Ochikubo Monogatari or the Tale of the Lady Ochikubo A Tenth Century Japanese Novel

Author/creator Chikamatsu, Monzaemon Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge Florence : Taylor & Francis Group [Distributor]
Description266 p. ill 00.925 x 00.625 in.
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Summary Annotation The Tale of the Lady Ochikubodates from the last quarter of the tenth century. It is therefore one of the earliest of that long line of monogatari which are a special part of Japanese literature from the Heian Era. Ochikubo is the first novel: here for the first time is a vivid and realistic chronicle of life, related with a wealth of natural dialogue. In no story of the Heian Era are there so few poems or an absence of descriptions of the beauties of nature. The author keeps close to the human story he is chronicling. It is also the first novel to attempt any kind of characterisation. As a whole, the novel is of outstanding importance in the history of Japanese literature.
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