IDEALISM, PROTEST, AND THE TALE OF GENJI: THE CONFUCIANISM OF KUMAZAWA BANZAN (1619-91).
McMullen, James.

Place Published: New York
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1999

Description: 8vo, pp. xxiii, 539. This book is a new study of the leading seventeenth-century samurai Confucian, Kumazawa Banzan (1619-91). It describes his stormy life as a samurai, his interpretation of Confucian philosophy, and his imaginative commentary on Japan's greatest literary monument, The Tale of Genji. More than warrior and philosopher, Banzan is presented as a critic of the Japanese society of his day.(Oxford Oriental Monographs)

Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good in Very Good DJ
ISBN: 0198152515

Book Id: 3714

Price: $450.00

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