Face at the bottom of the world and other poems / Translated [from the Japanese] by Graeme Wilson ; Paintings by York Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hagiwara, Sakutarō, 1886-1942.

Contributor:

Wilson, Graeme, 1919-

Series:

UNESCO collection of representative works. Japanese series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese poetry--Translations into English.

Japanese poetry.

Hagiwara, Sakutarō, 1886-1942--Translations into English.

Hagiwara, Sakutarō.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (81 p.)

Place of Publication:

Rutland, VT : C. E. Tuttle Co., 1969.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hagiwara Sakutaro (1886-1942) is generally recognized in Japan as the best poet to have emerged since contact was re-established with the outside world. His work represents the astonishing achievement in the poetic field of General Meiji endeavor to blend ""Western learning with the Japanese spirit."" He and perhaps he alone, have successfully combined the lyric intensity characteristic of the short forms of traditional Japanese poetry with the freedom of length, form and rhythm which characterizes the poetry of the West. In him East and West, despite Kipling's dictum, have indeed met; and fro

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Poems; Index of Titles; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4629-1267-2

OCLC:

580189496