Japanese Literature in Chinese Two Volumes Volume 1 Poetry and Prose in Chinese by Japanese Writers of the Early Period Volume 2 Poetry and Prose in Chinese by Japanese Writers of the Later Period

2 volume set of translations from Japanese literature in Chinese, by Burton Watson; vol 1 The Early Period (Poems from the Kaifuso, Four Tales from the Nibon ryoiki, poems and prose from the Heian Period, poems and prose of Sugawara no Michizane), vol 2 The Later Period (14th Century – the present, works by Monk Ryokan, Rai San’yo, Natsume Soseki); both volumes with introduction and notes; both volumes green cloth with silver titling to spine in illustrated dustwrappers; both volumes with former owners’ name-stamps to front pastedowns, minor foxing to endpapers and text blocks, o.w. Very Good throughout; both dustwrappers lightly edgeworn and rubbed, o.w. Very Good.