The Penguin book of Japanese verse
2009
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From the 3rd century to the present, this collection offers some of the most beautiful Japanese verse, with folk songs and lullabies alongside traditional tanka and haiku verse, as well as the modern style poems with their sharper satirical flavour.
Main title:
The Penguin book of Japanese verse / translated and with introductions by Geoffrey Bownas and Anthony Thwaite.
Author:
Edition:
Rev. ed.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2009.
Collation:
352 p. ; 20 cm.
Series:
Penguin classics
Notes:
Includes index.Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN:
9780141190945 (pbk)0141190949 (pbk)
Dewey class:
895.6'1'008895.61
Language:
EnglishJapanese
BRN:
3364506