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Title: Japanese Literature
Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical
Poetry and Drama of Japan

Author: Various

Editor: Epiphanius Wilson

Release Date: September 13, 2006 [EBook #19264]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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Japanese Literature

INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM

GENJI MONOGATARI

AND

CLASSICAL POETRY AND DRAMA

OF JAPAN

WITH CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES BY

EPIPHANIUS WILSON, A.M.

REVISED EDITION

COPYRIGHT, 1900
BY THE COLONIAL PRESS

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CONTENTS

GENJI MONOGATARI

Introduction

CHAPTER

I.--The Chamber of Kiri

II.--The Broom-like Tree

III.--Beautiful Cicada

IV.--Evening Glory

V.--Young Violet

VI.--Saffron Flower

VII.--Maple Fete

VIII.--Flower-Feast

IX.--Hollyhock

X.--Divine Tree

XI.--Villa of Falling Flowers

XII.--Exile at Suma

XIII.--Exile at Akashi

XIV.--The Beacon

XV.--Overgrown Mugwort

XVI.--Barrier House

XVII.--Competitive Show of Pictures

CLASSICAL POETRY OF JAPAN

Introduction

BALLADS--

The Fisher-Boy Urashima

On Seeing a Dead Body

The Maiden of Unahi

The Grave of the Maiden of Unahi

The Maiden of Katsushika

The Beggar's Complaint

A Soldier's Regrets on Leaving Home

LOVE SONGS--

On Beholding the Mountain

Love is Pain

Hitomaro to His Mistress

No Tidings

Ho