Only companion : Japanese poems of love and longing
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Published
Boston : Shambhala ;, 1997.
Format
Book
Edition
Rev. and expanded ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 124 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Status
Southside - Adult
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Published
Boston : Shambhala ;, 1997.
Edition
Rev. and expanded ed.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
Written by court princesses, exiled officials, Zen priests, and recluses, the one hundred and fifty poems translated here represent the rich diversity of Japan's poetic tradition. Varying in tone from the sensuous and erotic to the profoundly spiritual, each poem captures a sense of the poignant beauty and longing known only in the fleeting experience of the moment.
Description
The translator has selected these five-line tanka - one of the great traditional verse forms of Japanese literature - from sources ranging from the classical imperial anthologies of the eighth and tenth centuries to works of the early twentieth century.
Language
Includes romanized Japanese.
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