Manyoshu (part 1)

About This Novel

This book is a selection of popular illustrated editions of Japanese Waka "Man'yoshu". "Man'yoshu" is the earliest existing collection of Japanese songs and enjoys the reputation of "Japan's Book of Songs". The complete collection contains more than 4,500 long and short poems spanning more than 400 years from the fourth century AD to the late 1960s. Translator Qian Daosun selected more than 800 poems from them and added detailed annotations and comments. It reproduces this classical cultural treasure with precise and beautiful language, and introduces the social system, customs and customs of ancient Japan in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. This translation is both beautiful and elegant, and is recognized as a classic in the history of Japanese literary translation. This book invites Professor Song Zaixin, a director of the China Japanese Literature Research Association, as a literary consultant, and pairs it with paintings by Japanese national treasure-level painters such as Hiroshi Yoshida and Kawarai Basui to provide both literary experience and aesthetic enjoyment.

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