Traditional Japanese Literature

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Traditional Japanese Literature is written by Haruo Shirane and published by Columbia University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0231157304 (ISBN 10) and 9780231157308 (ISBN 13).

Traditional Japanese Literature features a rich array of works dating from the very beginnings of the Japanese written language through the evolution of Japan's noted aristocratic court and warrior cultures. It contains stunning new translations of such canonical texts as The Tales of the Heike as well as works and genres previously ignored by scholars and unknown to general readers.