Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900 (Abridged Edition)

Edited by Haruo Shirane

Paper, 552 pages, Numerous woodcut prints to be reproduced from previous edition.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14415-5
$32.50 / £19.00

abridged edition
March, 2008
Cloth, 552 pages, Numerous woodcut prints to be reproduced from previous edition.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14414-8
$84.50 / £49.50

"This book will become an indispensable reference, not only for students of Edo
literature but also for those who have an interest in Japanese culture in general."
— Asian Studies Review />
"[This] will serve as the standard anthology for some time to come."
— Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies />
"There has quite simply never been a collection like this one. It's
an experience not to be missed, and it will give pleasure to many." — Thomas Rimer,
author of The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese
Literature

"This volume provides a
cornucopia of early modern Japanese texts, from high to low, the cool reason of philosophy and
literary criticism to 'hot' fiction for popular consumption, Rai Sanyo's history to Chikamatsu's
historical drama, kanshi to haiku, autobiography to ghost stories. On the basis of this volume
alone, one can mount a comprehensive course in Edo literature." — Sonja Arntzen,
University of Toronto


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Related Subjects

• Asian Literature
• Reference

Series

• Translations from the Asian Classics

About the Author

Haruo Shirane is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture at Columbia University and author of The Bridge of Dreams: A Poetics of The Tale of Genji and Traces of Dreams: Landscape, Cultural Memory and the Poetry of Basho. With Columbia University Press, he has published Traditional Japanese Literature; Classical Japanese: A Grammar; Classical Japanese Reader and Essential Dictionary; and Envisioning The Tale of Genji: Media, Gender, and Cultural Production.

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