Showing Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600 by Haruo Shirane

Traditional Japanese Literature "Traditional Japanese Literature" features a rich array of works dating from the very beginnings of the Japanese written language through the noted age of aristocratic court life into the period of warrior culture. The anthology contains new translations of such canonical texts as "The Tales of the Heike" and generous selections from "Man'yoshu," "The Tale of Genji," "The Pillow Book," and "Kokins Full description