| Description |
1 online resource (xliv, 547 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Ancient songs -- Poems from the Man'yōshū -- The age of Tyanka -- The age of Haikai and Kanshi -- Interludes -- The modern age |
| Summary |
Throughout history, Japanese women have excelled in poetry - from the folk songs of the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) compiled in 712 and the court poetry of the 9th to the 14th centuries, on through the age of haikai and kanshi to the 19th century, into the contemporary period when books of women's poems have created a sensation. This anthology presents examples of the work of more than 100 Japanese women poets, arranged chronologically, and of all the major verse forms: choka, tanka, haikai (haiku), kanshi (verse written in Chinese), and free verse. The poems describe not just seasonal c |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-539) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Japanese poetry -- Translations into English
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Japanese poetry -- Women atuthors -- Translations into English
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
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Japanese poetry
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| Genre/Form |
Translations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sato, Hiroaki, 1942-
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| LC no. |
2006019874 |
| ISBN |
9781317466970 |
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1317466977 |
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