The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan

by Jane Hirshfield, Izumi Shikibu, Mariko Aratani, Ono no Komachi

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These translated poems were written by two ladies of the Heian court of Japan between the ninth and eleventh centuries A.D. The poems speak intimately of their authors' sexual longing, fulfillment and disillusionment.

Book Details

ISBN13	9780679729587
ISBN10	0679729585
Series/Work	OL19207840W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher	Vintage
Pages	212
Language	ENG
Created At	January 30, 2025
Updated At	January 30, 2025
Last OL update	January 18, 2025

Subjects

895.6/114080354 Japanese Love poetry Japanese poetry Japanese poetry--heian period, 794-1185--translations into english Japanese poetry--translations into english Love poetry, japanese--women authors--translations into english Pl758.825.l6 i55 1990 Poetry (poetic works by one author) Translations into English Waka Waka--women authors--translations into english Women authors

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