Alan Cummings

About The Author

Dr Alan Cummings is Associate Head of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at SOAS. He teaches Japanese and courses on Japanese literature, drama and culture. He has published a collection of haiku from the 1600s to the present day, called Haiku: Love, and has contributed to many other books.

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Books by Alan Cummings

Japanese Myths & Tales

Epic Tales

Created by Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science) / Foreword by Alan Cummings

From the creation myth of Izanagi and Izanami designed to explain the origins of the island of Japan, to the hundreds of kami (gods or spirits) and monsters populating the tales, Japanese legends tell the story of the land, the nation, the people and the divine heritage of the emperors of ...

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