Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing: The Wakan roei shu
This first English translation of the Wakan roei shu, includes two introductory essays, insightful commentaries on each passage, and three expositions, which discuss the collection's influence on Japanese literary history, music, and calligraphy. For centuries these short, evocative poems were memorized and cherished by Japanese courtiers who sang them at court, into lovers' ears, or at moments when spoken words failed to express their feelings. Until the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912),...
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This first-time English translation of the Wakan roei shu includes insightful annotations after each passage and several explanatory essays.Burton WatsonA collection of gems from Chinese and Japanese poetry, a guide to poetic themes and their approved manner of treatment, a gold mine of literary allusions, a potently prestigious text for intoning or inscribing. . . . Through this new translation, the first of its kind, readers of English can now appreciate the true cultural significance of the work and at the same time savor the many fine poems it includes. All who contributed to the making of this volume merit our heartiest congratulations.
PrefaceIntroduction11Chinese Poets in the Wakan roei shu152The Translation: The Wakan roei shu293The Wakan roei shu and Its Impact on Japanese Literature2404Singing the Wakan roei Shu2445The Art of Calligraphy and the Wakan roei shu260Notes271Bibliography with Abbreviations for Finding List for Works by Chinese Writers279Finding List for Works by Chinese Writers282Chinese Names and Terms309Japanese Poets Writing Poetry in Chinese (kanshi)315Japanese Poets Writing Poetry in Japanese (waka)319
\ The Japan Foundation Newsletter - Robert Borgen\ Rimer and Chaves have performed a valuable service by making [The Wakan Roei Shu] available in a well-annotated English version... To read [it] is to explore an important but largely unfamiliar corner of Heian court culture.\ \ \ \ \ \ Burton WatsonA collection of gems from Chinese and Japanese poetry, a guide to poetic themes and their approved manner of treatment, a gold mine of literary allusions, a potently prestigious text for intoning or inscribing.... Through this new translation, the first of its kind, readers of English can now appreciate the true cultural significance of the work and at the same time savor the many fine poems it includes. All who contributed to the making of this volume merit our heartiest congratulations.\ \ \ \ The Japan Foundation NewsletterRimer and Chaves have performed a valuable service by making [The Wakan Roei Shu] available in a well-annotated English version... To read [it] is to explore an important but largely unfamiliar corner of Heian court culture.\ — Robert Borgen\ \ \ \ \ \ The Japan Foundation NewsletterRimer and Chaves have performed a valuable service by making [The Wakan Roei Shu] available in a well-annotated English version... To read [it] is to explore an important but largely unfamiliar corner of Heian court culture.\ — Robert Borgen\ \ \ \ \ \ Burton WatsonA collection of gems from Chinese and Japanese poetry, a guide to poetic themes and their approved manner of treatment, a gold mine of literary allusions, a potently prestigious text for intoning or inscribing. . . . Through this new translation, the first of its kind, readers of English can now appreciate the true cultural significance of the work and at the same time savor the many fine poems it includes. All who contributed to the making of this volume merit our heartiest congratulations.\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsAn English translation of a bilingual document of poetry and musical accompaniment compiled in the 11th century, with two introductory essays, commentaries on each passage, and three expositions discussing the collection's influence on Japanese literary history, music, and calligraphy. The collection contains Chinese poems by Chinese poets, Chinese poems by Japanese courtiers, and Japanese poems. Includes a few b&w photos of original illustrated pages, lists of works by Chinese writers and Japanese poets, and a glossary. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
