The Pagoda - Softcover

Koda, Rohan (Nariyuki)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1609622413 ISBN 13: 9781609622411

Publisher: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, 2022

Synopsis

This novel is a landmark in Japanese literature, widely known, read, and beloved. Sometimes known as “The Five-Story Pagoda,” it tells the story of Jubei, a carpenter and craftsman, who dreams of building a pagoda for the Abbot of the Kannoji Temple. Despite his poverty, low station, and poor reputation—he is known as “the slouch”— Jubei’s determined and uncompromising allegiance to his own vision bring him the possibility of raising a great work for the ages … but will it stand against the howling demons of a tropical typhoon? Rohan Kōda’s The Pagoda (Gojūnotō, 五重塔) first appeared in installments in 1891-1892. This first English translation was published in 1909. Sakae Shioya, the translator, was the author of When I Was a Boy in Japan (1906).

About this title

About the Author

Rohan Kōda was the pen name of Kōda Shigeyuki (1867-1947), a Japanese author in the Meiji period. Sakae Shioya (1873-1961) was the author of When I Was a Boy in Japan (Boston, 1906).

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1609622413
• ISBN 13: 9781609622411
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 142