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One hundred poets, one poem each : a treasury of classical Japanese verse / translated with a commentary by Peter MacMillan.
Van Pelt Library PL758.5.O4 A3 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Penguin classics
- Standardized Title:
- Ogura hyakunin isshu. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Waka--Translations into English.
- Waka.
- Japanese poetry--To 1600--Translations into English.
- Japanese poetry.
- Genre:
- Translations.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- xlvi, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Other Title:
- 100 poets, 1 poem each
- Place of Publication:
- [London] UK : Penguin Books, 2018.
- Language Note:
- Translations from the Japanese; appendix contains Japanese versions of poems; Roman
- Summary:
- "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.
- Notes:
- Previously published in 2008 by Columbia University Press, USA.
- Includes romanized transliteration of the poems.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0141395931
- 9780141395937
- OCLC:
- 960833304
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