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Early modern Japanese literature : an anthology, 1600-1900, abridged by with introductions and commentary by Haruo Shirane is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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This is the first anthology ever devoted to early modern Japanese literature, spanning the period from 1600 to 1900, known variously as the Edo or the Tokugawa, one of the most creative epochs of Japanese culture. This anthology, which will be of vital interest to anyone involved in this era, includes not only fiction, poetry, and drama, but also essays, treatises, literary criticism, comic poetry, adaptations from Chinese, folk stories and other non-canonical works. Many of these texts have nev
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- with introductions and commentary by Haruo Shirane
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231109918
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Reference, Literary Fiction, Literary Criticism
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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