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Adam L. Kern is a scholar of Japanese popular literature and visual culture, especially manga, haiku, and kibyōshi. He has published several books and articles on these topics and appeared in a TV documentary on Japan's cultural foundations.
Articles 1–20. Professor of Japanese Literature and Visual Culture, UW-Madison - Cited by 782 - Japanese literature - visual culture - manga - haiku - kibyôshi.
Adam L. Kern is the author of Manga from the Floating World, a book that explores the kibyōshi, a genre of woodblock-printed comic book in late-eighteenth-century Japan. The book offers three annotated translations of works by Santō Kyōden, a major author-artist of the kibyōshi, and analyzes the socioeconomic and historical context of the genre.
The first Penguin anthology of Japanese haiku, in vivid new translations by Adam L. Kern. Now a global poetry, the haiku was originally a Japanese verse form that flourished from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries.
Presenting over a thousand exemplars in vivid and engaging translations by Adam L. Kern, this anthology offers an illuminating introduction to this widely celebrated, if misunderstood, art form.
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May 31, 2018 · The first Penguin anthology of Japanese haiku, in vivid new translations by Adam L. Kern. Now a global poetry, the haiku was originally a Japanese verse form that flourished from the...
Adam L. Kern is a scholar of early modern and modern Japan, with research interests in popular literature, culture, poetry, theater, and visual culture. He is the author of several books on manga, kibyôshi, haiku, and the Heike, and has appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio and TV Ōsaka.
