Modern Japanese Tanka: An Anthology by Ōgai Mori, Kondo Yoshimi, Maekawa Samio, Shaku Choku, Yosano Tekkan, Mokichi Saito, Akiko Yosano, Miya Shuji, Tawara Machi, Kenji Miyazawa, Nakajo Fumiko, Sasaki Yukitsuna, Toki Zenmaro, Saito Fumi, Tsukamoto Kunio, Masaoka Shiki, Takuboku Ishikawa, Okuma Nobuyuki, Makoto Ueda, Kitahara Hakushu, Okamoto Kanoko

Modern Japanese Tanka: An Anthology
Ōgai Mori, Kondo Yoshimi, Maekawa Samio, Shaku Choku, Yosano Tekkan, Mokichi Saito, Akiko Yosano, Miya Shuji, Tawara Machi, Kenji Miyazawa, Nakajo Fumiko, Sasaki Yukitsuna, Toki Zenmaro, Saito Fumi, Tsukamoto Kunio, Masaoka Shiki, Takuboku Ishikawa, Okuma Nobuyuki, Makoto Ueda, Kitahara Hakushu, Okamoto Kanoko

288 pages • first pub 1996 (view editions)

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Tanka, a clasical Japanese verse form like haiku, has experienced a resurgence of interest among twentieth-century poets and readers. Arguably the central genre of Japanese literature, the 31-syllable lyric made up the great majority of Japanese p...