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The oldest written stage of the Japanese language forms the subject of John Bentley's important volume. The underlying texts (also presented here) are those of the religious liturgies (norito) and imperial edicts (A.D. 685).

Japanese language --- Koguryo language --- Classical Japanese grammar --- Grammar. --- Grammar, Classical. --- Classical grammar --- J5209 --- J5920 --- Grammar, Classical --- Grammar --- Japan: Language -- grammar -- classical Japanese (bungo) --- Japan: Literature -- premodern fiction and prose ( -1868)

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Asian literature --- J5511 --- J5700 --- J5920 --- J5910 --- Japan: Literature -- collections, series and anthologies -- premodern, earliest to Edo ( -1868) --- Japan: Literature -- poetry in general --- Japan: Literature -- premodern fiction and prose ( -1868) --- Japan: Literature -- fiction and prose -- anthologies, selections, series, sōsho --- 823 --- Japan literatuur --- letterkunde andere talen --- littérature autres langues

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After 'The Tale of Genji' (c.1000), the greatest work of classical Japanese literature is the historical narrative 'The Tale of the Heike' (13th-14th centuries). In addition to opening up fresh perspectives on the Heike narratives, this study draws attention to a range of problems centred on the interrelationship between narrative, ritual space, and Japan's changing views of China as they bear on depictions of the emperor's authority, warriors, and marginal population going all the way back to the Nara period.

History in literature. --- Japanese literature --- Religion and literature --- History and criticism. --- Heike monogatari. --- J5500.10 --- J5920 --- Literature --- Literature and religion --- Japan: Literature -- history and criticism -- premodern, ancient and earliest --- Japan: Literature -- premodern fiction and prose ( -1868) --- Moral and religious aspects --- Tale of the Heike --- 平家物語 --- History in literature --- History and criticism

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Perhaps no one is more qualified to write about Japanese culture than Donald Keene, considered the leading interpreter of that nation's literature to the Western world. The author, editor, or translator of nearly three dozen books of criticism and works of literature, Keene now offers an enjoyable and beautifully written introduction to traditional Japanese culture for the general reader.The book acquaints the reader with Japanese aesthetics, poetry, fiction, and theater, and offers Keene's appreciations of these topics. Based on lectures given at the New York Public Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the University of California, Los Angeles, the essays -though written by a renowned scholar- presuppose no knowledge of Japanese culture. Keene's deep learning, in fact, enables him to construct an overview as delightful to read as it is informative.His insights often illuminate aspects of traditional Japanese culture that endure today. One of these is the appreciation of "perishability." this appreciation os seen in countless little bits of Japanese life: in temples made of wood instead of durable materials; in the preference for objects -such as pottery- that are worn, broken, or used rather than new; and in the national love of the delicate cherry blossom, which normally falls after a brief three days of flowering. Keene quotes the fourteenth-century Buddhist monk Kenko, who wrote that "the most precious thing about life is its uncertainty."Throughout the volume, Keene demonstrates that the rich artistic and social traditions of Japan can indeed be understood by readers from our culture. This book will enlighten anyone interested in Japanese literature and culture.

J5500.10 --- J6800.10 --- J6020 --- J5920 --- Japanese literature --- -Theater --- -Aesthetics, Japanese --- Japanese aesthetics --- Dramatics --- Histrionics --- Professional theater --- Stage --- Theatre --- Performing arts --- Acting --- Actors --- Japan: Literature -- history and criticism -- premodern, ancient and earliest --- Japan: Performing and media arts -- history -- earliest and premodern --- Japan: Art and antiquities -- Japanese aesthetics (Japonism) --- Japan: Literature -- premodern fiction and prose ( -1868) --- History and criticism --- History --- Japanese literature - To 1868 - History and criticism --- Theater - Japan - History --- Aesthetics, Japanese --- Theater --- Aesthetics, Japanese. --- History and criticism. --- History.

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In this sweeping study of the mapping and remapping of male-male sexuality over four centuries of Japanese history, Gregory Pflugfelder explores the languages of medicine, law, and popular culture from the seventeenth century through the American Occupation. Pflugfelder opens with fascinating speculations about how an Edo translator might grapple with a twentieth-century text on homosexuality, then turns to law, literature, newspaper articles, medical tracts, and other sources to discover Japanese attitudes toward sexuality over the centuries. During each of three major eras, he argues, one field dominated discourse on male-male sexual relations: popular culture in the Edo period (1600-1868), jurisprudence in the Meiji period (1868-1912), and medicine in the twentieth century. This multidisciplinary and theoretically engaged analysis will interest not only students and scholars of Japan but also readers of gay studies, literary studies, gender studies, and cultural studies.

J4172 --- J4127 --- J5920 --- Homosexuality --- -Homosexuality and literature --- -Homosexuality in literature --- Legal literature --- -Love in literature --- Medical literature --- -Life sciences literature --- Medicine --- Law books --- Lawbooks --- Law --- Literature and homosexuality --- Literature --- Same-sex attraction --- Sexual orientation --- Bisexuality --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- family and interpersonal relations -- sex relations (identity, preference, community, customs and culture) --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- social identity and self --- Japan: Literature -- premodern fiction and prose ( -1868) --- History --- History and criticism --- Homosexuality and literature --- Homosexuality in literature. --- Love in literature. --- History. --- History and criticism. --- -Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- family and interpersonal relations -- sex relations (identity, preference, community, customs and culture) --- -Law books --- Homosexuality in literature --- Love in literature --- Life sciences literature --- J4176.10 --- J4260 --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- gender roles, women, feminism -- policy, legislation, guidelines, codes of behavior --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- penology