| Breeze Through Bamboo: Kanshi of Ema Saiko Contributor(s): Saikō, Ema (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231110650 ISBN-13: 9780231110655 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $33.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1998 Annotation: Assembled here are beautiful translations of kanshi poetry--verse written in classical Chinese, but read as Japanese--by the only known woman writer of the form in the Tokugawa period. Ema Saiko (1787-1861) distinguished herself as a writer of kanshi at a time when composition in Chinese was the strict province of men. Organized chronologically, these poems provide an engaging portrait of an artist's life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Asian - General - Literary Criticism | Asian - General |
| Dewey: 895.613 |
| LCCN: 97-21916 |
| Series: Translations from the Asian Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.02" W x 8" (0.68 lbs) 266 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - East Asian - Cultural Region - Japanese - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ema Saiko (1787-1861) was a remarkably evocative poet, one of the few known woman writers of kanshi poems--verse written in classical Chinese but read as Japanese. Writing in this form, Saiko distinguished herself during the Tokugawa period, when composition in Chinese was largely a men's province. |