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

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Disciplina: 952
• Soggetto topico: Manners and customs
• Soggetto geografico: Japan Social life and customs To 1600; Japan History To 1600
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SingerKurt
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The life of ancient Japan
• ISBN: 1-138-40568-X; 1-315-07449-4; 1-134-27806-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458826003321
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