Man'yōshū And the Imperial Imagination in Early Japan

by Torquil Duthie

In Man'yōshū and the Imperial Imagination in Early Japan, Torquil Duthie examines the literary representation of the late seventh-century Yamato court as a realm of "all under heaven." Through close readings of the early volumes of the poetic anthology Man'yōshū (c. eighth century) and the last volumes of the official history Nihon shoki (c. 720), Duthie shows how competing political interests and different...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004251715
• ISBN13: 9789004251717
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"