Japanese Poets
Back Roads To Far Towns
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In 1689, the great Japanese poet Basho and his friend Sora embarked on a 1500-mile pilgrimage through the backlands and highlands north of Tokyo, across the island of Honshu, and down the west coast.
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Women Poets of Japan
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A selection of the works of Japanese women poets from the seventh century to modern times is combined with critical biographies and an examination of their place in Japanese literature. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only.
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Important Poets (premodern)
- Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
- Ariwara no Narihira
- Ono no Komachi
- Saigyo
- Fujiwara no Teika
- Basho Matsuo
- Yosa no Buson
- Kobayashi Issa
Important poets (Modern)
- Yosano Akiko
- Masaoka Shiki
- Santoka
- Takamura Kotaro
- Ishikawa Takuboku
- Hagiwara Sakutaro
- Kenji Miyazawa
- Noguchi Yonejiro
- Tanikawa Shuntaro
- Tomobe Masato
Japanese Poetry Collections
Anthology of Japanese Literature from the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century
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Collection of Japanese works including poetry, prose and drama. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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Japanese Death Poems
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This is a unique collection of hundreds of jisei (death poems) composed by Japanese zen monks and haiku poets on the verge of death. Background information adds depth and understanding to this moving look at enlightening deaths.
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