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The Life of Ancient Japan : Selected Contemporary Texts Illustrating Social Life and Ideals before the Era of Seclusion.

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

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Singer, Kurt
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 (Nintoku Tennō)
  • An Ordeal
  • Two Sisters
  • A Song-contest
  • Emperor and Local Chiefs
  • Asuka and Nara Periods (A.D. 592-794)
  • 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 Tennō
  • New 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-Problems
  • 3. 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. 1 185-1392)
  • Romance and Chivalry (From Heike Monogatari)
  • 1. Early Dancing Girls.
  • 2. Autumn Leaves: A Boy Emperor and his Servants
  • 3. The Death of a Poet-Warrior
  • 4. An Amazon
  • 5. The Beginning of the Final Fight
  • This World of Calamities (From HŌjŌki)
  • 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 (Kwanze Seami)
  • 1. On Patrons
  • 2. Further Advice to Actors
  • The Cult of Tea (Sen Rikyū)
  • 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 (Kemmu Shikimoku)
  • VI: Feudal Law And Administration in South Kyūshū
  • VII: Some Notes on Early Japanese Marriage Institutions, by Kurt Singer.