"New Chronicles of Yanagibashi" and "Diary of a Journey to the West"
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- ISBN 9781933947518
- Weight: 907g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Sep 2010
- Publisher: Cornell University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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This book features complete annotated translations of Narushima Ryuhoku's two most widely read and influential texts, both of which showcase the innovative and experimental use of Chinese-language discourse taking place in Japan during the nineteenth century. Focused on one of the capital city's celebrated geisha districts, the satirical New Chronicles of Yanagibashi serves as both a documentary record of changing customs during the tumultuous 1850s–70s and an amusingly nuanced social critique. Banned multiple times, the work nevertheless became a favorite of the Meiji reading public. This text is paired with Diary of a Journey to the West, Ryuhoku's travelogue from his world tour of 1872–1873.
Matthew Fraleigh is Assistant Professor of East Asian Literature and Culture at Brandeis University.
