"New Chronicles of Yanagibashi" and "Diary of a Journey to the West" : Narushima Ryuhoku Reports from Home and Abroad /
This book features complete annotated translations of Narushima Ryuhoku's two most widely read and influential texts, both of which showcase the innovative and experimental use of Chinese-language discourse taking place in Japan during the nineteenth century. Focused on one of the capital city&...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, New York :
East Asia Program, Cornell University,
[2010]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book features complete annotated translations of Narushima Ryuhoku's two most widely read and influential texts, both of which showcase the innovative and experimental use of Chinese-language discourse taking place in Japan during the nineteenth century. Focused on one of the capital city's celebrated geisha districts, the satirical New Chronicles of Yanagibashi serves as both a documentary record of changing customs during the tumultuous 1850s-70s and an amusingly nuanced social critique. Banned multiple times, the work nevertheless became a favorite of the Meiji reading public. This text is paired with Diary of a Journey to the West, Ryuhoku's travelogue from his world tour of 1872-1873. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (456 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781942242512 |