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River of Stars: Selected Poems of Yosano Akiko

By Sam Hamill , Yosano Akiko , Keiko Matsui Gibson

Book information

Publisher
Shambhala
Year
1997
ISBN
1570621462, 9781570621468
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
472 kB (483101 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
154\0
Time added
2020-07-15 00:57:22

Description

Yosano Akiko (1878-942) is one of the most famous Japanese writers of the twentieth century. She is the author of more than seventy-five books, including twenty volumes of original poetry and the definitive translation into modern Japanese of the Tale of the Genji. Although probably best known for her exquisite erotic poetry, Akiko's work also championed the causes of feminism, pacifism, and social reform. Akiko's poetry is profoundly direct, often passionate, exposing the complexity of everyday emotions in poetic language stripped of artifice and presenting the full breadth of her poetic vision. Included are ninety-one of Akiko's tanka (a traditional five-line form of verse) and a dozen of her longer poems written in the modern style.

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