One hundred poems from the Japanese /

Presents 100 Japanese poems drawn chiefly from the traditional "Manyoshu," "Kokinshu," and "Hyakunin Isshu" collections as well as haiku and other forms. Contains the English and Japanese version on the same page.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New Directions, 1964.
Edition:New Directions pbk. ed.
Series:New Directions paperbook ; 147.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Yamabe no Akahito
  • Akazome Emon
  • Anonymous
  • Bunya no Asayasu
  • Fujiwara no Atsutada
  • Ō-e no Chisato
  • The Monk Eikei
  • The Abbot Henjō
  • Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
  • Lady Horikawa
  • Lady Ise
  • Lady Izumi Shikibu
  • The Monk Jakuren
  • Minamoto no Kanemasa
  • Taira no Kanemori
  • Fujiwara no Go-Kanesuke
  • Lady Kasa
  • The Prime Minister Kintsune
  • Fujiwara no Kiyosuke
  • The Emperor Kōkō
  • Ono no Komachi
  • Fujiwara no Go-Kyōgoku
  • Fujiwara no Masatsune
  • Fujiwara no Michinobu
  • The mother of the commander Michitsuna
  • Ōshikochi no Mitsune
  • Minamoto no Morotada
  • Fujiwara no Mototoshi
  • Prince Motoyoshi
  • Minamoto no Muneyuki
  • Lady Murasaki Shikibu
  • Ariwara no Narihira
  • The Monk Nōin
  • The Monk Ryōzen
  • Fujiwara no Sadaie
  • Fujiwara no Sadayori
  • Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoe
  • Fujiwara no Sanesada
  • The Shōgun Minamoto no Sanetomo
  • The Emperor Sanjō
  • The Priest Sarumaru
  • Lady Sei Shōnagon
  • The Monk Shun-e
  • The Monk Sosei
  • The stewardess of the Empress Kōka
  • The Lady Suo
  • Mibu no Tadami
  • Fujiwara no Tadamichi
  • Mibu no Tadamine
  • Ki no Tomonori
  • Minamoto no Tōru
  • The Priest Fujiwara no Toshinari
  • Fujiwara no Toshiyuki
  • Minamoto no Tsunenobu
  • Harumichi no Tsuraki
  • Ki no Tsurayuki
  • The Emperor Uda
  • Lady Ukon
  • Ōtomo no Yakamochi
  • The Empress Yamatohime
  • Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu
  • The Emperor Yōzei
  • Ariwara no Yukihira
  • Three naga uta from Hitomaro
  • A few samples of the more famous haiku.