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Brian Steininger revisits Japan’s mid-Heian court of the Tale of Genji and the Pillow Book, where literary Chinese was not only the basis of official administration, but also a medium for political protest, sermons of mourning, and poems of celebration.

Chinese Literary Forms in Heian Japan Poetics and Practice

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Brian Steininger revisits Japan’s mid-Heian court of the Tale of Genji and the Pillow Book, where literary Chinese was not... Read more

    Publisher: Harvard University Press
    Publication Date: 6/30/2017 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780674975156, 978-0674975156
    ISBN10: 0674975154

    Number of Pages: 308

    Non Fiction , Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment , Education

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    Brian Steininger revisits Japan’s mid-Heian court of the Tale of Genji and the Pillow Book, where literary Chinese was not only the basis of official administration, but also a medium for political protest, sermons of mourning, and poems of celebration.

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