Description:
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.
Review Quotes: This book will become an indispensable reference, not only for students of Edo literature but also for those who have an interest in Japanese culture in general.--Hiroko Kobayashi "Asian Studies Review"