num_pages: 180
description: The poems cover a wide range of content and expression, from court poets' highly polished verses to anonymous poems that read like folk songs.
language: English
title: Written on Water: Five Hundred Poems from the Man'Yoshu
titlecomplete: Written on Water: Five Hundred Poems from the Man'Yoshu
genres: Classics, Asian Literature, Cultural, Anthologies, Fiction, Japan, Japanese Literature, School, Literature, Poetry
ratings_count: 320
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: National Book Award
category: Translation
publisher: Tuttle Pub