Sword and blossom poems
Subtitle: from the Japanese
By: done into English verse by Shotaro Kimura and Charlotte M.A. Peake ; illustrated by Japanese artists
Series: Western books on Asia -- fiches 7,580-7,582.
Publisher: T. Hasegawa
Published: 1900
Place of publication: Tokyo
Language: eng
Subjects: Japanese poetry; Translations into English; Waka
Other titles: Kokin wakashū.
Notes: Printed on double leaves, Japanese style.

The "Blossom songs" are from the Kokon shiu, compiled 906 A. D.; the "Sword songs" are later; vol. 3 contains also some love songs.

"The Japanese or Chinese inscriptions ... are the original poems written out in the traditional style."--Post scriptum, v. 1.

Microfiche. Woodbridge, CT. : Research Publications International, 1994. 3 microfiches ; 11 x 15 cm. (Western books on Asia. Japan ; fiches 7,580-7,582)