The Illusions of Self: Tanka by Takuboku Ishikawa, with notes and commentary

by Ishikawa Takuboku

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Roger Pulvers' translations - with detailed notes and commentary - of Japan's greatest tanka poet, Takuboku Ishikawa, is now available here for the first time in this volume. Each tanka - a poem that in Japanese has thirty-one syllables - is a microcosm of the human psyche, revealing astounding insights into human behaviors, love (and hate) relationships, as well as social and political circumstances that presage our own times.

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Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1911221868

ISBN13:9781911221869

Release Date:November 2020

Publisher:Balestier Press

Length:140 Pages

Weight:0.41 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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