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zuihitsu from the Tenth to the Twenty-First century
A court lady of the Heian era, an early modern philologist, a Meiji-period novelist, and a physicist at Tokyo University. What do they have in common, besides being Japanese? They all wrote zuihitsu -- a uniquely Japanese literary genre encompassing features of the nonfiction or personal essay and miscellaneous musings. For sheer range of subject matter and breadth of perspective, the zuihitsu is unrivaled in the Japanese literary tradition, which may explain why few examples have been translated into English. Springing from a variety of social, artistic, political, and professional discourses, zuihitsu is an undeniably important literary form practiced by all types of people who reveal much about themselves, their identities, and the times in which they lived. Zuihitsu also contain a good deal of humor, which is often underrepresented in translations of "serious" Japanese writing.
I. Beginnings; 1. The Pillow Book; 2. Essays in Idleness; II. The Late Medieval Era; 3. Conversations with Shōtetsu; 4. "To Unify the Nation and Restore Civil Society"; 5. "Cottage of Dreams" and "Three Loves"; 6. A Tenbun Miscellany; III. The Edo Period; 7. Laughs to Keep You Awake; 8. "On Ohara"; 9. Haikai Prose; 10. Amusements; 11. Window Musings; 12. A Miscellany of Stories; 13. Chats with Myself; 14. Jeweled Comb Basket; 15. Idle Chats Beneath a Northern Window; 16. Blossoms and the Moon
17. Year by Year: A Miscellany; 18. Behind the Koto; 19. Shunparo's Jottings; 20. Unusual People of the Modern Age and Kanden's Crop of Jottings; 21. Hoary Stories; 22. Haikai Prose; 23. Clouds of Floating Grasses; IV. The Modern Period; 24. Autumn Ensemble; 25. Short Works from Long Days; 26. "Snow"; 27. "Desk"; 28. "Fireworks"; 29. "Laughter"; 30. "Various Thoughts on the Great Kanto Earthquake" and "My Moral Precepts for Everyday Life"; 31. "Master Hyakken's Idle Fantasies," "Bumpy Road," and "A Long Fence"; 32. "The Image of an Author"
33. "Baby Sparrow," "Turtledoves," and "Morning Glories"; 34. Esprit and Humor; 35. "Sleepless Nights" and "A Bed for My Books"; 36. "On Being Down with a Cold"; 37. "The Road"; 38. "Kitchen," "Raindrops," and "A Memento of the Season"; 39. "On Surgery" and "Rainy Day"; 40. "Looking for Gloves"; 41. One, We Count, Then . . .; 42. Sunday Musings; 43. Not Much of a Book, but Please . . . and Just Be Sure You're Not a Bother to Anyone; 44. "Myna Bird"; 45. "Concerning the Order of Culture"; 46. "On Zuihitsu; Permissions
edited and translated by Steven D. Carter.
The Columbia Anthology of Japanese Essays : Zuihitsu from the Tenth to the Twenty-First Century
New York : Columbia University Press,c2014