TY - BOOK AU - Bashō,Matsuo AU - Issa,Kobayashi AU - Lowitz,Leza AU - Macmillan,Peter AU - Minoru,Yoshioka AU - Mutsuo,Takahashi AU - Nijō,Lady AU - Nobuo,Ayukawa AU - Oketani,Shogo AU - Osamu,Dazai AU - Selland,Eric AU - Shikibu,Lady Murasaki AU - Stewart,Frank AU - Sōseki,Natsume AU - Wakashū,Gosen AU - Wolf,Charles De AU - Yumiko,Kurahashi TI - Mountain/Home: New Translations from Japan T2 - Mānoa SN - 9780824877668 AV - PL782.E1 .M686 2017eb U1 - 895.608 23 PY - 2018///] CY - Honolulu PB - University of Hawaii Press KW - Japanese literature KW - Translations into English KW - LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Japanese KW - bisacsh KW - Japan KW - Japanese fiction KW - Japanese poetry KW - anthologies KW - literature KW - translation N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Editor’s Note --; One Hundred Literary Views of Mount Fuji --; The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter --; Love Song and Reply --; The Confessions of Lady Nijo --; A Tale of a Mount Fuji Cave --; Two Haiku --; Two Haiku --; Sanshiro --; Yoshioka Minoru: A Life of Poetry --; Still Life --; Ayukawa Nobuo: Poet of Arechi --; America and Other Poems --; Three Linked Stories --; Shining Genji --; The Cicada Shell, from The Tale of Genji --; Villon’s Woman --; Sketches: A Man And His Home --; About the Contributors; restricted access N2 - Mountain/Home presents new translations of Japanese literature from the country’s medieval period to the present. The narrative arc of the selections follows the evolution of Japan’s national self-image. Because Mount Fuji, more than any other national symbol, has represented the soul of Japan, Mountain/Home begins with works inspired by the mountain’s presence. They include excerpts from some of the first literary works in which Mount Fuji appears: the mysterious Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, early court poetry, and the Confessions of Lady Nijо̄, among others. These works are followed by a chapter from Lady Murasaki’s brilliant novel, The Tale of Genji, and Edo-period haiku by Bashо̄ and Issa. In the twentieth century, Japan went through its darkest years. But out of the trauma of militarism, war, devastation, and defeat came outstanding fiction by Dazai Osamu and Natsume Sо̄seki, as well as avant-garde poetry by Yoshioka Minoru and Ayukawa Nobuo. In recent decades, contemporary optimism has produced writing that breaks new literary ground without forgetting the past: experimental fiction by Kurahashi Yumiko and poetry about everyday life by Takahashi Mutsuo UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824877668 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824877668 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824877668/original ER -