Primitive & Mediaeval Japanese Texts

This valuable work presents transliterations of famous ancient and medieval Japanese texts. The texts contained in this volume are the nagauta or chôka of the Manyôshiu, one of the earliest Japanese anthologies, compiled about 760 a.d., the Taketori Monogatari, Story of the Old Wicker-worker, the preface of Ki no Tsurayuki to his well-known anthology, and the utahi of Takasago, possibly the earliest of the medieval miracle-plays.

Contents include:

Preface

Emendations

Introduction

Specimen Of Script

Map Of The World, As Known To The Japanese Of The Mythical Era

Manyôshiu

Kozhiki Uta

Nihongi Uta

Kokinshiu Uta

Hiyakunin Uta

Introduction To Taketori

Taketori

Kokinshiu Zhiyo

Takasago

Makura Kotoba