Chinese Literary Forms in Heian Japan: Poetics and Practice

by Brian Steininger

Written Chinese served as a prestigious, cosmopolitan script across medieval East Asia, from as far west as the Tarim Basin to the eastern kingdom of Heian period Japan (794-1185). In this book, Brian Steininger revisits the mid-Heian court of the Tale of Genji and the Pillow Book , where literary Chinese was not only the basis of official administration, but also a medium for political protest, sermons of mourning, and poems of celebration. Chinese...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674975154
• ISBN13: 9780674975156
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"