{"product_id":"early-modern-japanese-literature-haruo-shirane-9780231144155","title":"Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900 (Abridged Edition)","description":"This abridged edition of Haruo Shirane's popular anthology, \u003ci\u003eEarly Modern Japanese Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, retains the essential texts that have made the original volume such a valuable resource. The book introduces English-speaking readers to prose fiction genres, including \u003ci\u003edangibon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ekibyoshi\u003c\/i\u003e (satiric picture books), \u003ci\u003esharebon\u003c\/i\u003e (books of wit and fashion), \u003ci\u003eyomihon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ekokkeibon\u003c\/i\u003e (books of humor), \u003ci\u003egokan\u003c\/i\u003e (bound books), and \u003ci\u003eninjobon\u003c\/i\u003e (books of romance and sentiment). It also features poetic genres such as \u003ci\u003ewaka\u003c\/i\u003e, haiku, \u003ci\u003esenryu\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ekyoka\u003c\/i\u003e, and plays ranging from Chikamatsu's puppet plays to nineteenth-century kabuki. Readers will continue to benefit from the anthology's selection of significant essays, treatises, literary criticism, folk stories, and other noncanonical works, as well as the numerous prints that accompanied these works. They will also find Shirane's introductions and critical commentary, which guide the reader through the allusive and often elliptical nature of these incredible selections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Haruo Shirane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231144156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231144155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.09h x 6.22w x 1.04d","brand":"Haruo Shirane","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44190541906175,"sku":"9780231144155","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7091fca1-3e8a-462f-9963-669bdb373af2.jpg?v=1690871096","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/early-modern-japanese-literature-haruo-shirane-9780231144155","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}