Saigyo

Pause, breathe, and savor the quiet beauty of Saigyō, one of Japan's most quintessential poets, in this celebration of nature and Buddhist insight. Born in the twelfth century during a time of great political upheaval and warfare, Saigyō made the unusual decision in his...

Gathers two hundred poems by the twelfth-century Japanese poet, and offers a brief introduction to his life and the traditions of Japanese court poetry.Author: SaigyoISBN-10: 0231074921ISBN-13: 9780231074926Publisher: Columbia University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/10/1991Pages: 252Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.12lbsSize: 9.57h x 5.97w x 0.92d

Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home contains translations of two hundred of Saigyo's poems. His poems are almost all written in the thirty-one syllable tanka form, the form most favored in Japanese court poetry.Author: SaigyoISBN-10: 023107493XISBN-13: 9780231074933Publisher: Columbia University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/07/1992Pages: 252Format: PaperbackWeight:...