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 ...
A collection of experimental Japanese poetry in original Japanese script and precise English translations, this volume also includes reference notes, biographical, historical, linguistic and cultural information on author Shiki Masaoka.
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