The Tale of Saigyo: Volume 25
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The Tale of Saigyo is a poetic biography of the late Heian poet Saigyo (1118-90), one of the most loved and respected poets in Japanese literary history. Its anonymous author followed the venerable "poem-tale" tradition by using 128 of Saigyo's finest and best-known poems and weaving around them facts and legends about the poet. The result is a biographical "journey" through his life. Saigyo moves from the life of a brilliant and favored young...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0939512831
ISBN13:9780939512836
Release Date:January 1998
Publisher:U of M Center for Japanese Studies
Length:104 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.9" x 9.1"
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