Under construction (links rechecked 8/25/08)

Below is a list for furthing reading on the Kokinshu and other English language works regarding classical Japanese poetry:

PRINTED WORKS CITED

FURTHER READING

For the Man'yoshu:

• Cranston, Edwin A., trans. A waka anthology. Stanford UP, 1993.
• Levy, Ian Hideo, trans. The ten thousand leaves : a translation of the Manyoshu, Japan's premier anthology of classical poetry. Princeton UP, 1981.

For the Kokinshu:

• Rodd, L. R., trans. Kokinshu: A collection of poems ancient and modern. Princeton UP, 1984.
• McCullough, Helen Craig, trans. Kokin wakashu: The first imperial anthology of Japanese poetry. Stanford UP, 1984.
• McCullough, Helen Craig. Brocade by night : "Kokin wakashu" and the court style in Japanese classical poetry. Stanford UP, 1985. A companion volume to her translation of the poems, history and commentaries on the poems.

WEBSITES CITED

• 2001 Poems for Japan 2001 : a site of classical poems with background and commentary developed by the staff and students of the School of East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield, England as part of the Japan 2001 Festival.
• Waseda University Portrait Collection : includes portrait of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro posted earlier on homepage
• Introduction to Kokinshu by Lewis Cook : Lewis Cook is an interesting, careful and highly credible scholar whose work on the Kokinshu is worth serious consideration.
• Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts : includes example of calligraphy by Ki no Tsurayuki posted earlier on homepage. (Aug 2008: link might be broken)
• Large list of online dictionaries and other databases : noted on Jim Breen's site, a very large list of links for Japanese language sites where on can search for words, birds, plants, etc., etc.
• Bird BD Hiraizumi's Birding Page (Jse) , Bird DB Uta (Jse) , Bird DB Greg Kunkel's Birdsongs , Bird DB Naturesongs : Online databases for birds and birdsongs.
• Kyoto Plums : Noted in reading aids to spring Kokin poems.
• Online Kokin Text (Complete) : At the University of Virginia Etext site.
• Kyoto Shinbun Digital Shokubutsu En : An OKish online database of plants.
• Animal Sounds DB Animal Sounds on the Net (Jse) : Online database of animal sounds around the world.
• Milord Club Kokin Pages (Jse) : An interesting personal website on the Kokinshu.

OTHER INTERESTING LINKS

• U of Virginia E-Text Japanese Text Initiative A wide variety of online texts of Japanese literature from all ages, mostly but not exclusively, in their original language. High-quality. Continues to add texts actively.
• Jim Breen's Homepage Jim Breen's (Monash University) high-quality homepage of his computer-related work for those who use Japanese in a mixed linguistic environment. Includes many non-technical links to things Japanese.
• Jim Breen's List of Online Japanese Dictionaries
• Goo: Online Jse-Eng, Eng-Jse, Kokugo Dictionary (Sanseido)
• Japanorama List of Jse Classics in English (Amazon.com) One way to see what is available through Amazon.com of Japanese classical texts translated into English. Reasonably good and up-to-date.
• PMJS (Pre-Modern Japanese Studies) Homepage: "Study Central" for classical Japanese literature being carried out by non-Japanese around the world. The gold standard in our field.
• Watson's List of Classical Works Translated into Western Languages and On-going Research: Part of the pmjs (Pre-Modern Japanese Studies) website maintained by Michael Watson at Meiji Gakuin.