The age of the Manýōshū -- The first turning point -- The age of The tale of Genji and Tales of now and then -- The second turning point -- The age of Nō and Kyōgen -- The third turning point -- The age of wit and learning -- The fourth turning point -- The age of Meiji -- The age of industrialization -- The postwar years
Summary
A new simplified edition translated by Don Sanderson. The original three-volume work, first published in 1979, has been revised specially as a single volume paperback which concentrates on the development of Japanese literature
Notes
"Classic paperbacks."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-373)-and indexes