Concentrating on the pre-modern era between 1600 and 1867, this text provides a definitive history of Japanese literature. The text treats each of the new, popu... » 

Concentrating on the pre-modern era between 1600 and 1867, this text provides a definitive history of Japanese literature. The text treats each of the new, popular genres that arose, including haiku, Kabuki, and the witty, urbane prose of the newly ascendant merchant class. «