Write a reflection on one of the periods in “Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid- Nineteenth Century, by Donald Keene.”

Write a reflection on one of the periods in “Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid- Nineteenth Century, by Donald Keene.”

There are several pieces here by Ihara Saikaku, a writer known for his tales of amorous men and women, and I was also taken by Jippensha Ikku’s Hizakurige, a humorous novel featuring two friends on the road (with definite shades of Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat). Finally, there’s some writing by one of the most famous Tokugawa writers, Takizawa Bakin, with a short extract from his novel Shino and Hamaji, in which an honest man is forced to part from his fiancée by devious relatives.

Below is a link that can help you with the TokugawaPeriod:
‘Anthology of Japanese Literature’, edited by Donald Keene (Review)

The book is also online as a pdf

The only source that can be used is the book!

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