The Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike: Being Two Thirteen Century Japanese Classics, the Hojoki and Selections from the Heike Monogatari - Softcover

The Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike: Being Two Thirteen Century Japanese Classics, the "Hojoki" and Selections from the "Heike Monogatari".

Paperback. Zustand: Sehr gut. 3rd printing. xii, 271 p., Ill. Das Exemplar ist in einem sehr guten und sauberen Zustand ohne Anstreichungen. The copy is in a very good and clean condition without markings. - (publishing text:) Readers of medieval Japanese literature; es- pecially those who have been charmed by its romance and attracted by its philosophy, will be pleased to have two more of its masterpieces made available to them in Professor Sadler's pleasant English. The Ten Foot Square Hut offers the memorable reflections of a recluse who has retired in dis- gust from a world too full of violent contrasts and cataclysms. Written some seven hundred years ago, it has an astonishing timeliness today. Tales of the Heike is a kind of Japanese equiv- alent of Tales of a Scottish Clan. Professor Sad- ler's translation presents vivid selections from the story of the Heike clan from the days of its splendour down to its tragic end, when its leaders, utterly defeated by the Minamoto clan and scorning to surrender, throw them- selves into the sea and perish. It is fortunate indeed that Professor Sadler, long a devotee of Japan and its culture, chose to bring these two classics of Japanese literature into the repertory of translations for Western readers. The late A. L. SADLER, M.A., was Professor of Oriental Studies at the University of Sydney from 1922 to 1948, at which time he became emeritus professor. He also served as Professor of Japanese at the Royal Military College of Australia. Among his numerous published works, in addition to the present volume, are The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu (1936), Three Mil- itary Classics of China (1944), A Short History of Japan (1946), and a number of translations from Japanese literature. His Cha-No-Yu (1933) and A Short History of Japanese Architecture (1941) have recently appeared in reprint versions of the same type as the present volume. Professor Sadler made his home in England until his death in 1970. ISBN 9780804808798 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 247. Artikel-Nr. 1254939

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