Man'yoshu : A New English Translation Containing the Original Text, Kana, Tra...

by Alexander Vovin

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Man'yoshu : A New English Translation Containing the Original Text, Kana, Transliteration, Romanization, Glossing and Commentary, Hardcover by Vovin, Alexander (TRN), ISBN 1906876207, ISBN-13 9781906876203, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Vovin (East Asian languages, U. of Hawai'i-Manoa) continues his new English translation of the earliest and largest Japanese poetic anthology, dating to 759 AD. He explains that it is also the most important compendium of Japanese culture per se produced during the Asuka period (195-710) and most of the Nara period (710-784). Book five is of particular importance for the history of the Japanese language and the history of Japanese literature, he says, is dominated by the two outstanding poets Opotömo-nö TaNpîtö and Yamanöupë-nö Okura, and contains a number of examples of exquisite Chinese prose. He includes the original text, kana, transliteration, romanization, glossing, and detailed commentary. There is no index. Global Oriental is an imprint of Brill. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

• Publisher: Brill
• Year: 2011
• ISBN: 9781906876203
• Condition: Fine

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