The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse
Anthony Thwaite author Anthony Thwaite editor Geoffrey Bownas editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:3rd Sep '09
£12.99
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Poetry remains a living part of the culture of Japan today. The clichés of everyday speech are often to be traced to famous ancient poems, and the traditional forms of poetry are widely known and loved. The congenial attitude comes from a poetical history of about a millennium and a half. This classic collection of verse therefore contains poetry from the earliest, primitive period, through the Nara, Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi and Edo periods, ending with modern poetry from 1868 onwards, including the rising poets Tamura Ryuichi and Tanikawa Shuntaro.
ISBN: 9780141190945
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 21mm
Weight: 269g
368 pages