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The Tales of Ise

by Anonymous · 1900

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A timeless work, beloved since the Middle Ages, takes a glorious new form in this deluxe modern edition.

The Tales of Ise contains 125 vignettes following a valiant hero from his "coming of age" to his death. Included here are sixteen black-and-white woodblock prints originally published in 1608.

Setting
1900s1900sMore like thisLess of thisJapanJapanMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 247 pages
Form
poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of thisshort storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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