| At the House of Gathered Leaves: Shorter Biographical and Autobiographical Narratives from Japanese Court Literature Contributor(s): Mostow, Joshua S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0824827783 ISBN-13: 9780824827786 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $43.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: This collection of Japanese women's diary literature (nikki bungaku) begins with The Takemitsu Journal (also known as The Tale of the Tō nomine Lesser Captain, c. 962), an important precursor and model for the famous Kagerō Diary, and Tales of Toyokage (c. 971), a fictionalized re-working of his own poems by Regent Koremasa himself. It also includes the first complete English translations of the Hon'in no Jiju and of the narrative section of The Collected Poems of Lady Ise. The volume concludes with the Tales of Takamura (1185-1333), which Mostow describes as a site of struggle between masculine and feminine narrative styles. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Literary Criticism | Asian - Japanese - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004044099 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.02" W x 9.22" (1.10 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of Japanese women's diary literature (nikki bungaku) begins with The Takemitsu Journal (also known as The Tale of the Tōnomine Lesser Captain, c. 962), an important precursor and model for the famous Kagerō Diary, and Tales of Toyokage (c. 971), a fictionalized reworking of his own poems by Regent Koremasa himself. It also includes the first complete English translations of the Hon'in no Jiju and of the narrative section of The Collected Poems of Lady Ise. The volume concludes with the Tales of Takamura (1185-1333), which Mostow describes as a site of struggle between masculine and feminine narrative styles. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mostow, Joshua S.: - Joshua S. Mostow is professor of Asian studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. |