{"product_id":"manysh-book-14-alexander-vovin-9789004233591","title":"Man'y\u0026#333;sh\u0026#363; (Book 14): A New English Translation Containing the Original Text, Kana Transliteration, Romanization, Glossing and Commentary","description":"Book fourteen of the \u003ci\u003eMan'yōshῡ\u003c\/i\u003e ('Anthology of Myriad Leaves') continues Alexander Vovin's new English translation of this 20-volume work originally compiled between c.759 and 782 AD. It is the earliest Japanese poetic anthology in existence and thus the most important compendium of Japanese culture of the Asuka and Nara periods. Book fourteen is the third volume of the \u003ci\u003eMan'yōshῡ\u003c\/i\u003e to be published to date (following books fifteen (2009) and five (2011)) and contains 230 tanka poems, together with a few significant variants, bringing the total to 249. Each volume of the Vovin translation contains the original text, kana transliteration, romanization, glossing and commentary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Vovin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004233598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004233591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Alexander Vovin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48487118373119,"sku":"9789004233591","price":194.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_04e96405-def5-4d8e-9bb3-fa1121155ad1.jpg?v=1778058469","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/manysh-book-14-alexander-vovin-9789004233591","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}