{"product_id":"travelers-of-a-hundred-ages-donald-keene-9780231114370","title":"Travelers of a Hundred Ages: The Japanese as Revealed Through 1,000 Years of Diaries","description":"Donald Keene, hailed in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e as \"the century's leading expert on Japanese literature,\" presents here a collection of premodern Japanese diaries that is both a literary history of this genre and a source of insight into Japanese life of the last thousand years. Ranging from objective to confessional, selections such as \"The Poetic Memoirs of Lady Daibu\" and \"Diaries of Seventeenth-Century Courtiers\" offer unparalleled glimpses into the lives of diverse writers from the Kamakura dynastic period to the Tokugawa period. Illuminating the hidden and largely unknown worlds of imperial courts, Buddhist monasteries, country inns, and merchants' houses, \u003ci\u003eTravelers of a Hundred Ages\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate account of the diarists' lives and a testimony to the struggles and advances of Japanese culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Keene\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231114370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231114370\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 05\/12\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.95h x 6.02w x 0.92d","brand":"Donald Keene","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44522241196287,"sku":"9780231114370","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e3e1af8-6c42-494d-b542-dc22c6bd3a95.jpg?v=1700156244","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/travelers-of-a-hundred-ages-donald-keene-9780231114370","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}