책소개

≪만엽집≫은 일본 최고(最古)의 시가집이다. 4세기부터 8세기까지 약 450년간 불린 노래 4536수가 수록되었다. 단순히 오래되었기에 중요한 것이 아니다. 천황부터 서민까지 각양각색의 삶과 감정을 담았다. 일본인의 정신적 고향이라 할 만하다. 4500여 수의 노래 중 100여 수를 엄선해 소개한다.

저자소개

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설 ·······················9

권1의 개설 ····················21
1, 16, 45, 52, 84
권2의 개설 ····················31
85, 95, 147, 163, 234
권3의 개설 ····················40
235, 317, 366, 379, 481
권4의 개설 ····················51
484, 518, 581, 762, 792
권5의 개설 ····················57
793, 802, 855, 876, 906
권6의 개설 ····················66
907, 980, 1009, 1018, 1067
권7의 개설 ····················74
1068, 1229, 1272, 1377, 1417
권8의 개설 ····················80
1418, 1465, 1534, 1604, 1663
권9의 개설 ····················88
1664, 1712, 1740, 1764, 1811
권10의 개설 ···················97
1812, 1965, 2161, 2304, 2350
권11·12의 개설 ·················105
2351, 2368, 2415, 2508, 2840
2841, 2851, 3101, 3127, 3220
권13의 개설 ···················116
3221, 3248, 3305, 3323, 3347
권14의 개설 ···················123
3348, 3350, 3373, 3402, 3577
권15의 개설 ···················128
3578, 3625, 3688, 3723, 3785
권16의 개설 ···················137
3786, 3791, 3811, 3849, 3889
권17의 개설 ···················148
3890, 3909, 3931, 4008, 4031
권18의 개설 ···················156
4032, 4059, 4073, 4094, 4138
권19의 개설 ···················166
4139, 4160, 4224, 4240, 4292
권20의 개설 ···················173
4293, 4347, 4465, 4480, 4516

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