ABSTRACT

A new simplified edition translated by Don Sanderson. The original three-volume work, first published in 1979, has been revised specially as a single volume paperback which concentrates on the development of Japanese literature.

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

chapter |29 pages

The Age of the Man' yōshū

chapter |16 pages

The First Turning Point

chapter |13 pages

The Second Turning Point

chapter |24 pages

The Age of Nō and Kyōgen

chapter |40 pages

The Third Turning Point

chapter |43 pages

The Age of Wit and Learning

chapter |32 pages

The Fourth Turning Point

chapter |40 pages

The Age of Meiji

chapter |14 pages

The Postwar Years