A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Among the modern poets of Japan Takuboku stands out largely for the reason that he brought down his Muse from on high to this workaday world, there to have her wander, toiling and moiling like himself: I toil and moil, and yet, oh why Am I so poor, all torn with care? I gaze close at my wretched hands In the sheer anguish of despair. from SELF-LOVING SONGS To him, poetry meant life. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. View More...
Taneda Santoka (1882-1940) is a free style haikuist, which means he shed th e various rules governing traditional or mainstream haiku composition. He i s from Houfu in Yamaguchi Prefecture and is also connected with Matsuyama o n the island of Shikoku, which is where he died. Santoka spent much of his adult life living in humble cottages or wandering the land as a mendicant Z en priest, composing haiku poems through each, as each, instance. Matsuyama is where he settled in a cottage he called Isso-an (A Blade of Grass Hermi tage), dying there not long after. Scott Watson's versions seek to pro... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Bearded Cones & Pleasure Blades contains all of the poetry of Torii Shozo ( 1932-99) in English translation for the first time. Taylor Mignon took a de cade to produce his painstaking translation. Shiraishi Kazuko introduces th e work, and Taylor adds an essay. It is illustrated by Torii's fellow VOU C lub poets/artists KitasonoKatue and Yamamoto Kansuke. Torii Shozo situated himself poetically in a unique position straddling two worlds. His erudite k... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.(In or iginal Slipcase). View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Yorifumi Yaguchi is a nationally known poet in Japan. He was a child during World War II, watching while bombs split his countryside to pieces, while the neighbor girl fell prey to soldiers, while an American soldier crept into his home, hoping for rest and safety. Yaguchi's grandfather, a devout Buddhist priest, taught him peaceful ways, urged him to build a healed world. His father taught him the Shinto way, emperor-worship, and the nationalism that... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Akiko Yosano's Tangled Hair, published in 1901, had a sensational impact on Japanese literature, and we are pleased to make this highly praised translation (originally published 30 years a. View More...
