A History of Japanese Literature: The First Thousand Years

Very Good. First Kodansha printing 1981. Printed in Japan. Vintage Mass Market paperback. Used with limited wear, no creases to spine, no markings.

Used paperback in Very Good - First Edition condition. Studies the development of Japanese literature from the folktales and poetry of the Age of the Manyoshu to the dramatic works of the Muromachi period ending in 1568, emphasizing its relation to social, cultural and intellectual developments