Traversing the Frontier : The Man'yōshū Account of a Japanese Mission to Silla in 736-737 /

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In the sixth month of 736, a Japanese diplomatic mission set out for the kingdom of Silla, on the Korean peninsula. The envoys undertook the mission during a period of strained relations with the country of their destination, met with adverse winds and disease during the voyage, and returned empty-h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horton, H. Mack
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Japonés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sillá
Honʼyaku iin shachū > Japan
Manʹyōshū
Man'yōshū.
Man'yōshū > History and criticism.
Koreabild
Japanisch
Kambun
Lyrik
Travel in literature.
Japanese poetry.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Japanese.
Poesie japonaise > Jusqu'à 794 > Histoire et critique.
Voyage dans la litterature.
Japanese poetry > To 794 > History and criticism.
Asia > Silla (Kingdom)
Silla (Kingdom) > Poetry.
Poetry.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Charting the course
  • Translation
  • Traversing the frontier
  • Internal contexts
  • Historical contexts
  • Literary contexts
  • Authorial and editorial contexts.

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