Love poems from the Japanese
By: translated by Kenneth Rexroth ; edited by Sam Hamill
Contributors: Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-; Hamill, Sam
Series: Shambhala library
Publisher: Shambhala; Distributed in the U.S. by Random House
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boston; [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
Subjects: Waka -- Translations into English; Love poetry, Japanese -- Translations into English
Description: "Drawn from classical, medieval, and modern sources - including the imperial collections of the Manyoshu and Kokinshu - the poems in this collection are some of the greatest love poems from the Japanese tradition. The poems range in tone from the spiritual longing of an isolated monk to the erotic ecstasy of a court princess - but share the extraordinary simplicity and luminosity of language that marks Kenneth Rexroth's verse style.

An introduction by the poet and translator Sam Hamill, the editor of this collection, and short biographies of the poets are included."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Previously published as Shambhala pocket classics in 1994