Modern Japanese tanka : an anthology

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Modern Japanese tanka : an anthology

edited and translated by Makoto Ueda

(Modern Asian literature series)

Columbia University Press, c1996

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. [241]-252

Pagination of some printings: xxxvi, 257 p

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Description

This form of poetry, similar to "haiku", is a short classical Japanese verse form that has attracted considerable attention in North America this century. This collection of "tanka" poems consists of 400 poems by 20 renowned Japanese poets, with biographical sketches of the authors.

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