One hundred poets, one poem each : a treasury of classical japanese verse
One hundred poets, one poem each : a treasury of classical japanese verse
- Revised edition.
- , .
- xlvi, 248 pagesages : illustrations, ma pagess ; 20 cm.
- Penguin classics .
- Penguin classics3466 .
Includes romanized transliteration of the poems. Previously published in 2008 by Columbia University Press, USA.
"The best-loved and most widely read of all Japanese poetry collections, the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu contains 100 short poems on nature, the seasons, travel, and, above all, love. Dating back to the seventh century, these elegant, precisely observed waka poems (the precursor of haiku) express deep emotion through visual images based on a penetrating observation of the natural world."--Publisher description.
Translations from the Japanese; appendix contains Japanese versions of poems; Roman
0141395931 (softcover : alk paper) 9780141395937 (softcover : alk paper)
2018289038
To 1600
Japanese poetry--To 1600--Translations into English.
Waka--Translations into English
Translations.
PL758.5.O4 A3
Includes romanized transliteration of the poems. Previously published in 2008 by Columbia University Press, USA.
"The best-loved and most widely read of all Japanese poetry collections, the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu contains 100 short poems on nature, the seasons, travel, and, above all, love. Dating back to the seventh century, these elegant, precisely observed waka poems (the precursor of haiku) express deep emotion through visual images based on a penetrating observation of the natural world."--Publisher description.
Translations from the Japanese; appendix contains Japanese versions of poems; Roman
0141395931 (softcover : alk paper) 9780141395937 (softcover : alk paper)
2018289038
To 1600
Japanese poetry--To 1600--Translations into English.
Waka--Translations into English
Translations.
PL758.5.O4 A3