Hitomaro and the birth of Japanese lyricism /

Professor Levy explores the ritual origins of Japanese verse, the impact of Chinese and Korean literary influence on the seventh-century Court, and the rhetorical deification of the imperial family as the condition under which Hitomaro would begin his career as a Court poet. Originally published in...

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Main Author: Levy, Ian Hideo, 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1984]
Series:Princeton legacy library
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