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He also did a complete translation of the plays of Shakespeare, written in the old-fashion language of Kabuki. His modern play, Shinkyoku Urashima, incorporating traditional dance and music, was a popular and critical success. The play was a retelling of a familiar Japanese folk-tale with a Rip Van Winkle-like protagonist, Urashima Tarō.
Zuihitsu (随筆) is a genre of Japanese literature consisting of loosely connected personal essays and fragmented ideas that typically respond to the author's surroundings. . The name is derived from two Kanji meaning "at will" and "pe
Aozora Bunko was created on the Internet in 1997 to provide broadly available, free access to Japanese literary works whose copyrights had expired. The driving force behind the project was Michio Tomita ( 富田 倫生 , 1952–2013), who was motivated by the belief that people with a common interest should cooperate with each other.
Classical court literature, which had been the focal point of Japanese literature up until this point, gradually disappeared. [ 13 ] [ 11 ] New genres such as renga , or linked verse, and Noh theater developed among the common people, [ 14 ] and setsuwa such as the Nihon Ryoiki were created by Buddhist priests for preaching.
In contrast, elite literature, such as kanbun, was written in classical Chinese or classical Japanese and typically focused on traditional aristocratic topics, such as love and nature. [2] The themes and plots of ukiyo-zōshi were opposite of popular literature in older centers in Japan, as those readers mainly consisted of ronin and samurai. [ 1 ]
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On his journey, Gojo fought the spider-like Mankat Demons, who were attacking a nearby city defeating them with ease. Their leader, Mankot forfeited to the might of Gojo. Mankot, who felt a change of heart after this fight, offered to become his ride forever, and to help him in his quest of fighting evil.
A prime example of this is Ango Sakaguchi, who shocked the Japanese public by his publication of an essay entitled A Discourse on Decadence (堕落論, darakuron). This, according to one critic, "allowed the Japanese people, especially the youth of Japan, to redeem its sense of self and begin life in the postwar period."