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Tag Archives: literature
Book Announcement: Gazing at the Moon: Buddhist Poems of Solitude
Gazing at the Moon: Buddhist Poems of Solitude Saigyō Translated by Meredith McKinney Clear and clearer with the moon the heart swells widening out toward what distant end I know not A fresh translation of the classical Buddhist poetry of … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, Buddhist poetry, Japan, Japanese literature, Japanese poetry, literature, poetics, poetry, translation
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Book Announcement: Kanbunmyaku: The Literary Sinitic Context and the Birth of Modern Japanese Language and Literature
Kanbunmyaku: The Literary Sinitic Context and the Birth of Modern Japanese Language and Literature Series: Language, Writing and Literary Culture in the Sinographic Cosmopolis, Volume: 2 Author: Mareshi Saito Editors / Translators: Ross King and Christina Laffin In Kanbunmyaku: The … Continue reading
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Tagged Japanese, Japanese language, kanbun, language, literature, premodern, premodern Japan, premodern Japanese, writing
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Book Announcement: Yamamba: In Search of the Japanese Mountain Witch
Yamamba: In Search of the Japanese Mountain Witch Editors Linda C. Ehrlich Rebecca Copeland Alluring, nurturing, dangerous, and vulnerable the yamamba, or Japanese mountain witch, has intrigued audiences for centuries. What is it about the fusion of mountains with the … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, folklore, Japan, Japanese literature, literature, yamamba
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Book Announcement: Eight Dogs, or “Hakkenden” Part One—An Ill-Considered Jest
Eight Dogs, or “Hakkenden” Part One—An Ill-Considered Jest by Kyokutei Bakin Translated by Glynne Walley Kyokutei Bakin’s Nansō Satomi hakkenden is one of the monuments of Japanese literature. This multigenerational samurai saga was one of the most popular and influential books of … Continue reading
Book Announcement: An Ise monogatari Reader: Contexts and Receptions
An Ise monogatari Reader: Contexts and Receptions Brill’s Japanese Studies Library, Volume: 69 Editors: Joshua S. Mostow, Tokurō Yamamoto, and Kurtis Hanlon An “Ise monogatari” Reader is the first collection of essays in English on The Ise Stories, a canonical … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcements, bungo, classical Japan, classical literature, Ise Monogatari, Japanese literature, literature
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Book Announcement: The Values in Numbers: Reading Japanese Literature in a Global Information Age
The Values in Numbers Reading Japanese Literature in a Global Information Age Hoyt Long Ideas about how to study and understand cultural history—particularly literature—are rapidly changing as new digital archives and tools for searching them become available. This is not … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Dancing the Dharma: Religious and Political Allegory in Japanese Noh Theater
Dancing the Dharma Religious and Political Allegory in Japanese Noh Theater Susan Blakeley Klein Dancing the Dharma examines the theory and practice of allegory by exploring a select group of medieval Japanese noh plays and treatises. Susan Blakeley Klein demonstrates how medieval esoteric commentaries on … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, Japanese culture, Japanese literature, Japanese theater, literature, noh, performance, plays, politics, religion, theater, theatre
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Book Announcement: Tales of Idolized Boys: Male-Male Love in Medieval Japanese Buddhist Narratives
Tales of Idolized Boys: Male-Male Love in Medieval Japanese Buddhist Narratives Sachi Schmidt-Hori In medieval Japan (14th–16th centuries), it was customary for elite families to entrust their young sons to the care of renowned Buddhist priests from whom they received … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Shakespeare and East Asia
Shakespeare and East Asia Alexa Alice Joubin Structured around modes in which one might encounter Asian-themed performances and adaptations, Shakespeare and East Asia identifies four themes that distinguish post-1950s East Asian cinemas and theatres from works in other parts of the world: … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian Studies, book, book announcement, books, East Asian Studies, literary adaptations, literature, Shakespeare, theatre, theatre studies
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Book Announcement: Pleasure in Profit: Popular Prose in Seventeenth-Century Japan
Pleasure in ProfitPopular Prose in Seventeenth-Century Japan Laura Moretti In the seventeenth century, Japanese popular prose flourished as waves of newly literate readers gained access to the printed word. Commercial publishers released vast numbers of titles in response to readers’ … Continue reading
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