One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse [ePub]

One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse by Peter Macmillan

ePub





A new edition of the most widely known and popular collection of Japanese poetry.

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. Peter MacMillan's new translation of his prize-winning original conveys even more effectively the beauty and subtlety of this magical collection.

Print Length: 267 pages
Publisher: Penguin; Reissue edition (31 May 2018)
Sold by: Amazon Asia-Pacific Holdings Private Limited
Language: English
ASIN: B01M3W2GFV

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