Man'yōshū. Book 1 : a new English translation containing the original text, Kana transliteration, romanization, glossing and commentary / by Alexander Vovin = 萬葉集
- Title
- Man'y?osh?u : a new English translation containing the original text, kana transliteration, romanization, glossing and commentary. Book 1 / by Alexander Vovin
- Additional Titles
- 萬葉集
- Published
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 192 pages .)
- Additional Creators
- Vovin, Alexander
Access Online
- Language Note
- English and Japanese.
- Contents
- Preliminary Material / Alexander Vovin -- Introduction / Alexander Vovin -- Man'yōshū Book Twenty / Alexander Vovin -- Bibliography / Alexander Vovin.
- Summary
- 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.
- Dates of Publication and/or Sequential Designation
- Began with book 15 (2009)
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9004346708 (ebk)
9789004346703 (electronic bk.)
9004345760
9789004345768
9781906876203
1906876207
9789004233591
9004233598
9781906876036
1906876037
9789004284968
9004284966
9789004322523
9004322523
9789004315594
9004315594
9789004261983
9004261982 - Related Titles
- Man'yōshū
Man'yōshū. English - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
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