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100 Poems from the Japanese

✍ Scribed by Kenneth Rexroth


Book ID
112138842
Publisher
New Directions
Year
2013
Tongue
English
Weight
2 MB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780811201810

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✦ Synopsis


It is remarkable that any Westernerβ€”even so fine a poet as Kenneth Rexrothβ€”could have captured in translation so much of the subtle essence of classic Japanese poetry: the depth of controlled passion, the austere elegance of style, the compressed richness of imagery.The poems are drawn chiefly from the traditional Manyoshu, Kokinshu and Hyakunin Isshu collections, but there are also examplaes of haiku and other later forms. The sound of the Japanese texts i reproduced in Romaji script and the names of the poets in the calligraphy of Ukai Uchiyama. The translator's introduction gives us basic background on the history and nature of Japanese poetry, which is supplemented by notes on the individual poets and an extensive bibliography.


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