Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons by Haruo Shirane

Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons

Haruo Shirane

336 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Refuting the belief that this tradition reflects Japan's agrarian origins and supposedly mild climate, Shirane traces the establishment of seasonal topics to the poetry composed by the urban nobility in the eighth century. After becoming highly co...

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