EALC 231: Premodern Japanese Literature (HC)

A collection of Kabuki play translations which trace Kabuki's changing relations to Japanese society during the premodern era. Each translation is accompanied by an introduction that contextualizes the play.

A collection of Nō Theater plays and stage directions.

Nō plays in translation.

An anthology of Japanese prose, including the Pillow Book.

An excellent anthology of Japanese poetry from the Premodern period.

The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse contains over 700 poems from the third century to the twentieth, including both tanka ('short poem') and haiku, and covering such classic themes as nature, love, partings and time.

Throughout history, Japanese women have excelled in poetry - from the folk songs of the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) compiled in 712 and the court poetry of the 9th to the 14th centuries, on through the age of haikai and kanshi to the 19th century, into the contemporary period when books of women's poems have created a sensation.This anthology presents examples of the work of more than 100 Japanese women poets, arranged chronologically, and of all the major verse forms: choka, tanka, haikai (haiku), kanshi (verse written in Chinese), and free verse.

Includes nearly 1,600 songs and poems from the earliest times to 784 in English translation.

The first imperial anthology of Japanese poetry. Specifically, this text was compiled in the Heian period and is a collection of waka poetry. Originally published in c. 905 C.E.