Shinkokinshū: New Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern
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Laurel Rasplica Rodd
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Shinkokinshū: New Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern
Shinkokinshū: New Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern is an English translation and introduction to a major anthology of classical Japanese poetry. This digital PDF edition is available for instant download after purchase.
Translated and introduced by Laurel Rasplica Rodd, the volume presents nearly two thousand poems with supporting scholarly material, indexes, and reference sections.
Book Overview
This Literature title brings together the translation of Shinkokinshū, organized into twenty books. Its sequence moves through the seasons and ceremonial subjects before turning to laments, parting, travel, love, miscellaneous poems, Shintō poems, and poems on Buddhist teachings.
The volume includes a translator’s introduction, a Japanese preface, appendices, an author index with brief biographies, texts referenced, a first-line index, a bibliography, and an index to the translator’s introduction.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- Twenty books of classical Japanese poetry, from Spring I through Poems on Buddhist Teachings.
- Poems addressing seasons, felicitations, laments, parting, travel, love, and miscellaneous subjects.
- Shintō poems and poems on Buddhist teachings.
- English translations presented in a five-line format.
- Translations that attempt to maintain the 31-syllable form of the original poems.
- Historical romanization that helps reveal homonyms and double meanings.
- Reference tools including author biographies, a first-line index, bibliography, and referenced texts.
Why This Book Matters
Shinkokinshū is significant for readers studying classical Japanese poetry, Japanese literature, translation, and literary history. Its structure brings seasonal, emotional, religious, and social themes together in an extensive poetic anthology.
Rodd’s translation choices preserve a consistent poetic form while offering English-language readers access to the imagery, wordplay, and conventions discussed in the accompanying material.
Book Details
| Title | Shinkokinshū: New Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern |
|---|---|
| Author | Laurel Rasplica Rodd |
| Translated and introduced by | Laurel Rasplica Rodd |
| Series | Brill’s Japanese Studies Library |
| Series Volume | 47 |
| Publisher | Koninklijke Brill NV |
| Imprints | Brill, Brill Nijhoff and Hotei Publishing |
| Publication Location | Leiden | Boston |
| Copyright | 2015 by Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, The Netherlands. |
| Library of Congress Control Number | 2015932827 |
| ISSN | 0925-6512 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-28758-7 (set hardback) |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-29173-7 (vol. 1) |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-29174-4 (vol. 2) |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-28829-4 (e-book) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004276338_001 |
| Format | |
| File Size | 3.1 MB |
| File Size Bytes | 3258533 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 970 |
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