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Japanese Literature

by Epiphanius Wilson

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Editor
Wilson, Epiphanius, 1845-1916
Title
Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan
Credits
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Subject
Japan -- Literary collections
Category
Text
eBook-No.
19264
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19264
Release Date
September 13, 2006
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Japanese Literature — INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM
  2. 2.CLASSICAL POETRY AND DRAMA OF JAPAN — WITH CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES BY
  3. 3.EPIPHANIUS WILSON, A.M. — REVISED EDITION
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.GENJI MONOGATARI — BY — MURASAKI SHIKIB
  6. 6.INTRODUCTION — BY THE TRANSLATOR — FOOTNOTES:
  7. 7.CHAPTER I — THE CHAMBER OF KIRI [2] — FOOTNOTES:
  8. 8.CHAPTER II — THE BROOM-LIKE TREE — FOOTNOTES:
  9. 9.CHAPTER III — BEAUTIFUL CICADA — FOOTNOTES:
  10. 10.CHAPTER IV — EVENING GLORY — FOOTNOTES:
  11. 11.CHAPTER V — YOUNG VIOLET — FOOTNOTES:
  12. 12.CHAPTER VI — SAFFRON FLOWER — FOOTNOTES:
  13. 13.CHAPTER VII — MAPLE FÊTE — FOOTNOTES:
  14. 14.CHAPTER VIII — FLOWER-FEAST — FOOTNOTES:
  15. 15.CHAPTER IX — HOLLYHOCK — FOOTNOTES:
  16. 16.CHAPTER X — DIVINE TREE — FOOTNOTES:
  17. 17.CHAPTER XI — VILLA OF FALLING FLOWERS — FOOTNOTES:
  18. 18.CHAPTER XII — EXILE AT SUMA — FOOTNOTES:
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIII — EXILE AT AKASHI — FOOTNOTES:
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIV — THE BEACON — FOOTNOTES:
  21. 21.CHAPTER XV — OVERGROWN MUGWORT
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVI — BARRIER HOUSE — FOOTNOTES:
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVII — COMPETITIVE SHOW OF PICTURES — FOOTNOTES:
  24. 24.CLASSICAL POETRY OF JAPAN — [ Selections translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain ]
  25. 25.INTRODUCTION
  26. 26.BALLADS — THE FISHER-BOY URASHIMA
  27. 27.ON SEEING A DEAD BODY
  28. 28.THE MAIDEN OF UNÁHI [134]
  29. 29.THE GRAVE OF THE MAIDEN OF UNÁHI
  30. 30.THE MAIDEN OF KATSUSHIKA
  31. 31.THE BEGGAR'S COMPLAINT [137]
  32. 32.A SOLDIER'S REGRETS ON LEAVING HOME — FOOTNOTES:
  33. 33.LOVE SONGS — ON BEHOLDING THE MOUNTAIN
  34. 34.LOVE IS PAIN
  35. 35.HITOMARO TO HIS MISTRESS
  36. 36.NO TIDINGS
  37. 37.HOMEWARD
  38. 38.THE MAIDEN AND THE DOG
  39. 39.LOVE IS ALL
  40. 40.HUSBAND AND WIFE
  41. 41.HE COMES NOT
  42. 42.HE AND SHE
  43. 43.THE PEARLS
  44. 44.A DAMSEL CROSSING A BRIDGE
  45. 45.SECRET LOVE
  46. 46.THE OMEN [143]
  47. 47.A MAIDEN'S LAMENT
  48. 48.RAIN AND SNOW
  49. 49.MOUNT MIKASH
  50. 50.EVENING — FOOTNOTES:
  51. 51.ELEGIES — ON THE DEATH OF THE MIKADO TENJI [144]
  52. 52.ON THE DEATH OF THE POET'S MISTRESS
  53. 53.ELEGY ON THE POET'S WIFE
  54. 54.ON THE DEATH OF PRINCE HINAMI
  55. 55.ON THE DEATH OF THE NUN RIGUWAÑ
  56. 56.ON THE POET'S SON FURUBI
  57. 57.SHORT STANZA ON THE SAME OCCASION — FOOTNOTES:
  58. 58.MISCELLANEOUS POEMS — VIEW FROM MOUNT KAGO
  59. 59.THE MIKADO'S BOW [149]
  60. 60.SPRING AND AUTUMN
  61. 61.SPRING
  62. 62.RECOLLECTIONS OF MY CHILDREN
  63. 63.THE BROOK OF HATSÚSE
  64. 64.LINES TO A FRIEND
  65. 65.A VERY ANCIENT ODE
  66. 66.THE BRIDGE TO HEAVEN [150]
  67. 67.ODE TO THE CUCKOO
  68. 68.THE ASCENT OF MOUNT TSUKÚBA
  69. 69.COUPLET — FOOTNOTES:
  70. 70.SHORT STANZAS — FOOTNOTES:
  71. 71.THE DRAMA OF JAPAN — [ Selected Plays, translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain ]
  72. 72.NAKAMITSU — NAKAMITSU — PART I — PART II
  73. 73.ABSTRACTION — [ The Japanese title is "Za-zeñ". ] — ABSTRACTION — FOOTNOTES:

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