Translated by John Nathan . New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 1966. London : Secker and Warburg , 1966. Rutland , Vt , and Tokyo : Tuttle , 1967 . The Temple of Dawn . Translated by E. Dale Saunders and Cecilia Segawa Seigle .
The book is arranged topically in a series of short, accessible chapters for easy access and reference, giving insight into both canonical texts and many lesser known, popular genres, from centuries-old folk literature to the detective ...
The book is arranged topically in a series of short, accessible chapters for easy access and reference, giving insight into both canonical texts and many lesser known, popular genres, from centuries-old folk literature to the detective ...
This book, which covers the period from preliterate times to the beginning of the tenth century, is the first of five proposed volumes that will give an account of Japanese literature from its beginnings to the death of the modern novelist ...
Iwasaki , Yozan T. , and Glenn Hughes . New Plays from Japan . London : Ernest Benn , 1930 . Three Modern Japanese Plays . Cincinnati : Steward Kidd Co. , 1923 . Kikuchi Kan . Tõjūro's Love and Four Other Plays , trans . Glenn W. Shaw .
" Origins of Modern Japanese Literature should be read by all those with an interest in the development of cultural concepts and in the interrelating factors that have determined modernity.
Professor Aston's A History of Japanese Literature has a permanent place on the bookshelves of all lovers of Japan.
It contains stunning new translations of such canonical texts as The Tales of the Heike as well as works and genres previously ignored by scholars and unknown to general readers.
By moving beyond the discussion of literary forms and style into the social background which has shaped the works, Professor Kato provides the first real history of Japanese literature in its context; in fact, given the importance of ...
A tender, timeless fable about afterlife from Japan's best-loved children's writer.