Haruo Shirane is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture at Columbia University. His books include Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts; Envisioning The Tale of Genji: Media, Gender, and Cultural Production; Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600; Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900; Classical Japanese: A Grammar; Traces of Dreams: Landscape, Cultural Memory, and the Poetry of Basho; and The Bridge of Dreams: A Poetics of the Tale of Genji.

An invaluable compilation of and guide to pre-modern Japanese literature. -- Alexander Jacoby Times Literary Supplement Thanks to the skillful translations and erudite but clear and concise introductory essays, this volume will undoubtedly displace earlier anthologies... It is suitable for carrying to class... Recommended. Choice

• Acknowledgments Historical Periods, Major Texts and Authors, and Terms Introduction 1. The Ancient Period 2. The Heian Period 3. The Kamakura Period 4. The Muromachi Period English-Language Bibliography Index

Haruo Shirane is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture at Columbia University. His books include Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts; Envisioning The Tale of Genji: Media, Gender, and Cultural Production; Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600; Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900; Classical Japanese: A Grammar; Traces of Dreams: Landscape, Cultural Memory, and the Poetry of Basho; and The Bridge of Dreams: A Poetics of the Tale of Genji.

An invaluable compilation of and guide to pre-modern Japanese literature. -- Alexander Jacoby Times Literary Supplement Thanks to the skillful translations and erudite but clear and concise introductory essays, this volume will undoubtedly displace earlier anthologies... It is suitable for carrying to class... Recommended. Choice

• Acknowledgments Historical Periods, Major Texts and Authors, and Terms Introduction 1. The Ancient Period 2. The Heian Period 3. The Kamakura Period 4. The Muromachi Period English-Language Bibliography Index

Haruo Shirane is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture at Columbia University. His books include Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts; Envisioning The Tale of Genji: Media, Gender, and Cultural Production; Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600; Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900; Classical Japanese: A Grammar; Traces of Dreams: Landscape, Cultural Memory, and the Poetry of Basho; and The Bridge of Dreams: A Poetics of the Tale of Genji.

An invaluable compilation of and guide to pre-modern Japanese literature. -- Alexander Jacoby Times Literary Supplement Thanks to the skillful translations and erudite but clear and concise introductory essays, this volume will undoubtedly displace earlier anthologies... It is suitable for carrying to class... Recommended. Choice

• Acknowledgments Historical Periods, Major Texts and Authors, and Terms Introduction 1. The Ancient Period 2. The Heian Period 3. The Kamakura Period 4. The Muromachi Period English-Language Bibliography Index