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The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature provides, for the first time, a history of Japanese literature with comprehensive coverage of the premodern and modern eras in a single volume.
Japanese literature traces its beginnings to oral traditions that were first recorded in written form in the early eighth century after a writing system was introduced from China. The Kojiki ( Record of Ancient Matters ) and Nihon shoki ( Chronicle of Japan ) were completed in 712 and 720, respectively, as government projects.
Jōdai covers Japanese literary history through the Nara period (710-794); chūko is used more or less synonymously with "literature of the Heian period," from 794 up to the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate in 1192; chūsei takes in the Kamakura (1185-1333), Muromachi (1336-1573), and Azuchi-Momoyama (1573-1600) periods, continuing up to ...
Timeline of modern Japanese literature. The following table includes the major works of modern Japanese literature mentioned in study aids for Japanese high school students, with the addition of several others of interest to the Western reader.
Jun 30, 2023 · Explore the rich literary history of Japan, from ancient myths to modern classics. Discover the origins of Japanese writing starting from the first novel, 'The Tale of Genji', to postwar literature, and uncover the diverse themes and styles that shape Japanese culture.
Tsutsumi was the son of Yasujirō Tsutsumi, founder of the Seibu Railway company and a long-serving member, and eventually speaker, of Japan's House of Representatives. He was born in Tokyo in 1927.
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The diagrams below provide a convenient visual summary of the development of fiction in modern Japan, beginning with the Meiji period (1868-1912) and ending with World War II (1941-45).
