Japanese Love Poems

Japanese Love Poems
Author: Evan Bates
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2012-06-20
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0486145662

This original selection of verses from the time-honored collection of Japanese poetry reflects the many facets of love, from paeans to conjugal love to descriptions of fierce competition for spouses. Text is in English only.

Man’yōshū (Book 5)

Man’yōshū (Book 5)
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Publisher: Global Oriental
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2011-01-25
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9004212795

This is the second volume to be published in the 20-volume set. It includes 114 poems (104 tanka, ten choka), traditionally considered to be the zoka genre, although some of them can be classified as benka, since they deal with death and sorrow. It also contains two poems in Chinese. The volume has several long introductions (all written in Chinese) to the poems that follow. All the poems in this volume were composed between AD 724 and 733, which represents a much greater homogeneity in comparison to books one to four. Most of the poems were written by Yamanoue-no Okura (AD660-733), one of the greatest Man’yōshū poets, who was possibly a Korean from Kudara (Paekche), or at least a descendant of Kudara immigrants to Japan. The spelling system in this volume is predominantly phonographic, with only a few exceptions. In addition, the spelling system appears to reflect Early Western Old Japanese, as demonstrated by Bentley (1997, 2002). The same can be said about its overall grammatical features.

The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature

The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature
Author: Haruo Shirane
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2015-12-31
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1316368289

The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature provides, for the first time, a history of Japanese literature with comprehensive coverage of the premodern and modern eras in a single volume. 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 fiction of modern times. The various period introductions provide an overview of recurrent issues that span many decades, if not centuries. The book also places Japanese literature in a wider East Asian tradition of Sinitic writing and provides comprehensive coverage of women's literature as well as new popular literary forms, including manga (comic books). An extensive bibliography of works in English enables readers to continue to explore this rich tradition through translations and secondary reading.

1000 Poems from the Manyoshu

1000 Poems from the Manyoshu
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2012-12-13
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0486123472

Features 1,000 poems from the oldest Japanese poetry anthology, chosen by a scholarly committee based on their poetic excellence and their role in revealing the Japanese national spirit and character. Text is in English only.

Man’yōshū (Book 2)

Man’yōshū (Book 2)
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Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2020-07-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9004433333

Book two of the Man’yōshū (‘Anthology of Myriad Leaves’) continues Alexander Vovin’s new English translation of this 20-volume work originally compiled between c.759 and 785 AD. It is the earliest Japanese poetic anthology in existence and thus the most important compendium of Japanese culture of the Asuka and Nara periods. Book two is the ninth volume of the Man’yōshū to be published to date (following books fifteen (2009), five (2011), fourteen (2012), twenty (2013), seventeen (2016), eighteen (2016), one (2017), and nineteen (2018). Each volume of the Vovin translation contains the original text, kana transliteration, romanization, glossing and commentary.

Man’yōshū (Book 16)

Man’yōshū (Book 16)
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2020-12-07
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9004440216

Book sixteen of the Man’yōshū (‘Anthology of Myriad Leaves’) continues Alexander Vovin’s new English translation of this 20-volume work originally compiled between c.759 and 785 AD. It is the earliest Japanese poetic anthology in existence and thus the most important compendium of Japanese culture of the Asuka and Nara periods.

One Hundred Poems from the Chinese

One Hundred Poems from the Chinese
Author: Kenneth Rexroth
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1956
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780811201803

The lyrical world of Chinese poetry in faithful translations by Kenneth Rexroth.

Traditional Japanese Literature

Traditional Japanese Literature
Author: Haruo Shirane
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 601
Release: 2012
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0231157304

Traditional Japanese Literature features a rich array of works dating from the very beginnings of the Japanese written language through the evolution of Japan's noted aristocratic court and warrior cultures. 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.

Love Poems from the Japanese

Love Poems from the Japanese
Author: Sam Hamill
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2003
Genre: Love poetry, Japanese
ISBN: 1570629765

An introduction by the poet and translator Sam Hamill, the editor of this collection, and short biographies of the poets are included."--BOOK JACKET.

As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams
Author: Lady Sarashina
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1989-12-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780140442823

Born at the height of the Heian period, the pseudonymous Lady Sarashina reveals much about the Japanese literary tradition in this haunting self-portrait. Born in 1008, Lady Sarashina was a lady-in-waiting of Heian-period Japan. Her work stands out for its descriptions of her travels and pilgrimages and is unique in the literature of the period, as well as one of the first in the genre of travel writing. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.