A History of Japanese Literature

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ISBN: 9781931313940 | 1931313946
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Copyright: 8/1/2001

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This is the earliest detailed survey of the voluminous Japanese literature published in English, ranging from the Archaic period (before A.D.700) through the nineteenth century romanic fictions, to the socalled Tokyo period ending in 1898.

BOOK THE FIRST---ARCHAIC PERIOD (BEFORE A.D. 700)

Introductory---Songs---Shinto Rituals

(14)

BOOK THE SECOND---NARA PERIOD (EIGHTS CENTURY) (POETRY CULTIVATED)

Introductory---Prose---``Kojiki''---``Idzumo Fudoki''---Imperial Edicts

(7)

Japanese Poetry Generally---The ``Manyoshiu''---Works in Chinese

(29)

BOOK THE THIRD---HEIAN OR CLASSICAL PERIOD (800-1186)

Introductory

(5)

Poetry---The ``Kokinshiu''

(5)

Prose---``Kokinshiu'' Preface, ``Tosa Nikki,'' ``Taketori Monogatari,'' ``Ise'' and Other Minor Monogatari

(29)

``Genji Monogatari''

(12)

``Makura Zoshi''

104

(14)

Some Minor Works

118

(4)

``Yeigwa Monogatari''---``O-Kagami''---Works in Chinese

122

(9)

BOOK THE FOURTH---KAMAKURA PERIOD (1186-1332) (DECLINE OR LEARNING)

Introductory

131

(3)

Historical Works---``Gempei Seisuiki,'' ``Heike Monogatari,'' ``Midzu-Kagami,'' ``Hogen Monogatari,'' ``Heiji Monogatari''

134

(11)

Chomei and the ``Hojoki''---``Izayoi no Ki''---Poetry---Works in Chinese

145

(18)

BOOK THE FIFTH---NAMBOKU-CHO AND MUROMACHI PERIODS (1332-1603) (DARK AGE)

Introductory---``Jinkoshotoki''---``Taiheiki''

163

(21)

Kenko and the ``Tsure-Dzure-Gusa''

184

(13)

Poetry-The No or Lyrical Drama---Kiogen or Farce

197

(20)

BOOK THE SIXTH---YEDO PERIOD (1603-1867) (REVIVAL OF LEARNING)

Introductory---``Taikoki''

217

(7)

Seventeenth Century---Kangakusha (Chinese Scholars)---Seikwa and the Chu-Hi Philosophy, Yekken, Hakuseki, Kiuso

224

(43)

Seventeenth Century---Popular Literature---Saikaku, Children's Stories---Chikamatsu and the Popular Drama

267

(22)

Seventeenth-Century Poetry---Haikai, Haibun, Kioka

289

(11)

Eighteenth Century---Kangakusha---Fiction---Jisho and Kiseki---Jitsuroku-Mono---Wasobioye---Popular Drama

300

(15)

Eighteenth Century---The Wagakusha (Students of Japanese Antiquity)---Keichu, Kada, Mabuchi, Motoori

315

(19)

Nineteenth Century---Hirata---Shingaku Sermons

334

(11)

Nineteenth-Century Fiction---Romantic School---Kioden, Bakin, Tanehiko, Humourists---Samba, Ikku, Sentimental, Novels (Ninjobon)---Shunsul Works in Chinese

345

(38)

BOOK THE SEVENTH---TOKIO PERIOD (1867-1898)

Some Recent Developments Under European Influence

383

(17)

Bibliographical Note

400

(3)

List of Dictionaries, &c.

403

(2)

Index

405

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