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    Thread: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature?
Post: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature...

Thanks for the corrections, yudantaiteki. I've got some more posts up now: Konjaku Monogatarishū: * Tale 1: Śuddhodana's Death #1 (part 2) * Tale 1: Śuddhodana's Death #1 (part 3) * Tale 1: Śuddho...
srunni General discussion 30 11,538 2013-02-10, 4:33 pm
    Thread: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature?
Post: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature...

I finally managed to finish my first translation post for Konjaku. You can find the introduction post here and the first translation post here. Let me know what you think!
srunni General discussion 30 11,538 2012-11-18, 1:53 am
    Thread: How to learn Cursive Script? 草書, etc...
Post: How to learn Cursive Script? 草書, etc...

Hi, If you're interested in kuzushiji, check out my blog, Kakekotoba. I'm working on two classical texts, from the kuzushiji versions. Thanks!
srunni The Japanese language 20 8,482 2012-11-15, 8:23 pm
    Thread: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature?
Post: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature...

yudantaiteki Wrote:My guess is that だものを is the typical ものを phrase connecter and that だ is just the copula, but it didn't change at all to be connected to もの the way it would be in standard modern Jap...
srunni General discussion 30 11,538 2012-10-19, 8:12 pm
    Thread: Classical Chinese - books and other ressources thread
Post: Classical Chinese - books and other ressources thr...

bflatnine Wrote:China tends to put a Marxist spin on everything, including commentaries on classical texts. Wow, I wasn't aware that the government's influence extended to this sort of thing (i.e., th...
srunni Off topic 9 3,486 2012-10-19, 11:50 am
    Thread: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature?
Post: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature...

Kyoshi88 Wrote:You can access the 原文 via Kyoto university: http://edb.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/exhibit/k...j_top.html For example: http://edb.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/exhibit/k...7ft01.html (mouse-over to see ...
srunni General discussion 30 11,538 2012-10-19, 12:04 am
    Thread: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature?
Post: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature...

I think those are the books that my 古文/漢文 professor had, and they were definitely handy. I'll have to see if I can get a copy of them, perhaps through Kinokuniya New York. In any case, my next post i...
srunni General discussion 30 11,538 2012-10-17, 5:44 pm
    Thread: 漢検1級
Post: 漢検1級

Where are you getting these definitions from? I tried looking up some of the words in Koujien, and only some (~50%?) were there. Of course, searching online brings up a few more results, but there wer...
srunni The Japanese language 42 16,134 2012-10-17, 2:32 pm
    Thread: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature?
Post: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature...

yudantaiteki Wrote:I'm on vacation and don't have my dictionaries, so these are tentative guesses. The くん might be 呉, and the second kanji of かみさん looks like 君 to me. That's the best I can do. Sound...
srunni General discussion 30 11,538 2012-10-15, 6:07 pm
    Thread: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature?
Post: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature...

My 15th post is up now - I had some trouble with a few kanji, so I could use some help! Also, I'm thinking about interspersing the Umegoyomi posts with some Heian work. Would anyone be interested in ...
srunni General discussion 30 11,538 2012-10-15, 11:51 am
    Thread: Classical Chinese - books and other ressources thread
Post: Classical Chinese - books and other ressources thr...

Well, if you're interested in classical Japanese as well, check out my blog, Kakekotoba, where I'm doing translation/analysis. I'm working on Shunshoku Umegoyomi, a novel from the late Edo period, bu...
srunni Off topic 9 3,486 2012-10-13, 5:15 pm
    Thread: Classical Chinese - books and other ressources thread
Post: Classical Chinese - books and other ressources thr...

If you know modern & premodern Japanese, you can read Classical Chinese via kanbun. This is what I did, and it was a very interesting experience.
srunni Off topic 9 3,486 2012-10-11, 3:09 pm
    Thread: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature?
Post: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature...

Eikyu Wrote:I'm always amazed at how people can read this stuff. Did you take classes, or are you self-trained? I took 2 semesters of classical Japanese in college. At first, we only read texts typewr...
srunni General discussion 30 11,538 2012-10-06, 10:22 am
    Thread: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature?
Post: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature...

Quote:I'm not all that well versed in late-Edo stuff so I've never heard of this novel. One of the reasons I chose this novel instead of something more popular, like Genji or Makura no Soshi or Kokins...
srunni General discussion 30 11,538 2012-10-05, 10:51 am
    Thread: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature?
Post: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature...

Thanks for the suggestions/corrections. I still haven't decided exactly what to do on the 新字体 vs. 旧字体 situation, which is what resulted in the confusion. I used the 旧字体 for 兒 because that's how it app...
srunni General discussion 30 11,538 2012-10-05, 1:48 am
    Thread: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature?
Post: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature...

Hi there, If anyone's interested in classical Japanese literature, I've started a new blog called Kakekotoba, on which I intend to analyze various classical works in Japanese. I've decided to start ...
srunni General discussion 30 11,538 2012-10-04, 10:35 pm