Research Catalog

Title

Inscribed objects and the development of literature in early Japan / by Joshua Frydman.

Author

Frydman, Joshua

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

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Details

Description

xv, 250 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm.

Summary

"The introduction of writing enables new forms of literature, but these can be invisible in works that survive as manuscripts. Through looking at inscriptions of poetry on garbage and as graffiti, we can glimpse how literature spread along with writing. This study uses these lesser-studied sources, including inscriptions on pottery, architecture, and especially wooden tablets known as mokkan, to uncover how poetry, and literature more broadly, was used, shared and thrown away in early Japan. Through looking at these disposable and informal sources, we explore the development of early Japanese literature, and even propose parallels to similar developments in other societies across space and time"--

Series Statement

Brill's Japanese studies library ; volume 72

Uniform Title

Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 72.

Subject

• Inscriptions, Japanese > History and criticism
• Japanese poetry > History and criticism
• Japanese literature > History and criticism
• Written communication > Japan > History
• Poésie japonaise > Histoire et critique
• Littérature japonaise > Histoire et critique
• Communication écrite > Japon > Histoire
• Inscriptions, Japanese
• Japanese literature
• Japanese poetry
• Written communication
• Japan

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9789004461284
• 9004461280
• 9789004527782 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2023011790

OCLC

• on1371246200
• SCSB-14631947

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library