Idealism, Protest, and the Tale of Genji The Confucianism of Kumazawa Banzan (1619-91) |
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| Author:
| McMullen, James |
| Series title: | Oxford Oriental Monographs |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-815251-4 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1999 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $314.50 |
Book Description:
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This book is a new study of the leading seventeenth-century Japanese Confucian, Kumazawa Banzan (1619-91). It describes his stormy life as a samurai, his interpretation of Confucian philosophy, this theory of climatic warming, and his imaginative commentary on Japan's greatest literary monument, the Tale of Genji. Banzan is presented as a critic of the Japanese society of his day.
This book is a new study of the leading seventeenth-century Japanese Confucian, Kumazawa Banzan (1619-91). It describes his stormy life as a samurai, his interpretation of Confucian philosophy, this theory of climatic warming, and his imaginative commentary on Japan's greatest literary monument, the Tale of Genji. Banzan is presented as a critic of the Japanese society of his day.