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An Edo Anthology [electronic resource] : Literature from Japan's Mega-City, 1750-1850 / edited by Sumie Jones with Kenji Watanabe

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Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2013]
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015.
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1 online resource (xii, 515 pages :) : illustrations
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Watanabe, Kenji, 1944-, Jones, Sumie, and Project Muse
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Machine generated contents note: I.Playboys, Prostitutes, and Lovers -- Seki the Night Hawk, 1753 / Yamaoka Matsuake -- "A Lousy Journey of Love: Two Sweethearts Won't Back Down" 1783 / Hiraga Gennai -- At a Fork on the Road to Hiring a Hooker, 1798 (Sara Langer, Trans) / Umebori Kokuga -- Intimations of Spring: The Plum Calendar, 1832-1833. Illustrated by Yanagawa Shigenobu and Yanagawa Jusan (Shigenobu II) / Tamenaga Shunsui -- II.Ghosts, Monsters, and Deities -- One Hundred Monsters in Edo of Our Time, 1758 / Baba Bunko -- Rootless Grass, 1763, 1769 / Hiraga Gennai -- Thousand Arms of Goddess, Julienned: The Secret Recipe of Our Handmade Soup Stock, 1785. Illustrated by Kitao Masanobu (Santo Kyoden) / Shiba Zenko -- The Monster Takes a Bride, 1807. Illustrated by Katsukawa Shun'ei / Jippensha Ikku -- Epic Yotsuya Ghost Tale, 1825 / Tsuruya Nanboku IV -- III.Heroes, Rogues, and Fools -- Playboy, Grilled Edo Style, 1785. Illustrated by Kitao Masanobu / Santo Kyoden -- Osome and Hisamatsu: Their Amorous History---Read All About It!, 1813 / Sakurada Jisuke II -- Opening section from The Tale of the Eight Dog Warriors of the Satomi Clan, 1814-1842. Illustrated chiefly by Yanagawa Shigenobu and Keisai Eisen / Kyokutei Bakin -- Funamushi episodes from The Tale of the Eight Dog Warriors of the Satomi Clan, 1814-1842. Illustrated chiefly by Yanagawa Shigenobu and Keisai Eisen / Kyokutei Bakin -- Eight Footloose Fools: A Flower Almanac, written in 1820, published in 1849. Illustrated chiefly by Keisai Eisen, Utagawa Kuninao, and Utagawa Kuniyoshi / Ryutei Rijo -- Benten the Thief, 1862 / Kawatake Mokuami -- IV.City and Country Folks -- Mr. Senryu's Barrel of Laughs, Edo Haikai Style, 1765-1838 / Karai Senryu -- "The Housemaid's Ballad" and Other Poems, 1769 / Domyaku Sensei -- In the World of Men, Nothing But Lies, 1812. Illustrated by Utagawa Kuninao / Shikitei Sanba -- The Floating World Barbershop, 1813-1814. Illustrated by Utagawa Kuninao / Shikitei Sanba -- Tales from the North, 1818 / Tadano Makuzu -- V.Artists and Poets -- On Farting, c. 1774, c. 1777 / Hiraga Gennai -- The "Peony Petals" Sequence, 1780 / Takai Kito -- Peasants, Peddlers, And Paramours: Waka Selections / Roger K. Thomas -- Icicle Teardrops and Butterfly Wings: Popular Love Songs / John Solt -- VI.Tourists and Onlookers -- Comparisons of Cities-(1) Anonymous, "What They Think Good about Kyo and Edo," c. 1820, (2) Shiba Kokan, "On Good and Bad Things about Kyo and Edo" (A Letter to Yamaryo Kazuma), 1813, and (3) Kimuro Boun, Tales of the Kyo I Have Seen, 1780 / Timon Screech -- Songs of the Northern Quarter, 1786 / Ichikawa Kansai -- Outlandish Nonsense: Verses on Western Themes / Timon Screech -- An Account of the Prosperity of Edo, 1832: "Urban Chivalry" and "Honjo District" / Terakado Seiken.
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ISBN:
9780824837761
9780824836290 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780824837402 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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