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Experience Japan's most celebrated anthology of poetry with this completely new translation of the Hyakunin Isshu ("A Hundred Poems by a Hundred Poets"). This timeless collection, compiled by the esteemed poet Fujiwara no Teika in the 13th century, features works by 100 poets from the 7th and 8th ……続きを見る

The Life of an Amorous Man is a groundbreaking work by Ihara Saikaku, Japan's first popular novelist. This new unabridged English translation of Saikaku's seminal work includes the 54 illustrations drawn by the author and published in the original Japanese edition. The story follows Yonosuke, a p……続きを見る

This beautifully illustrated collection of seasonal haiku poems by Japan's best-known poets is the perfect book for poetry lovers or anyone who wants to learn more about Japanese haiku. Selected and exquisitely translated by William Scott Wilson, the book features more than 385 haiku by over 100 f……続きを見る

A Great Classic of Japanese literature and the masterpiece of novelist Ihara Saikaku--now in a completely new and revised edition with introduction by noted scholar David J. Gundry The culmination of Saikaku's perceptive genius, the 20 short stories within This Scheming World recount raucous even……続きを見る

The Poetry of Chiyo-ni introduces English-language readers to one of Japan's most luminous literary voices: Chiyo-ni (1703-1775), a poet, painter, and Buddhist nun who broke barriers to become Japan's most celebrated female haiku master. Living in an era when haiku was almost exclusively a male a……続きを見る

仏教説話集『今昔物語』の英訳版 The Konjaku Monogatari Shu is a collection of tales from Buddhist and popular Japanese folklore that was compiled in the twelfth century. The stories in this book tell of fearsome demons, tengu goblins, kitsune fox spirits, flying hermits and gods who suddenly appea……続きを見る

そもそも、「エロ」という、まことに大括りなテーマであるにもかかわらず、またそれを「エロの解釈はご自由に」「何を書いてもらってもかまいません」などとのたまう私のぞんざいな提案を快く引き受けて下さったばかりか、なんとまあ、実に愉快な（スバラシイという意味です）作品ばかりを寄せていただき、ここに、俳句、……続きを見る

After the publication of “The Natural World, Human Beings, and Life” in July 2012, following a computer malfunction, I decided to take the opportunity to fill in the squares of manuscript paper word by word, as I did in the past, and started to write “Kokyo Shoshin, Wisdom of Our Ancestors Learned……続きを見る

別役実の戯曲「カンガルー」「足のある死体」など4作の英訳と解説。（本書は全編英文。） FRONTISPIECE .......... 3 FOREWORD .......... 11 PREFACE .......... 15 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .......... 16 Chapter One INTRODUCTION [I] Biography of Minoru Betsuyaku until 1990 ......... 19 [II] Betsuyaku’s theatre ....……続きを見る

拡大するEU、グローバル化、ヨーロッパの文学は今、いかなる状況にさらされているのか。33カ国の作家たちがそれぞれの立場で論じる。 ヨーロッパは書く さまざまな印象、休憩時間に交わされた言葉たち 自己を革新する芸術 ヒーローとしての文学作品の主人公 言語とテロ ヨーロッパは僕の脳の形をしている トヴェルスカヤ……続きを見る