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Japanese
Literature Reviewed
by Donald Richie,
introduction by J. Thomas Rimer
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This concise and essential
guide to 1,000 years of literature for enthusiasts of Japanese
culture includes reviews of works by over 100 authors, from the
compilers of the Man’yoshu poetry collection, through Lady
Murasaki and her Tale of Genji, on to Saikaku and Miyamoto Musashi,
up to Kawabata, Tanizaki, Mishima and beyond. Richie offers a
critical and insightful look at Japanese culture through this
anthology of literature. The collection is intended to be an
accessible and popular guide to enlighten and enrich its readers. As
Rimer says in his introduction, Richie presents a cornucopia of
observation and comments on the entire range of Japanese literature,
including not only works of literary ambition, but also novels for
entertainment. Resident in Japan for over half a century, Richie has
long been the most articulate of its commentators. He is
acknowledged as the foremost western authority on Japanese art,
cinema and culture, and has written widely on Japan and the
Japanese.
Published by ICG-Muse, Inc.
Published 2003, 490 pp.
ISBN 4 925080 78 4, hardback, £19.99
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