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Origins of Japanese Literature by Zakaria Selouti is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document discusses the origins of Japanese literature and the challenges of studying pre-literate works. It notes that writing emerged in Japan in the late 7th century CE as the Yamato state developed a Chinese-style bureaucracy requiring literacy. This facilitated the rapid emergence of early Japanese literature within just a few generations, represented in anthologies from the 8th century CE. However, most premodern Japanese writing from before the Heian period is now lost, so what remains may not fu

Author

Zakaria Selouti

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EN