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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458826003321

Titolo

The life of ancient Japan : selected contemporary texts illustrating social life and ideals before the era of seclusion / / edited with 34 plates and introduction by Kurt Singer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-138-40568-X

1-315-07449-4

1-134-27806-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SingerKurt

Disciplina

952

Soggetti

Manners and customs

Electronic books.

Japan Social life and customs To 1600

Japan History To 1600

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1939 by Iwanami Shorten, Tokyo-Kanda.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; A Prologue; Love Songs from The Ancient Records (Kojiki); The Wooing of a God; Divine Estrangement and Reconciliation; Yamato Period (X-A. D. 592); Archaic Rule and Conflict (Nihongi); A Sage Emperor; An Ordeal; Two Sisters; A Song-contest; Emperor and Local Chiefs; Asuka and Nara Periods (A. D. 592-794); From the Chronicles of Japan (Nihongi); New and Old Cults and Gods; 1. Devotion and Demise of Empress Suiko; 2. Rain-making: Rites and Results; 3. Divine Inspiration

Administration and Etiquette under Temmu TennōNew Year Festivities; Illness and Death of an Emperor; The End of A Conspiracy; Slaves; Flood and Relief; Imperial Edicts of Late Nara Period; 1. Discovery of Copper in Eastern Japan; 2. Ceremony and Music; 3. Discovery of Gold in Eastern Japan; 4. On the Death of a Minister; Heian Period (A. D. 794-1185); A Governor Travels (From Tosa Diary); 1. The Departure; 2. Delay; Servant Quarter's Tales (From Ochikubo Monogatari); 1. Preparations for a Third Night; 2. Vengeance; A Lady-In-Waiting (From



Makura No Soshi); 1. Arrival at Court

2. Holiday-Problems3. Table Manners; 4. Annoying Things; The House Beautiful (From Genji Monogatari); 1. On Ladies; 2. The Festival of Red Leaves; 3. ""Chinese Banquet""; 4. An Imperial Companion; 5. Brothers and Sisters, and a Cherry-tree; Pages From Murasaki Shikibu's Diary; 1. At the Mansion of the Prime Minister; 2. A State Banquet and its End; 3. The Queen and her Ladies-in-Waiting; A Voyage And a Dream (From Sarashina Diary); 1. A Small Girl Starts for the Capital; 2. The Widow; Kamakura Period (A. D. 1185-1392); Romance and Chivalry (From Heike Monogatari); 1. Early Dancing Girls

2. Autumn Leaves: A Boy Emperor and his Servants3. The Death of a Poet-Warrior; 4. An Amazon; 5. The Beginning of the Final Fight; This World of Calamities (From Hojoki); Fire, Famine, Plague and Earthquake; An Aesthete-Recluse (From  Tsuredzuregusa); The Right Life; On Taste; Going to the Country Side; Sensibility; Scene at a Country Temple; A Glimpse; On Accomplishments; On Marriage; A World Out of Joint; Nijō Gawara no Rakushu; Ashikaga and Momoyama Periods (A. D. 1392-1568); The Actor and His Public; 1. On Patrons; 2. Further Advice to Actors; The Cult of Tea; An Epilogue

Delivery (From Shunkwan)Seven appendices: Laws, Rules and Customs; I: The Laws of Prince Shōtoku; II: The Taikwa Reform; 1. An Edict against Unlawful Appropriations; 2. The Great Edict of A. D. 646; 3. Miscellaneous Regulations (of Kōtoku Tennō); III: Laws Concerning Monks and Nuns (From The Yōrō-Code); IV: The Hōjō-Code of Judicature; V: The Ashikaga Code; VI: Feudal Law And Administration in South Kyūshū; VII: Some Notes on Early Japanese Marriage Institutions; List of Plates

Sommario/riassunto

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.