On the Japanese classics
Subtitle: conversations and appreciations
By: by Daisaku Ikeda in association with Makoto Nemoto ; translated by Burton Watson.
Contributors: Nemoto, Makoto, 1906-1976 joint author.
Edition: 1st English ed.
Publisher: Weatherhill
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780834801400
Subjects: Ikeda, Daisaku -- Interviews.; Japanese literature -- To 1600 -- History and criticism.; Buddhism in literature.; Authors, Japanese -- 20th century -- Interviews.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation of Koten o kataru.
Table of contents: title: Translator's note; title: Part one : The world of the Man'yoshu.; title: The Man'yoshu spirit and the world of today; title: Part two : The world of the Kojiki.; title: Myth and universality; title: The Lotus Sutra and Japanese mythology; title: Part three : The world of The Tale of Genji.; title: Poetry and realism in Heian literature; title: The portrait of Prince Genji; title: The Tale of Genji and the Lotus Sutra; title: Part four : The world of the Konjaku Monogatari.; title: Mankind in an age of transition; title: Man as seen in the collections of popular tales