Title: The Ink Dark Moon
Subtitle: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
First published: March 1988
Description: These translated poems were written by 2 ladies of the Heian court of Japan between the ninth and eleventh centuries A.D. The poems speak intimately of their authors' sexual longing, fulfillment and disillusionment.
Subjects: Poetry, Translations into English, Japanese poetry, English Love poetry, Waka, English Waka, Women authors, English poetry, Japanese Love poetry, Translations from Japanese
Places: Japan
People: Ono No Komachi, Izumi Shikibu
Time periods: 900-1100, Heian period, 794-1185