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A Guide to Premodern Japanese Literature

Your companion to navigate from HEIAN to EDO literature.

Go out for a museum???

"THE TALE OF GENJI A JAPANESE CLASSIC ILLUMINATED”

Previous Exhibition at MET, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC (March 5th to June 16th, 2019)

Dig further on Internet???

"NIPPON.COM" is a great starting point

to look for resources for anything related to Japan.

“Bridging the Gap to Early Japanese Literature: Translator Peter MacMillan”

Jump start with MOOC???

For Further Reading????

Both books below, edited by Prof. Shirane, Columbia University, provide a versatile and accurate explanation about each literature in Japanese history. Please consult “Traditional Japanese Literature” for any works before 1600 and “Early Modern Japanese Literature” if you are looking for works after 1600 in the Edo period.

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