Ariake
Subtitle: Poems of Love and Longing by the Women Courtiers of Ancient Japan
Contributors: Liza Dalby (Foreword, Illustrator); Rae Grant (Illustrator)
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: July 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780811828130
Subjects: Poetry & poets; Poetry texts & anthologies; Poetry; Asian; Japanese; Waka; To 794; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Anthologies (multiple authors); Poetry / Anthologies (multiple authors); Japanese poetry; Love poetry, Japanese; Translations into English; Women authors
First sentence: As the thread of my breath This held longing: reeling pain; Let the jewel-thread snap, The wild scattering begin- And if the world knows, it knows.