Japanese Love Poems: Selections from the Manyoshu by Evan Bates, Ōtomo no Yakamochi

Japanese Love Poems: Selections from the Manyoshu

Evan Bates, Ōtomo no Yakamochi

112 pages • paperback

3 editions

nonfiction poetry
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Known as the "Collection of Myriad Leaves," or the "Collection for a Myriad Ages," the Manyoshu is Japan's most significant early anthology of poetry. The poems date from the eighth century and earlier, and their simplicity and sincerity offer gli...

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