Donald Keene

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1) Emperor of Japan: Meiji and his world, 1852-1912

Author

Keene, Donald

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Pub. Date

[2002]

Language

English

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When Emperor Meiji began his rule in 1867, Japan was a splintered empire, dominated by the shogun and the daimyos, who ruled over the country's more than 250 decentralized domains and who were, in the main, cut off from the outside world, staunchly anti-foreign, and committed to the traditions of the past. Before long, the shogun surrendered to the emperor, a new constitution was adopted, and Japan emerged as a modern, industrialized state. Despite...

2) Anthology of Japanese literature, from the earliest era to the mid-nineteenth century

Author

Keene, Donald

Series

UNESCO collection of representative works. Japanese

Publisher

Grove Press

Pub. Date

[1955]

Language

English

3) Dawn to the West: Japanese literature of the modern era

Author

Keene, Donald

Publisher

Holt, Rinehart, and Winston

Pub. Date

[1984]

Language

English

4) The pleasures of Japanese literature

Author

Keene, Donald

Series

Companions to Asian studies

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Pub. Date

[1988]

Language

English

5) Seeds in the heart: Japanese literature from earliest times to the late sixteenth century

Author

Keene, Donald

Publisher

Henry Holt & Co

Pub. Date

1993.

Language

English

6) Five modern Japanese novelists

Author

Keene, Donald

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Pub. Date

[2003]

Language

English

7) Travelers of a hundred ages

Author

Keene, Donald

Publisher

H. Holt and Co

Pub. Date

[1989]

Language

English

8) Landscapes and portraits, appreciations of Japanese culture

Author

Keene, Donald

Publisher

Kodansha International Ltd

Pub. Date

[1971]

Language

English

9) Modern Japanese diaries: the Japanese at home and abroad as revealed through their diaries

Author

Keene, Donald

Publisher

Henry Holt and Co

Pub. Date

1995.

Language

English

10) On familiar terms: a journey across cultures

Author

Keene, Donald

Publisher

Kodansha America

Pub. Date

1994.

Language

English

11) World within walls: Japanese literature of the pre-modern era, 1600-1867

Author

Keene, Donald

Publisher

Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Pub. Date

[1976]

Language

English

12) Modern Japanese literature: an anthology

Author

Keene, Donald

Series

Evergreen book ; E573-A

Publisher

Grove Press

Pub. Date

[1956]

Language

English

13) Anthology of Chinese literature

Author

Birch, Cyril

Series

UNESCO collection of representative works. Chinese

Publisher

Grove Press

Pub. Date

[1965-72]

Language

English

14) Essays in idleness: the Tsurezuregusa of Kenkō

Author

Yoshida, Kenkō

Series

Records of civilization sources and studies
Translations from the Asian classics

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Pub. Date

[1998]

Language

English

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"Written sometime between 1330 and 1332, the Essays in Idleness hardly mirror the turbulent times in which they were born. Despite the struggle between the Emperor Go-Daigo and the usurping Hojo family which rocked Japan during these years, the Buddhist priest Kenko found himself with nothing better to do, jotting down at random whatever nonsensical thoughts have entered my head. The resulting essays, none of them more than a few pages in length and...