Episodic Festschrift for Howard Hibbett (episodes 1-26)
an episodic festschrift for Howard Hibbett (episodes 1-26)
Set of twenty-five books of Japanese literature of the Edo period (1600-1868) rendered into English by Howard Hibbett's former students and one bonus volume of Howard Hibbett interviewed.
This episodic festschrift celebrates the career of Howard S. Hibbett (1920- ), eminent and decorated Japanologist author, translator, editor, and professor. A number of Edo-period translations by Howard Hibbett's former students was compiled by John Solt during the years following the professor's retirement from teaching at Harvard University.
The introductions (click below) and translations in the series preserve the letter and spirit of each of our wayward collaborators.
The interview with Howard Hibbett (#26, not Edo-period translations) is included as a bonus at no extra charge. The set costs $125, which breaks down to $5 per translation booklet regardless of size, but please note that volumes are not sold individually.
Printed in Thailand (2000-2010).
Click "additional info" to read samples from each book.
Additional Info
(Note: samples contain only the introductions)
episode 1 - An Account of the Prosperity of Edo by Terakado Seiken (1832-36)
Introduced & Translated by Andrew Markus--Introduction
episode 2 - Tips for Travelers: Advice for Wayfarers from Late Edo Travel Literature by Tachibana Nankei (1795), Kyokutei Bakin (1813) and Yasumi Kageyama (1810)
Introduced & Translated by Andrew Markus--Introduction
episode 3 - The Peony Lantern by Asai Ryoi (1666)
Introduced & Translated by Maryellen Toman Mori--Introduction
episode 4 - Copying Bird Calls by Nishiyama Soin (1675-77)
Introduced & Translated by Chris Drake--Introduction
episode 5 - Haikai on Love by Matsuki Tantan (1717)
Introduced & Translated by Chris Drake--Introduction
episode 6 - Laughs to Banish Sleep by Anrakuan Sakuden (1623)
Introduced & Translated by H. Mack Horton--Introduction
episode 7 - District to the North by Shokusanjin (1818)
Introduced & Translated by Frank Hoff--Introduction
episode 8 - Biographies of Limp Dicks in Seclusion by Hiraga Gennai (1768)
Introduced & Translated by Lawrence E. Marceau--Introduction
episode 9 - Forgetting the Past, Forgetting the Present by Takebe Ayatari (1772)
Introduced & Translated by Lawrence E. Marceau--Introduction
episode 10 - Three Madames and Their Dirty Tale by Santo Kyoden (1787)
Introduced & Translated by Robert Campbell--Introduction
episode 11 - A Diverting View of Loyal Retainers by Takizawa Bakin (1797)
Introduced & Translated by Charles Shiro Inouye--Introduction
episode 12 - Edo Senryu on Waka and Women
Introduced & Translated by Steve Rabson--Introduction
episode 13 - Artistic License by Ishino Hiromichi (1802)
Introduced & Translated by Timon Screech--Introduction
episode 14 - In the Soup, Hand Made: The Thousand Sliced Arms of the Boddhisattva of Mercy by Shiba Zenko (1785)
Introduced & Translated by J. Cohn--Introduction
episode 15 - Boudoir Tales of the Great Eastern Land of Japan (1785)
Introduced & Translated by M. E. Jamentz--Introduction
episode 16- Triple-striped Ueda Silk, Woven with Playboy's Whims by Santo Kyoden (1787)
Introduced & Translated by Haruko G. Iwasaki--Introduction
episode 17- The Funeral Director's Blowout-Sale Circular by Jokanbo Koa (1752)
Introduced & Translated by Adam L. Kern--Introduction
episode 18- On Farting by Hiraga Gennai (1771)
Translated by William Sibley; in lieu of an introduction by Jay Rubin--Introduction
episode 19- Great Pleasures for Women and Their Treasure Boxes & Love Letters and a River of Erect Precepts for Women by Tsukioka Settei (c. mid-1750s & c. 1768)
Introduced & Translated by C. Andrew Gerstle--Introduction
episode 20- Parroting the Precepts of the Twofold Path of Learning and Martial Arts by Koikawa Harumachi (1789)
Introduced & Translated by Jeremy Giddings--Introduction
episode 21- Forty-eight Hands at Commerce with Courtesans by Santo Kyoden (1790)
Translated by Lloyd Craighill (no introduction)--Introduction
episode 22- The Barbershop of the Floating World by Shikitei Samba (1813-23)
Introduced & Translated by Charles Vilnis--Introduction
episode 23- The Shirokoya Scandal: Two Ways of Looking at the Case Judged by Magistrate Ooka Tadasuke by Baba Bunko (1757) & Shunkintei Ryuo (1873 [Meiji period])
Introduced & Translated by Sumie Jones--Introduction
episode 24- Willow Leaftips (1835)
Introduced & Translated by John Solt--Introduction
episode 25- Life of a Sensuous Man
Translated by Chris Drake, John Solt, Lucy North--Introduction
episode 26- Bonus final booklet in series
Interview with Howard Hibbett--Whole book