Light Verse from the Floating World
A wonderful book, presenting a lesser-known poetic form along with its bases in the social structure of Edo period daily life. . . . Sometimes Ueda hits on such a perfect rendering, in colloquial English, that it is startling.  --Amy Vladeck Heinrich author ofFragments of Rainbows: The Life and Poetry of Sait Mokichi, 18821953A wonderful book, presenting a lesser-known poetic form along with its bases in the social structure of Edo period daily life. . . . Sometimes Ueda hits on such a perfect rendering, in colloquial English, that it is startling. --Review