Man'yōshū. Book 1 : a new English translation containing the original text, Kana transliteration, romanization, glossing and commentary / by Alexander Vovin = 萬葉集.

Man'yoshu : a New English Translation Containing the Original Text, Kana Transliteration, Romanization, Glossing and Commentary. Book 1

Format
Book
Language
  • English
  • Japanese
Published/​Created
Boston : BRILL, 2017.
Description
  • 1 online resource
  • Began with book 15 (2009) Publisher's website.

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Available Online

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Summary note
Book twenty (20.4293-4516) of the Man'yōshū comprises 224 poems (218 tanka , six chōka ) with unspecified genres. From the social point of view this book is the most varied one, as it includes poems from empresses and princes, various strata of the nobility, down to the lowest border guard soldiers. Organized chronologically, book twenty is important for two important reasons. First, it contains many poems written in Eastern Old Japanese. Second, given the fact that many authors of the poems written in Western Old Japanese are well known historical and political figures of the mid-eighth century, it provides an interesting literary background to political struggles that were taking place at this time at the Nara court. Following book twenty the publication sequence will be as follows: book seventeen, book eighteen, book nineteen, book one, book nine, and then starting from book two in numerical order. A full rationale for the publication sequence can be found in book fifteen. Each volume of this new translation contains the original text, kana transliteration, romanization, glossing and commentary.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.
Source of description
Print version record.
Language note
English and Japanese.
Contents
  • Preliminary Material / Alexander Vovin
  • Introduction / Alexander Vovin
  • Man'yōshū Book Twenty / Alexander Vovin
  • Bibliography / Alexander Vovin.
Other title(s)
  • Man'yōshū.
  • Man'yōshū. English
  • 萬葉集
ISBN
  • 9789004346703 (electronic book)
  • 9004346708 (electronic book)
OCLC
1028954842
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