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One hundred poets, one poem each : a treasury of classical japanese verse

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"The best-loved and most widely read of all Japanese poetry collections, the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu contains 100 short poems on nature, the seasons, travel, and, above all, love. Dating back to the seventh century, these elegant, precisely observed waka poems (the precursor of haiku) express deep...

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Other Authors: MacMillan, Peter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: : , .
London : Penguin Books, 2018.
Edition:Revised edition.
Series:Penguin classics3466
Subjects:
To 1600
Japanese poetry > To 1600 > Translations into English.
Waka > Translations into English
Translations.
Classic Catalogue: View this record in Classic Catalogue

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