Masaoka Shiki: Selected Poems
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Here are graceful and timeless poems by one of Japan's greatest modern writers, rendered by a master translator. Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) is credited with modernizing Japan's two traditional verse forms, haiku and tanka. Born at a time of social and cultural change in Japan, Shiki welcomed the new influences from the West and responded to them by reinvigorating the native haiku and tanka forms. He freed them from outdated conventions, made them...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:023111091X
ISBN13:9780231110914
Release Date:April 1998
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:136 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.3" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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