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The Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters

The Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters

Ō, No Yasumaro
Heldt, Gustav

Hardcover

Series: Translations from the Asian Classics

Literary CriticismMythology & FolkloreJapanese History

ISBN10: 0231163886
ISBN13: 9780231163880
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
Published: Sep 9 2014
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Japan's oldest surviving narrative, the eighth-century Kojiki, chronicles the mythical origins of its islands and their ruling dynasty through a diverse array of genealogies, tales, and songs that have helped to shape the modern nation's views of its ancient past. Gustav Heldt's engaging new translation of this revered classic aims to make the Kojiki accessible to contemporary readers while staying true to the distinctively dramatic and evocative appeal of the original's language. It conveys the rhythms that structure the Kojiki's animated style of storytelling and translates the names of its many people and places to clarify their significance within the narrative. An introduction, glossaries, maps, and bibliographies offer a wealth of additional information about Japan's earliest extant record of its history, literature, and religion.

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