Classical Japanese

by Shirane, Haruo

• ISBN13: 9780231135306
• ISBN10: 0231135300
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-27
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

Always the first to respond to a crisis, Médecins Sans Frontières and its sister organization Médecins du Monde have set into place a style of humanitarian action that combines rapid intervention with invaluable critical assessment. Whether the crisis is war, famine, or a natural diaster, these organizations have set a precedent for humanitarian action that has yet to be surpassed. Their efforts were not developed in a vacuum. A close look at the history of humanitarianism, especially within the United States, Great Britain, and Switzerland, reveals the existing forms of action that MSF, MDM, and many other groups used to perfect their programs. These include the relief practices of the Red Cross combined with the mobilization of public opinion implemented by Amnesty International. The contributors to this volume assess competing French and "Anglo-Saxon" models of intervention and project the next phase of humanitarianism in the twenty-first century.

Table of Contents

Base texts
An account of a ten-foot-square hut	p. 3
The tale of the bamboo cutter	p. 33
Heian period
The tales of Ise	p. 53
The pillow book	p. 61
The tale of Genji	p. 69
Sarashina diary	p. 83
Collection of tales of times now past	p. 93
Kamakura period
Hundred poets, hundred poems	p. 101
Collection of tales from Uji	p. 115
The tales of the Heike	p. 125
Essays in idleness	p. 137
Edo/Tokugawa period
Japan's eternal storehouse	p. 149
Narrow road to the deep north	p. 155
Tales of moonlight and rain	p. 163
The tale of Genji, a small jeweled comb	p. 171
Meiji period
The encouragement of learning	p. 181
Nara period
Collection of ten thousand leaves	p. 189
Essential dictionary	p. 197
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