Plucking Chrysanthemums: Narushima Ryūhoku and Sinitic Literary Traditions in Modern Japan
(Book #390 in the Harvard East Asian Monographs Series)
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Plucking Chrysanthemums is a critical study of the life and works of Narushima Ryuhoku (1837-1884): Confucian scholar, world traveler, pioneering journalist, and irrepressible satirist. A major figure on the nineteenth-century Japanese cultural scene, Ryuhoku wrote works that were deeply rooted in classical Sinitic literary traditions. Sinitic poetry and prose enjoyed a central and prestigious place in Japan for nearly all of its history, and the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674425227
ISBN13:9780674425224
Release Date:November 2016
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:498 Pages
Weight:2.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.6" x 7.2" x 10.1"
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