Download or read book Early Modern Japanese Literature written by Haruo (editor Shirane (Ealac Department Newsletter)) and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique anthology is the first representative collection of Japanese literature from one of the most creative periods in Japanese culture, known variously as the Edo or the Tokugawa. It includes a wide range of fiction, poetry, and drama, and also essays, literary criticism, folk stories, and other noncanonical works with a number of new translations.