The Power of Fiction: The Nameless Book and the Birth of Literary Criticism in Japan by Joseph T. Sorensen

“…An analysis of the text’s rhetorical strategies reveals several of its implied objectives, including the promotion of literary women, and the elevation of vernacular fiction itself to the same critical level as the more-esteemed genre of traditional waka poetry.…”
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From Deep Culture to Peak Culture: Cultural Achievements through Innate Course by Hirofumi Tsushiro

“…Concerning Japan, there are many contemporary sub-cultures with high reputation such as anime, but here, five classic forms of culture shall be mentioned as peak cultures, that is, No-drama, Sado-tea-ceremony, Bushido-warrior’s-way, Shinto-religion and Waka-poetry. After analyzing deep culture roughly, its peaks shall be depicted rather ideally.…”
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