| Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home Revised Edition Contributor(s): Saigyo (Author), Watson, Burton (Translator) |
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ISBN: 023107493X ISBN-13: 9780231074933 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1992 Annotation: Poems of a Mountain Home contains translations of two hundred of Saigyos poems. The translations follow the traditional topical arrangement used in Japanese editions of Saigyos work, allowing the reader to appreciate the poet's celebration of each season of the year. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Asian - General - Poetry | Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 895.611 |
| Series: Translations from the Asian Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 9.1" (0.75 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - East Asian - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Saigyo (1118-1190) is one of the most well-known and influential of the traditional Japanese poets. He not only helped give new vitality and direction to the old conventions of court poetry, but created works that, because of their depth of feeling, continue to attract readers to the present day. |