Tales of Ise: Lyrical Episodes from Tenth-Century Japan
Anonymous
277 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0804706530
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Language: English
Publish: June 1, 1968
10th CenturyAsiaAsian LiteratureClassicsFictionJapanJapanese LiteratureLiteraturePoetryShort Stories
A timeless work, beloved since the Middle Ages, takes a glorious new form in this deluxe modern edition.The Tales of Ise contains 125 vignettes following a valiant hero from his “coming of age” to his death. Included here are sixteen black-and-white woodblock prints originally published in 1608.