Japanese literature Neko Uta : Sennen Monogatari / Kenji Nakamura

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Japanese title: 単行本(小説・エッセイ) 日本文学 猫うた 千年の物語 / 中村健史
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Item number: BN208383
Released date: 08 Nov 2024

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Japanese Literature
[Introduction to the Contents]


Cats are cute.
The blood of cat lovers has been passed down from the Heian period to the present day.
But was it not allowed for the aristocracy who love cats to include cats in Waka poems?
The reason for the birth of Cat's Waka was that famous literature × the avant-garde spirit of a samurai poet! Why do renga always include cats? From the Edo period, the appearance of a cat in love, to the famous haiku and poem depicting a fish lover, a quandary, and sometimes an amorous cat? And from the civilization and enlightenment, to a cat with a mysterious charm! The thousand year narration of "Cat's Song" covers Japanese poetry.