Classical Japanese Reader and Essential Dictionary

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Here is an announcement from Columbia University Press:

Haruo Shirane, ed. _Classical Japanese Reader and Essential Dictionary
In 2005, Haruo Shirane published _Classical Japanese: A Grammar.
Now, with _Classical Japanese Reader and Essential Dictionary, he
completes his two-volume textbook for learning classical, or
literary, Japanese--the primary written language in Japan from the
seventh to the mid-twentieth century. The text contains carefully
selected readings that address a wide array of grammatical concerns
and that steadily progress from easy to difficult. The selections
encompass a wide range of historical periods and styles, including
essays, fiction, and poetry from such noted works as _The Tale of
Genji, The Tales of Ise, The Pillow Book, The Tales of the
Heike, and Essays in Idleness, and such authors as Ihara Saikaku,
Matsuo Basho, Ueda Akinari, Motoori Norinaga, and Fukuzawa Yukichi.
Each reading is accompanied by a short English introduction, a
vocabulary list, and extensive grammatical notes, and ends with a
comprehensive grammatical annotation.

The classical Japanese-English dictionary, which is the first of its
kind, occupies the last third of the book. Drawing from the texts in
the Reader, the Essential Dictionary features approximately 2,500 key
words, giving multiple definitions and usages. This volume will be a
vital tool for students, teachers, and translators of classical Japanese.

Table of Contents:

Grammatical Terms and Abbreviations

Part I. Base Texts

1. An Account of a Ten-foot-square Hut
2. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter



Part II. Heian Period

3. The Tales of Ise
4. The Pillow Book
5. The Tale of Genji
6. Sarashina Diary
7. Collection of Tales of Times Now Past

Part III. Kamakura Period

8. Hundred Poets, Hundred Poems
9. Collection of Tales from Uji
10. The Tales of the Heike
11. Essays in Idleness

Part IV. Edo/Tokugawa Period

12. Japan's Eternal Storehouse
13. Narrow Road to the Deep North
14. Tales of Moonlight and Rain
15. The Tale of Genji, a Small Jeweled Comb

Part V. Meiji Period

16. Encouragement of Learning

Part VI. Nara Period

17. Collection of Ten Thousand Leave

Essential Dictionary