{"product_id":"the-kokinshu-9780231207621","title":"The Kokinshu","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompiled in the early tenth century, the \u003ci\u003eKokinshū\u003c\/i\u003e is an anthology of some eleven hundred poems that became celebrated as the cornerstone of the Japanese vernacular poetic tradition. This book offers an inviting and immersive selection of roughly one-third of the anthology in English translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese eminently readable and often beautiful translations will appeal to a new generation of readers in Japanese studies and beyond. The accompanying essays survey the genesis and afterlives of the collection and offer significant new insights on the original language of the poems and how to appreciate them in translation. -- Joseph T. Sorensen, author of \u003ci\u003eOptical Allusions: Screens, Paintings, and Poetry in Classical Japan (ca. 800–1200)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the cries of the warbler in spring to the lonely nights of longing for a lover, Duthie offers fresh translations from each book of the \u003ci\u003eKokinshū\u003c\/i\u003e, while grounding us in histories of scripts, reading and writing practices, and the power of poetry in premodern Japan. -- Christina Laffin, author of \u003ci\u003eRewriting Medieval Japanese Women: Politics, Personality, and Literary Production in the Life of Nun Abutsu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book should appeal to anyone interested in Japanese poetry, both for its evocative rendering of selections from the \u003ci\u003eKokinshū\u003c\/i\u003e and for its concisely informative account of the classic \u003ci\u003ewaka\u003c\/i\u003e anthology. -- Gustav Heldt, translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Translation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMana Preface\u003cbr\u003eSelected Poems from the \u003ci\u003eKokinwakashū\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKana Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Essays\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Poetry Before the Heian Period\u003cbr\u003e2. The Heian Court and Kana Writing\u003cbr\u003e3. The Conception and Structure of the \u003ci\u003eKokinshū\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Topics of Composition\u003cbr\u003e5. Prosody and Rhetorical Conventions\u003cbr\u003e6. The \u003ci\u003eKokinshū \u003c\/i\u003ePrefaces\u003cbr\u003e7. The \u003ci\u003eKokinshū \u003c\/i\u003eText and Its Commentarial Tradition\u003cbr\u003e8. Translating the \u003ci\u003eKokinshū\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Poets in This Book\u003cbr\u003eBibliography and Further Reading\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400371544407,"sku":"9780231207621","price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231207621.jpg?v=1730470526","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-kokinshu-9780231207621","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}