Japanese Women Poets: An Anthology

Japanese Women Poets: An Anthology
Author: Hiroaki Sato
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2014-12-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317466977

Throughout history, Japanese women have excelled in poetry - from the folk songs of the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) compiled in 712 and the court poetry of the 9th to the 14th centuries, on through the age of haikai and kanshi to the 19th century, into the contemporary period when books of women's poems have created a sensation.This anthology presents examples of the work of more than 100 Japanese women poets, arranged chronologically, and of all the major verse forms: choka, tanka, haikai (haiku), kanshi (verse written in Chinese), and free verse. The poems describe not just seasonal changes and the vagaries of love - which form the thematic core of traditional Japanese poetry - but also the devastations of war, childbirth, conflicts between child-rearing and work, experiences as refugees, experiences as non-Japanese residents in Japan, and more.Sections of poetry open with headnotes, and the editor has provided explanations of terms and references for those unfamiliar with the Japanese language. Other useful tools include a glossary of poetic terms, a chronology, and a bibliography that points the reader toward other works by and about these poets. There is no comparable collection available in English.Students and anyone who appreciates poetry and Japanese culture will treasure this magnificent anthology. Editor and translator Hiroaki Sato is a past winner of the PEN America translator prize and the Japan-United States Friendship Commission's 1999 literary translation award.

Japanese Women Poets: An Anthology

Japanese Women Poets: An Anthology
Author: Hiroaki Sato
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2014-12-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317466969

Throughout history, Japanese women have excelled in poetry - from the folk songs of the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) compiled in 712 and the court poetry of the 9th to the 14th centuries, on through the age of haikai and kanshi to the 19th century, into the contemporary period when books of women's poems have created a sensation.This anthology presents examples of the work of more than 100 Japanese women poets, arranged chronologically, and of all the major verse forms: choka, tanka, haikai (haiku), kanshi (verse written in Chinese), and free verse. The poems describe not just seasonal changes and the vagaries of love - which form the thematic core of traditional Japanese poetry - but also the devastations of war, childbirth, conflicts between child-rearing and work, experiences as refugees, experiences as non-Japanese residents in Japan, and more.Sections of poetry open with headnotes, and the editor has provided explanations of terms and references for those unfamiliar with the Japanese language. Other useful tools include a glossary of poetic terms, a chronology, and a bibliography that points the reader toward other works by and about these poets. There is no comparable collection available in English.Students and anyone who appreciates poetry and Japanese culture will treasure this magnificent anthology. Editor and translator Hiroaki Sato is a past winner of the PEN America translator prize and the Japan-United States Friendship Commission's 1999 literary translation award.

Haiku

Haiku
Author: Stephen Addiss
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0834822342

A poetry collection honoring the haiku—complete with poet biographies, translator commentary, and Japanese artwork This celebration of what is perhaps the most influential of all poetic forms takes haiku back to its Japanese roots. Beginning with poems by the seventeenth and eighteenth-century masters Basho, Busson, and Issa, the anthology goes all the way up to the late twentieth century to provide a survey of haiku through the centuries, in all its minimalist glory. The translators have balanced faithfulness to the Japanese with an appreciation of the unique spirit of each poem to create English versions that evoke the joy and wonder of the originals with the same astonishing economy of language. An introduction by the translators and short biographies of the poets are included. Reproductions of woodblock prints and paintings accompany the poems.

Traditional Japanese Poetry

Traditional Japanese Poetry
Author: Steven D. Carter
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 544
Release: 1991
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780804722124

This anthology brings together in convenient form a rich selection of Japanese poetry in traditional genres dating from the earliest times to the 20th century. With more than 1,100 poems, it is the most varied and comprehensive selection of traditional Japanese poetry now available in English. A romanized Japanese text accompanies each poem, and the book is illustrated with 20 line drawings.

Four from Japan

Four from Japan
Author: Kiriu Minashita
Publisher:
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2006
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN:

Poetry. Translated from the Japanese by Sawako Nakayasu, Ryoko Sekiguchi and Cole Swensen. This revolutionary volume represents the first book of its kind, a bilingual anthology dedicated to women working in modern and cross cultural poetry milieus. Published collaboratively by Belladonna Books and Litmus Press in honor of the Festival of Contemporary Japanese Women Poets with support by NYSCA.

Modernist Women Poets

Modernist Women Poets
Author: Robert Hass
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-04-05
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1619021102

The 20th century was a time of great change, particularly in the arts, but seldom explored were the female poets of that time. Robert Hass and Paul Ebenkamp have put together a comprehensive anthology of poetry featuring the poems of Gertrude Stein, Lola Ridge, Amy Lowell, Elsa Von Freytag–Loringhoven, Adelaide Crapsey, Angelina Weld Grimke, Anne Spencer, Mina Loy, Hazel Hall, Hilda Doolittle, Marianne Moore, Djuna Barnes, and Hildegarde Flanner. With an introduction from Hass and Ebenkamp, as well as detailed annotation through out to guide the reader, this wonderful collection of poems will bring together the great female writers of the modernist period as well as deconstruct the language and writing that surfaced during that period.

Women Writers of Traditional China

Women Writers of Traditional China
Author: Kang-i Sun Chang
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 932
Release: 1999
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780804732314

The book also includes an extended section of criticism by and about women writers.

A Long Rainy Season

A Long Rainy Season
Author: Leza Lowitz
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
Total Pages: 202
Release: 1998-07-01
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1880656159

Winner of the 1995 Benjamin Franklin Award, this is a landmark anthology of traditional short verse. In haiku and tanka fifteen Japanese women poets reveal universal female themes through the lens of a challenging spiritual and physical Japanese environment.

One Hundred Poems from the Japanese

One Hundred Poems from the Japanese
Author: Kenneth Rexroth
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 186
Release: 1955
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780811201810

A collection of Japanese poems accompanied by their English translations.