Chinese Literary Forms in Heian Japan
Subtitle: Poetics and Practice
Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center
Published: Jun 26, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780674975156
Description: "Examines the transformation of Chinese literary genres in mid-Heian Japan by focusing on the ritualized recitation practices through which these works were performed and heard. This reconstruction of recitation as both a social and literary act demonstrates Sinographic literature's practical use among the capital nobility and modifications of Tang aesthetic principles"--
Notes: Source title: Chinese Literary Forms in Heian Japan: Poetics and Practice (Harvard East Asian Monographs)