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One hundred poets, one poem each : a treasury of classical Japanese verse
- Title
- One hundred poets, one poem each : a treasury of classical Japanese verse / translated with a commentary by Peter MacMillan.
- Publication
- [London], UK : Penguin Books, 2018.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- McMillan, Peter, 1959-
- Description
- xlvi, 248 pages : illustrations, maps; 20 cm.
- Summary
- "The best-loved and most widely read of all Japanese poetry collections, the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu contains 100 short poems on nature, the seasons, travel, and, above all, love. Dating back to the seventh century, these elegant, precisely observed waka poems (the precursor of haiku) express deep emotion through visual images based on a penetrating observation of the natural world. .."--Publisher description.
- Series Statement
- Penguin classics
- Uniform Title
- Ogura hyakunin isshu. English.
- Penguin classics.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Translations.
- Note
- Previously published in 2008 by Columbia University Press, USA.
- Includes romanized transliteration of the poems.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language (note)
- Translations from the Japanese; appendix contains Japanese versions of poems;
- Call Number
- JFD 18-5259
- ISBN
- 9780141395937
- 0141395931
- LCCN
- 2018289038
- OCLC
- 960833304
- Title
- One hundred poets, one poem each : a treasury of classical Japanese verse / translated with a commentary by Peter MacMillan.
- Publisher
- [London], UK : Penguin Books, 2018.
- Edition
- Revised edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill imagecartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Penguin classicsPenguin classics.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language
- Translations from the Japanese; appendix contains Japanese versions of poems; Roman.
- Chronological Term
- To 1600
- Added Author
- McMillan, Peter, 1959- editor, translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 18-5259