two Haiku / Bashō, Matsuo

Two Haiku / Issa, Kobayashi

Sanshiro / Sōseki, Natsume

Yoshioka Minoru: A Life of Poetry / Selland, Eric

Still Life / Minoru, Yoshioka

Ayukawa Nobuo: Poet of Arechi / Oketani, Shogo

America and Other Poems / Nobuo, Ayukawa

Three Linked Stories / Yumiko, Kurahashi

Shining Genji / Wolf, Charles De

The Cicada Shell, from The Tale of Genji / Shikibu, Lady Murasaki

Villon's Woman / Osamu, Dazai

Sketches: A Man And His Home / Mutsuo, Takahashi

About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed February 3, 2018).

ISBN:

9780824877668

0824877667

OCLC:

1019650113