Tu Wan’s Stone Catalogue of Cloudy Forest
A Commentary and Synopsis by Edward H. Schafer This 12th-century catalogue is the first whole work in Chinese literature devoted to the subject of stones as objects of aesthetic merit. |
The Divine Woman
Dragon Ladies and Rain Maidens in T'ang Literature by Edward H. Schafer; foreword by Gary Synder An important exploration of Chinese mythology focused on the diverse and evocative associations between women and water in the literature of the T’ang dynasty by the eminent Sinologist. |
The Empire of Min
A South China Kingdom of the Tenth Century by Edward H. Schafer The eminent sinologist examines the economy, arts, literature, and religion of one of the southern kingdoms that played a pivotal role in the transition between the great Tang and Song dynasties of tenth-century China. |
The Vermilion Bird
T'ang Images of the South by Edward H. Schafer Describes the wild, southern realms of T'ang China—a scattering of palisaded garrisons, isolated monasteries, and commercial towns, all surrounded by dark, haunted woods—and the daily lives, thoughts, and emotions of the men of that time and place. |
Pacing the Void
T’ang Approaches to the Stars by Edward H. Schafer Attempts to recreate for the 20th-century reader the sky and the apparitions that ornament it as they were conceived, imagined, and reacted to by the men of T’ang-dynasty China. |
Shore of Pearls
Hainan Island in Early Times by Edward H. Schafer Monograph by the eminent Sinologist on the history and culture of China’s southern largest island, a source of pearls for the Han dynasty as early as the first century BCE, later a place of banishment, and today a thriving resort. |
Mirages on the Sea of Time
The Taoist Poetry of Ts’ao T’ang by Edward H. Schafer All the surviving verse of the ninth-century poet, with introductory remarks on the source of his imagery and short essays on his treatment of figures of the Taoist pantheon. |
Seasons of Sacred Celebration
Flowers and Poetry from an Imperial Convent Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies Presents 18 beautiful calligraphic renderings of classical poems from well-known anthologies, with delicate floral illustrations, preserved since the 17th century at Daishoji Imperial Convent in Kyoto, one of the main Rinzai Zen convents in Japan. |
Traces
Memories of H.I.H. Prince Takamado by Stephen Comee; foreword by H.I.H. Princess Takamado Readers of this intimate portrait of the first cousin to the current emperor will understand more about Japan and its people through learning about one of that nation’s greatest modern advocates of international cultural exchange, environmental protection, and world peace. |
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