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 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Age of the Man' y?sh?; Chapter 3 The First Turning Point; Chapter 4 The Age of The Tale of Genji and Tales of Now and Then; Chapter 5 The Second Turning Point; Chapter 6 The Age of N? and Ky?gen; Chapter 7 The Third Turning Point; Chapter 8 The Age of Wit and Learning; Chapter 9 The Fourth Turning Point; Chapter 10 The Age of Meiji; Chapter 11 The Age of Industrialization; Chapter 12 The Postwar Years;
