Literature

Hitomaro and the Birth of Japanese Lyricism

Hardcover

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ISBN:
Published:
Apr 19, 2016
1984
Pages:
186
Size:
6 x 9 in.

Professor Levy explores the ritual origins of Japanese verse, the impact of Chinese and Korean literary influence on the seventh-century Court, and the rhetorical deification of the imperial family as the condition under which Hitomaro would begin his career as a Court poet.

Originally published in 1984.

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