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Cover design by Susan Hood Japanese diaries and literature 468 (1st edition; including index) Donald Keene books, Other books |
Travelers of a Hundred Ages is a nonfiction work on the literary form of Japanese diaries by Donald Keene, who writes in his Introduction that he was introduced to Japanese diaries during his work as a translator for the United States in World War II when he was assigned to translate captured diaries of soldiers; he found them moving enough that he continued to study that genre. Keene's book takes the form of self-contained long chapters (originally published as independent essays in Japanese in Asahi Shimbun) that deal with a single diary, each of which is valuable in its own right as a literary work This treatment is especially apparent when Keene writes of Matsuo Bashō's travel diaries, such as The Narrow Road to the North, or provides a window into an author's life, such as in the case of Fujiwara no Teika's Meigetsuki ("Chronicle of the Clear Moon").
There are variant versions of Travelers of a Hundred Ages; the original English version published by Henry Holt deals with diaries between the 850s CE and up to c. 1850, while the Japanese version has a continuation that brings the time span up to c. 1925, in addition to certain chapters that were omitted from the Holt edition "because it seemed unlikely that they would interest readers outside Japan". An expanded edition was later published by Columbia University Press in 1999.
Thematically, the essays are grouped by historical period. Names are given Japanese-style, family name first.
The Record of a Pilgrimage to China in Search of the Buddhist Law, by Ennin
The Tosa Diary, by Ki no Tsurayuki
The Gossamer Years, by "the mother of Michitsuna" or Michitsuna no Haha
The Master of the Hut, by Zoki
The Izumi Shikibu Diary, by Izumi Shikibu
The Murasaki Shikibu Diary, by Murasaki Shikibu
The Sarashina Diary, by the daughter of Takasue
The Tale of the Tonomine Captain or the Takamitsu Diary, by Fujiwara no Takamitsu
The Collection of the Mother of Jojin, the Ajari, by ?
The Sanuki no Suke Diary, by Fujiwara no Nagako
Chuyuki, by Fujiwara no Munetada
Poetry Collections and Poem Tales, by Shijonomiya no Shimotsuke
The Poetic Memoirs of Lady Daibu, by Lady Daibu
Chronicle of the Bright Moon, by Fujiwara no Teika
The Diary of Minamoto Ienaga, by Minamoto Ienaga
The Visit of the Emperor Takakura to Itsukushima, by Minamoto no Michichika
The Ascension to Heaven of the Late Emperor Takakura, by Minamoto no Michichika
Journey Along the Seacoast Road, by anonymous
The Diary of the Priest Shunjo, by Shunjo
A Journey East of the Barrier
Fitful Slumbers, by Abutsu
The Diary of the Waning Moon, by Abutsu
The Diary of Asukai Masaari, by Asukai Masaari
The Diary of Lady Ben, by Ben no Naishi
Diary of Lady Nakatsukasa, by Nakatsukasa no Naishi
The Confessions of Lady Nijō, by Koga Nijō
Account of the Takemuki Palace, by Hino Nako
Account of a Pilgrimage to the Great Shrine of Ise, by Saka Jubutsu
Gifts from the Capital, by Sokyu
Reciting Poetry to Myself at Ojima, by Nijō Yoshimoto
Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi, by Ashikaga Yoshiakira
The Visit to Itsukushima of the Lord of the Deer Park, by Imagawa Ryoshun
A Source of Consolation, by Shōtetsu
Journey to Fuji, by Asukai Masayo
Journey to Zenko-ji, by Gyoe
Account of Fujikawa, by Ichijō Kaneyoshi
Journey to Shirakawa, by Sōgi
Journey Along the Tsukushi Road, by Sōgi
Account of Sogi's Last hours, by Socho
Account of Utsunoyama, by Socho
Socho's Notebook, by Socho
A Pilgrimage to Yoshino, by Sanjonishi Kin'eda
Journey to See Fuji, by Satomura Joha
The Diary of Gen'yo, by Gen'yo
Choshoshi's Journey to Kyushu, by Kinoshira Choshoshi
A Record of Favors Received, by Matsunaga Teitoku
A Journey of 1616, by Hayashi Razan
Travels Round the East, by Anonymous
A Journey in the Year 1667, by Ikeda Tsunamasa
Exposed in the Fields
A Pilgrimage to Kashima
Manuscript in My Knapsack
Journey to Sarashina
The Narrow Road of Oku
The Saga Diary
Journey to the Northwest, by Kaibara Ekken
Travels of Gentlemen Emissaries, by Ogyū Sorai
The Frolic of the Butterfly, by Yamazaki Hokka
Diary of the Nagasaki Border Guard, by Nagakubo Sekisui
Diary of Kokan's Trip to the West, by Shiba Kōkan
Journal of a New Era, by Ōta Nanpo
Bakin's Diaries, by Takizawa Bakin
The Diary of Iseki Takako, by Iseki Takako
The Uraga Diary, by Sakuma Shōzan
The Nagasaki Diary, by Kawaji Toshiakira
The Shimoda Diary, by Kawaji Toshiakira
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