{"product_id":"a-waka-anthology-volume-two-9780804748254","title":"A Waka Anthology, Volume Two","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe complete second volume of Edwin Cranston's monumental \u003ci\u003eWaka Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrasses of Remembrance\u003c\/i\u003e carries forward the story of Japanese court poetry through its Early Classical period, drawing from sources dating from the 890s to the 1080s. These two centuries saw the revival of the prestige of poetry in the native tongue after a century of official preference for versification in Chinese. An anthology of anthologies, bound complete in a single volume for the first time, \u003ci\u003eGrasses of Remembrance\u003c\/i\u003e draws copiously from the first four imperially ordered collections, \u003ci\u003eKokinshu\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGosenshu\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShuishu\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGoshuishu\u003c\/i\u003e, examining the structure and illustrating the content of each.  In all, the book contains over 2,600 poems in lively and readable translation, including selections from \u003ci\u003eShinsen Man'yoshu\u003c\/i\u003e, a late-ninth-century collection of parallel verses in Chinese and Japanese, and all 795 poems from \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Genji\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edwin A. Cranston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48297282044155,"sku":"9780804748254","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9780804748254.jpg?v=1772482476","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/a-waka-anthology-volume-two-9780804748254","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}