The Land We Saw, the Times We Knew : : An Anthology of Zuihitsu Writing from Early Modern Japan / / Gerald Groemer.

Japanese zuihitsu (essays) offer a treasure trove of information and insights rarely found in any other genre of Japanese writing. Especially during their golden age, the Edo period (1600-1868), zuihitsu treated a great variety of subjects. In the pages of a typical zuihitsu the reader encountered f...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (376 p.) :; 51 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Edo-Period Zuihitsu
  • Chapter 1. Tales That Come to Mind (Sozoro monogatari)
  • Chapter 2. A Record of Seven Offered Treasures (Nanakusa hōnō-ki)
  • Chapter 3. Monologue (Dokugo)
  • Chapter 4. Idle Talk of Nagasaki (Nagasaki kanwa)
  • Chapter 5. Kyoto Observed (Mita kyō monogatari)
  • Chapter 6. A Dustheap of Discourses (Chirizuka-dan)
  • Chapter 7. The Breezes of Osaka (Naniwa no kaze)
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary-Index