String of beads : complete poems of Princess Shikishi

Author(s)

• 式子内親王 シキシ ナイシンノウ
• 佐藤, 紘彰 サトウ, ヒロアキ

Bibliographic Information

String of beads : complete poems of Princess Shikishi

translated with an introduction and notes by Hiroaki Sato

（SHAPS library of translations）

University of Hawaii Press, c1993

Other Title

Works

Uniform Title

Shikishi, Princess, daughter of Goshirakawa, Emperor of Japan, d. 1201 -- Works

Note

Translation of: Shikishi Naishinnō zenkashū

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-172) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A complete translation, with annotations, of all the poems attributed to the 12th-century Japanese poet Princess Shikishi. The introduction places the poet in her age and society and explains some of the prosody of the 5-7-5-7-7 syllable tanka form in which she wrote. Annotation copyright Book News,

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA22409496
• ISBN:
  • 0824814835
• LCCN: 93029024
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: jpn
• Place of Publication: Honolulu
• Pages/Volumes: x, 177 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PL792.S43
  • DC20 : 895.6/122
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Shikishi, Princess, daughter of Goshirakawa, Emperor of Japan, d. 1201 -- Translations into English
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA1273898X