Author: MAKOTO, OOOKA ( COMMENTARY BY..) AND LEVY, IAN HIDEO (TRANSLATER).
Title: Love Songs From The Man'Yoshu. Selections From Japanese Classic.
Description: Tokyo. Kodansha International, 2000, Originally published in 1989 in Japanese, this is in Japanese & English. Softback. 35 poems selected from " The Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves " which was a collection of over 4500 Japanese poems written in the 7th & 8th centuries. With a commentary by Ooka Makota, & translated by Ian Hideo Levy. Illustrated in colour by Miyata Masayuki, with an essay by Donald Keene on Miyata's beautiful paper cut-outs. 168 pages. 9" x 5½". Near fine in card cover. Near fine d./w. Nicely produced, clear print & nice paper. ISBN 4770026420. 2000

Keywords: art Japan Japanese poems poetry Miyata Masayuki Man'yoshu Japan


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