A History of Japanese Literature

by William George Aston

Book by Aston, W. G.

Genres: Japanese Literature, Nonfiction, History

432 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1899

About the author

William George Aston was a British diplomat, author and scholar-expert in the language and history of Japan and Korea.

Reviews

[machinaheart · Rating 3 out of 5]

I only read parts of it.

[GONZA · Rating 2 out of 5]

Such a moralistic patronizing history of literature.... It has never happened to me that an author was commenting whether the books he was talking about were good for young reader or not .....

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

As with so many things, the number of stars has to do with the year read. This was the first and for seventy years the only history of Japanese literature in a European language.