A Reader's Guide to Japanese Literature
Publisher: Kodansha International (JPN)
Published: May 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9784770014771
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Japanese; Asian - General; Japanese literature; History and criticism
First sentence: A Record of Ancient Matters, which is the usual translated title of the original Kojiki, was completed in A.D. 712 and is considered to be the first literary work in the history of Japan.