Book by Mostow, Joshua S.

Product Description: "Courtly Visions: " The Ise Stories "and the Politics of Cultural Appropriation" traces through the visual and literary record the reception and use of the tenth-century literary romance through the seventeenth century. "Ise monogatari" ("The Ise Stories") takes shape in a salon of politically disenfranchised courtiers, then transforms later in the Heian period (794-1185) into a key subtext for autobiographical writings by female aristocrats...read more

Product Description: Uniquely covering literary, visual and performative expressions of culture, this volume aims to correlate the conjunctions of nation building, gender and representation in late 19th and early 20th century China and Japan.

Product Description: The Hundred Poets Compared is about a 1-print series made by three famous Ukiyo-e artists of the 19th century: Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, and Kunisada. Each print compares one of the poems from the most-beloved collection of Japanese poetry, The One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each (Hyakunin Isshu), with a scene from Japanese history or theatre...read more

Product Description: Chikanobu. Modernity and Nostalgia in Japanese Prints is the first monograph in English on the Meiji print artist Y sh Chikanobu (1838-1912), well known for his depictions of women and scenes of Japanese history and legends. Author Bruce A...read more

Product Description: This extraordinary one-volume guide to the modern literatures of China, Japan, and Korea is the definitive reference work on the subject in the English language. With more than one hundred articles that show how a host of authors and literary movements have contributed to the general literary development of their respective countries, this companion is an essential starting point for the study of East Asian literatures...read more