A Kamigata Anthology
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A Kamigata Anthology

Literature from Japan's Metropolitan Centers, 1600–1750

  1. 504 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Kamigata Anthology

Literature from Japan's Metropolitan Centers, 1600–1750

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Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9780824882631
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Japanese History
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface to the Three-Volume Anthology
  3. Preface to the Volume
  4. Introduction: Negotiating a New Literature
  5. Notes for the Reader
  6. Chronology
  7. I. Characters and Manners, High and Low
  8. The Poetic Competition of the Twelve Zodiac Animals
  9. Twenty Local Paragons of Filial Impiety
  10. Characters of Worldly Shop Clerks
  11. II. Exploring Japan: Traveling the Freeways on Foot
  12. Fact, Fantasy, and Foibles on the Roads and in the Cities
  13. Denizens of Kyoto
  14. Famous Places along the Tƍkaidƍ
  15. Glittering Highlights of Edo: Traces of Famous Places New and Old
  16. A Journey to Ise: Some Sibling Scribbles
  17. III. The Monstrous and the Weird
  18. One Hundred Tales from the Various Provinces
  19. The Bearded Lady of the Haunted House
  20. IV. Staging the Supernatural: Heroism in Kamigata and Edo Theatre
  21. A Courtesan’s Soul within Incense Smoke
  22. Kagekiyo
  23. V. Landscapes and Seasons
  24. Saikaku’s Hundred Linked Verses, Annotated by Himself
  25. Starving Poets, Courtesans, and Sandal Makers: Three Sequences from Bashƍ and His Disciples
  26. The Peddler of Poems
  27. Beneath the Trees
  28. Throughout the Town
  29. VI. Nature and Sentiments
  30. Two-Needle Pine
  31. The Jeweled Water Grass Anthology
  32. VII. Love and Eros
  33. The Tale of Zeraku
  34. Puppets of Passion: Early Edo Songs
  35. Lovebirds’ First Journey
  36. Evening Mist over Mount Asama
  37. To Toribe Mountain
  38. A Puppet Master of the Floating World
  39. VIII. Passions among Men
  40. Mongrel Essays in Idleness
  41. Male Colors Pickled with Pepperleaf Shoots
  42. How a Pledge of Undying Love Was Reborn
  43. The Back Side of Nƍ Chant
  44. Bad Boy Morihisa, from Virtuoso Vocal Pieces: Beating Rhythm with a Fan
  45. The Male Players’ “Takasago,” from Virtuoso Vocal Pieces: A Stacked Pair of Sake Cups
  46. IX. Gossip, Reportage, and Advertising
  47. Newfangled Spiels
  48. Stirrups of Musashi: An Account of the Meireki Fire of 1657
  49. A Garden of Words from the Boudoir
  50. Rounding Out the Snowman
  51. X. Laughing at Everyday Life
  52. A Sackful of Wisecracks
  53. Today’s Tales of Yesterday
  54. Today’s Book of Jokes
  55. This Year’s Jokes
  56. Hand-Rolled for Laughter
  57. Stories Told by Buzaemon
  58. Jokes Told by Tsuyu
  59. Jokes Worthy of Your Ear
  60. Jokes Left by Rokyƫ
  61. Jokes to Bloom in Summer Heat, early eighteenth century
  62. Jokes for Side Stitches
  63. Jokes from the God of Fortune
  64. XI. Philosophizing the Ordinary
  65. A Collection of Fallen Grains—Addendum
  66. The Country Zhuangzi
  67. A Book of Everyday Morals
  68. Source Texts and Modern Editions
  69. Contributors
  70. Permissions
  71. Index