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Edo Japan encounters the world : conversations between Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro
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Uniform Title
Sekai no naka no Nihon. English
世界のなかの日本. English
Title
Edo Japan encounters the world : conversations between Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro / translated by Tony Gonzalez = Sekai no naka no Nihon : jūrokuseiki made sakanobotte miru / chosha Donarudo Kīn, Shiba Ryōtarō ; yakusha Tonī gonzaresu.
Edo Japan encounters the world : conversations between Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro / translated by Tony Gonzalez = 世界のなかの日本 : 十六世紀まで遡って見る / 著者ドナルド・キーン, 司馬遼太郎 ; 訳者トニー・ゴンザレス.
ISBN
9784866580180
4866580186
Edition
First English edition.
Publication
Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2018.
Physical Description
137 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
"This book is a translation of 'Sekai no naka no Nihon : jūrokuseiki made sakanobotte miru' from the Collected works of Donald Keene, vol. 9; 'Donarudo Kīn chosakushū dai 9-kan sekai no naka no Nihon bunka' published by Shinchosha Publishing Co., Ltd in 2013. It was originally published by Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc., in hardback pocket format in 1992 and as a paperback edition in 1996, and is still in print. The contents comprise three dialogues held at Hyōtei near Nanzenji-Temple, Kyoto and an unspecified location in Osaka in 1989, and at Kohōan in Daitokuji-Temple, Kyoto in 1990"--Title page verso.
Text in English translated from the Japanese.
Summary
"'Edo Japan encounters the world' continues the conversation, begun nearly twenty years earlier in 'The people and culture of Japan,' between scholar of Japanese literature Donald Keene and historical novelist Shiba Ryotaro. In discussions that took place inn Osaka and Kyoto from 1989 to 1990, these two penetrating and original observers of Japanese culture turn their attention to the long peace of the Edo period (1603-1868), when Japan developed in relative isolation from outside influence. From analysis of literary masters like Basho and Chikamatsu to critiques of the repressive aspects of Edo life, their exchanges bring much insight to this often romanticized period of Japanese history"-- Unedited summary of book.
Variant and related titles
Japanese title in colophon: Sekai no naka no Nihon
Japanese title in colophon: 世界のなかの日本
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 29, 2018
Series
Japan library.
Contents
The Dutch arrive
Japanese views of the early modern era
Meiji melancholy
An era for the masses
Japanese language in literature
The Japanese and the absolute
Japan as a member of the global community.
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Interviews.
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