Traditional Japanese literature, abridged edition
Subtitle: an anthology, beginnings to 1600
By: edited by Haruo Shirane
Edition: Abridged ed.
Series: Translations from the Asian classics
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 578
ISBN-13: 9780231157308; 9780231157315; 9780231504539
Subjects: Translations into English; Japanese literature
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.