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New Chronicles of Yanagibashi and Diary of a Journey to the West: Narushima Ryuhoku Reports from Home and Abroad (Cornell East Asia Series)

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Description for New Chronicles of Yanagibashi and Diary of a Journey to the West: Narushima Ryuhoku Reports from Home and Abroad (Cornell East Asia Series) Paperback. Translator(s): Fraleigh, Matthew. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BJ; DNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .

This book features complete annotated translations of Narushima Ryuhoku's two most widely read and influential texts, both of which showcase the innovative and experimental use of Chinese-language discourse taking place in Japan during the nineteenth century. Focused on one of the capital city's celebrated geisha districts, the satirical New Chronicles of Yanagibashi serves as both a documentary record of changing customs during the tumultuous 1850s–70s and an amusingly nuanced social critique. Banned multiple times, the work nevertheless became a favorite of the Meiji reading public. This text is paired with Diary of a Journey to the West, Ryuhoku's travelogue from ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program
Condition
New
Series
Cornell East Asia Studies
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781933947518
SKU
V9781933947518
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About Ryuhoku Narushima
Matthew Fraleigh is Assistant Professor of East Asian Literature and Culture at Brandeis University.

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