Social Knowledge & Cultural Memory in Japanese Waka Poetry
A review of Learning with Waka Poetry: Transmission and Production of Social Knowledge and Cultural Memory in Premodern Japan, by…
Women and Jōruri Puppet Plays in 18th-Century Japan
A review of Prostitutes, Stepmothers, and Provincial Daughters: Women and Jōruri Puppet Plays in 18th Century Japan, by Shiho Takai.…
Primers, Commentaries, and Kanbun Literacy in Japanese Literary Culture
A review of Primers, Commentaries, and Kanbun Literacy in Japanese Literary Culture, 950-1250 CE, by Jennifer Guest. Although the Heian…
Chinese-style Writing in Japanese Literary Culture, 950-1250
A review of Primers, Commentaries, and Kanbun Literacy in Japanese Literary Culture, 950-1250CE, by Jennifer Guest. Although the Heian period…
Poetry in Meiji Japan 1870-1900
A review of The Poetry of Dialogue: Kanshi, Haiku and Media in Meiji Japan, 1870-1900, by Robert Tuck. Robert Tuck’s…
Chinese Literary Studies & Waka Studies
A review of Ōe no Masafusa and the Convergence of the “Ways”: The Twilight of Early Chinese Literary Studies and…