The Ise Stories: Ise monogatari

Tyler, Royall [Translator]; Mostow, Joshua S. [Translator];

ISBN 10: 0824834518 / ISBN 13: 9780824834517

Verlag: University of Hawaii Press, 2010

Beschreibung

Pages are clean, unmarked with a tight spine. No creases or wear. Commentary is offered throughout giving insight to the history and past interpretations for each story. This is one of classical Japan's most important texts which influenced and inspired artists, playwrights, and poets throughout Japanese history.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 86265P

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Ise Stories: Ise monogatari
• Verlag: University of Hawaii Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0824834518
• ISBN-13: 9780824834517
• Einband: paperback
• Auflage: 2nd printing.
• Zustand: Very GOOD
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: NONE
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Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

Ise monogatari is one of classical Japan’s most important texts. It influenced other literary court romances like The Tale of Genji and inspired artists, playwrights, and poets throughout Japanese history and to the present day.

In a series of 125 loosely connected episodes, the Ise tells the story of a famous lover, Captain Ariwara no Narihira (825–880), and his romantic encounters with women throughout Japan. Each episode centers on an exchange of love poems designed to demonstrate wit, sensitivity, and "courtliness."

Joshua Mostow and Royall Tyler present a fresh, contemporary translation of this classic work, together with a substantial commentary for each episode. The commentary explores how the text has been read in the past and identifies not only the point of each episode, but also the full range of historical interpretations, many of which shaped the use of the Ise in later literary and visual arts. The book includes reproductions from a version of the 1608 Saga-bon printed edition of the Ise, the volume that established Ise iconography for the entire Edo period (1600–1868).

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Royall Tyler is the most recent translator of The Tale of Genji (Penguin, 2001). He lives in Australia.

Joshua S. Mostow is professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.