The Classical Poetry of the JapaneseTrübner, 1880 - 227 pages |
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... century at the Mikado's court ; and no serious attempt has ever been made to alter it in the slightest degree , even during the period of the greatest intel- lectual ascendancy of China . Though not essential , there are , however ...
... century at the Mikado's court ; and no serious attempt has ever been made to alter it in the slightest degree , even during the period of the greatest intel- lectual ascendancy of China . Though not essential , there are , however ...
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... reliable evidence to show that the Japanese studied with any profit till the time of the preaching of Buddhism in the sixth century . would be required . But absolute proof of any assertion INTRODUCTION . BALLADS from the Manyo-shu.
... reliable evidence to show that the Japanese studied with any profit till the time of the preaching of Buddhism in the sixth century . would be required . But absolute proof of any assertion INTRODUCTION . BALLADS from the Manyo-shu.
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... centuries would have been the zenith of Japanese poetry , as they were of Japanese literature in all its other branches . As a matter of fact , however , the sources of true lyric poetry suddenly dried up at the commencement of that ...
... centuries would have been the zenith of Japanese poetry , as they were of Japanese literature in all its other branches . As a matter of fact , however , the sources of true lyric poetry suddenly dried up at the commencement of that ...
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... " Collection of a Myriad Leaves , " and in a large number of collections made by imperial order during the tenth , eleventh , twelfth , thirteenth , • fourteenth , and fifteenth centuries , and commonly known INTRODUCTION .
... " Collection of a Myriad Leaves , " and in a large number of collections made by imperial order during the tenth , eleventh , twelfth , thirteenth , • fourteenth , and fifteenth centuries , and commonly known INTRODUCTION .
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Basil Hall Chamberlain. • fourteenth , and fifteenth centuries , and commonly known as the " Collections of the One - and - Twenty Reigns . " To these may be added , as quasi - classical , the lyric dramas known by the name of " Utahi ...
Basil Hall Chamberlain. • fourteenth , and fifteenth centuries , and commonly known as the " Collections of the One - and - Twenty Reigns . " To these may be added , as quasi - classical , the lyric dramas known by the name of " Utahi ...
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