Free Download The Kokinshū: Selected Poems (Translations from the Asian Classics) translated by Torquil Duthie
English | May 23, 2023 | ISBN: 023120762X, 0231207638 | True EPUB | 432 pages | 1.8 MB
Compiled in the early tenth century, the Kokinshū is an anthology of some eleven hundred poems that aimed to elevate the prestige of vernacular Japanese poetry at the imperial court. From shortly after its completion to the end of the nineteenth century, it was celebrated as the cornerstone of the Japanese vernacular poetic tradition. The composition of classical poetry, other later poetic forms such as linked verse and haikai, and vernacular Japanese literary writing in its entirety (including classic works such as Murasaki Shikibu’s Tale of Genji and Sei Shōnagon’s Pillow Book) all draw from the Kokinshū.
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