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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe presentation here is excellent, beginning with the faithful reproduction and translation of seemingly every last detail.
* The Complete Review *
It's an excellent introduction to Bakin's semi-fictional world. Hakkenden has all the hallmarks of a wonderful addition to the stock of Japanese literature available in English.
* Tony's Reading List *
Glynne Walley's lively translation [of] Eight Dogs, or 'Hakkenden': Part One—An Ill-Considered Jest conveys the witty and colorful prose of the original, producing a faithful and entertaining edition of this important literary classic.
* New Books Network *
The fantastical elements of "Hakkenden" give it a kinship to those endlessly unspooling fantasy sagas by Robert Jordan or George R.R. Martin.
* The Wall Street Journal *
An Ill-Considered Jest is, in addition to being an excellent translation and a first-rate work of scholarship, a beautifully illustrated and compulsively readable tome. Walley's translation of Hakkenden will be a game changer for scholars and teachers of premodern Japanese literature, and even this first installment opens exciting possibilities for researchers and students.
* Monumenta Nipponica *
Table of ContentsInaugural Volume
Covers and Endpaper
Chinese Preface
Japanese Preface
Table of Contents
Frontispieces
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Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Colophon
Volume II
Covers and Endpaper
Chinese Preface
Japanese Preface
Table of Contents
Frontispieces
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
