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"This is the first anthology ever devoted to early modern Japanese literature, spanning the period from 1600 to 1900, known variously as the Edo or the Tokugawa, one of the most creative epochs of Japanese culture. This anthology, which will be of vital interest to anyone involved in this era, includes not only fiction, poetry, and drama, but also essays, treatises, literary criticism, comic poetry, adaptations from Chinese, folk stories and other...
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Are the works of contemporary Japanese novelists, as Nobel Prize winner Oe Kenzaburo has observed, "mere reflections of the vast consumer culture of Tokyo and the subcultures of the world at large"? Or do they contain their own critical components, albeit in altered form? Oe and Beyond surveys the accomplishments of Oe and other writers of the postwar generation while looking further to examine the literary parameters of the "Post-Oe" generation....
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Comprehensive text focusing on Japanese adjectives and adverbs with examples of the simplest noun modifiers to definitions of tricky sentence patterns and adverbs. Each entry is given a simple, concise English explanation and two or more example sentences to illustrate its usage. Also includes exercises and a number of quick-reference lists in the appendixes. Suitable for self-study, building vocabulary, and developing reading and grammar skills.
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"With the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Japan opened its doors to the West and underwent remarkable changes as it sought to become a modern nation. Accompanying the political changes that Western trade ushered in were widespread social and cultural changes. Newspapers, novels, poems, and plays from the Western world were soon adapted and translated into Japanese. The combination of the rich storytelling tradition of Japan with the realism and modernism...
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The first anthology of its kind, The Modern Murasaki brings the vibrancy and rich imagination of women's writing from the Meiji period to English-language readers. Along with traditional prose, the editors have chosen and carefully translated short stories, plays, poetry, speeches, essays, and personal journal entries. Selected readings include writings by the public speaker Kishida Toshiko, the dramatist Hasegawa Shigure, the short-fiction writer...
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"This comprehensive reference work covers all four forms of traditional Japanese theatre: no, kyogen, bunraku, and kabuki. International tours by each have become commonplace, allowing audiences everywhere to broaden their understanding of theatre's possibilities, and inspiring artists to infuse their works with ideas sparked by Japanese theatre's conventions. Because of the great interest generated by increasing familiarity with these theatre traditions,...
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Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) is now widely viewed as Japan's greatest poet of the 20th century. Little known in his lifetime, he died at 37 from tuberculosis, but has since become a much loved children's author whose magical tales have been translated into many languages, adapted for the stage and turned into films and animations. Recognition for his poetry came much later. "Strong in the Rain"--The title-poem of this selection - is now arguably the...
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Though Japanese tourists, businessmen, and products are everywhere visible, their culture remains cloaked and mysterious. This book approaches the haunting, sad and lovely depths of the Japanese soul by interpreting some major themes in fairy tales. The first Jungian analyst in Japan and a senior professor at Kyoto University here addresses such questions as why so few Japanese fairy tales end in a "happily-ever-after" marriage and why the females...
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Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds is a collection of twenty-five medieval Japanese tales of border crossings and the fantastic, featuring demons, samurai, talking animals, amorous plants, and journeys to supernatural realms. It illuminates a rich world of literary, visual, and Buddhist culture. Each translation is prefaced by a short introduction, and the book features images from scroll paintings, illustrated manuscripts, and printed books.
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