Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Shirane, Haruo, 1951–

Japan and the culture of the four seasons : nature, literature, and the arts /

Haruo Shirane.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-231-15280-8 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN 978-0-231-52652-4 (e-book)

1. Japanese literature—History and criticism. 2. Seasons in literature.

3. Arts and society—Japan. 4. Philosophy of nature in literature. 5. Seasons in art—Japan. 6. Japan—Civilization. I. Title.

PL721.S4S555 2012

895.6'0936—dc23

2011033921

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