Plucking Chrysanthemums: Narushima Ryūhoku and Sinitic Literary Traditions in Modern Japan

by Matthew Fraleigh

Plucking Chrysanthemums is a critical study of the life and works of Narushima Ryuhoku (1837-1884): Confucian scholar, world traveler, pioneering journalist, and irrepressible satirist. A major figure on the nineteenth-century Japanese cultural scene, Ryuhoku wrote works that were deeply rooted in classical Sinitic literary traditions. Sinitic poetry and prose enjoyed a central and prestigious place in Japan for nearly all of its history, and the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674425227
• ISBN13: 9780674425224
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 498 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.2" x 10.1"