Travelers of a Hundred Ages

The Japanese as Revealed Through 1,000 Years of Diaries

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Donald Keene

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In Japan, the diary has acquired the status of a literary genre comparable in importance to the novel and the literary essay. Donald Keene, hailed in the New York Times Book review as "the century's leading expert on Japanese literature", presents a collection of pre-modern Japanese diaries that is both a literary history of this seminal genre and a source of insight into Japanese life of the last thousand years. Ranging from objective to confessional selections such as "The Poetic Memoirs of Lady Daibu" and "Diaries of 17th century Courtiers" are much more than mere narratives of events, and offer unparalleled glimpses into the lives of diverse writers from the Kamakura dynastic period to the Tokugawa period. This volume illuminates the hidden and largely unknown worlds of imperial courts, Buddhist monasteries, country inns, and merchants' houses. It is at once an intimate account of the diarists' lives and a testimony to the greater struggles and advances of Japanese culture.

Author Biography:

Donald Keene is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University.

Release date NZ

May 12th, 1999

Author

Donald Keene

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

480

Dimensions

152x229x23

ISBN-13

9780231114370

Product ID

7634164

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