Inscribed Objects and the Development of Literature in Early Japan

Through looking at fragments of poetry on garbage and as graffiti, as well as at lesser-studied sources, like inscriptions on pottery, architecture, and especially wooden tablets known as mokkan, this book explores how both writing and literature spread through early Japan.

Product details

• Authors: Joshua Frydman
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.07.2023
• EAN: 9789004461284
• ISBN: 978-90-04-46128-4
• No. of pages: 266
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 239 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Series: Brill's Japanese Studies Libra
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies