The Grand Old Man and the Great Tradition

Adriana Boscaro and Tanizaki Jun’ichirô: two names firmly linked in my mind and in those of many others who feel connected to Boscaro either on a personal level or through a shared devotion to the work of Tanizaki. This book is primarily conceived as an homage to both the work of the “grand old man,” in all its inexhaustible richness, and to Boscaro’s tireless contributions to the study of Tanizaki in Italy and around the world.

Luisa Bienati is Professor of Japanese Literature in the Department of East Asian Studies of the University of Venice. Her principal research interests lie in modern Japanese narrative. She has translated novels by Tanizaki Jun’ichirô (including Ave Maria, Shônen, and Konjiki no shi), Nagai Kafû, and Ibuse Masuji into Italian.

 

Bonaventura Ruperti is Professor of Japanese Language and Japanese Theater in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University Ca’ Foscari, Venice. He received his Ph.D. from the Istituto Universitario Orientale, Naples, in 1992. A specialist in Japanese theater, he attended postgraduate courses at Waseda University and is the author of various articles on noh, kabuki, and ningyôjôruri. He is working on honkadori and the borrowing from yôkyoku in haikai poetry and in Chikamatsu Monzaemon’s jidai jôruri. He has also translated some short novels by Izumi Kyôka into Italian.