A History of Japanese Literature, Volume 1: The Archaic and Ancient Ages

Jin'ichi Konishi

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A History of Japanese Literature, Volume 1

The Archaic and Ancient Ages

Jin'ichi Konishi
Edited by: Earl Miner
Translated by: Nicholas Teele

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1984

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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 Mishima.

Originally published in 1984.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Tables and Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Author's Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Author's Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Editor's Foreword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
General Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE. The Archaic Age: from Chaos to Differentiation
Chapter 1. Primeval Chaos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Chapter 2. Toward the Differentiation of Genres Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
PART TWO. The Ancient Age: The Age of Kotodama
Chapter 3. The Character of the Ancient Age Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Chapter 4. The Works, Their Reception, and Their Transmission Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Chapter 5. The Definition of Genres Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	266
PART THREE. The Ancient Age: The first
Chapter 6. The Study and Composition of Chinese Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Chapter 7. Waka Expression Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	324
Chapter 8. Setsuwa Expression Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365
PART FOUR. The Ancient Age: The Second Stage
Chapter 9. The Composition of Poetry and Prose in Chinese Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
Chapter 10. Waka Composition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	393
Chapter 11. Setsuwa Composition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	418
Chronological Table Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	431
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	439
Finding List for Japanese Poems Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	457
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	461

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Keywords for this book

Poetry; Japanese literature; Kotodama; Literature; Japanese poetry; Japanese books; Culture of Japan; Japanese studies; English poetry; Japanese aesthetics; Setsuwa; Kusamakura (novel); Japanese language; Nihon Shoki; Monogatari (series); Sino-Japanese vocabulary; The Tale of the Heike; Japanese honorifics; Ki no Tsurayuki; Jidaimono; Murasaki Shikibu; Yayoi period; Yamato period; Japanese name; Preface; Historical linguistics; Ezra Pound; Postwar Japan; Buddhism in Japan; Fujiwara clan; The Tale of Genji; Motoori Norinaga; Yamato Takeru; Mahayana; Taoism; Heian literature; Kokugaku; Han Yu; Chinese literature; Yamato people; Comparative literature; Miyabi; Masaoka Shiki; Imperial House of Japan; Kojiki; Ihara Saikaku; Chinese poetry; Matsuo Basho; Shinto shrine; Yamato Takeru (anime); Confucianism; Book; Edo period; Textual criticism; Epic poetry; Precaution (novel); Kawatake Mokuami; Korean literature; Tenji (era); Amaterasu; Fujiwara; Haikai; Prose; Ugayafukiaezu; American literature; Chinese classics; Neo-Confucianism; Soga no Umako; Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto; Izanami and Izanagi

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