Matsuo Basho (1644-94) is considered Japan's greatest haiku poet. "Narrow Road to the Interior" (Oku no Hosomichi) is his masterpiece. Ostensibly a chronological account of the poet's five-month journey in 1689 into the deep country north and west of the old capital...more details Format:Paperback Pages:192
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Hiroaki Sato
ISBN:9784896840209
"deserted beach-a bikini top rolls in on a wave" Short but sweet, haiku is one of the world's most pleasurable forms of poetry, and size definitely matters when haiku turns to erotic themes. By turns cheeky...more details Format:Paperback / softback
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Hiroaki Sato
ISBN:9781590207307
Over the decades the reputation of the samurai has grown to mythical proportions, owing to such films as Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" and "Yojimbo" as well as works such as James Clavell's epic "Shogun." In "Legends of the Samurai...more details Format:Paperback Pages:432
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Hiroaki Sato;Hiroaki Ema SaikoSato
ISBN:9780231110655
Assembled in this book 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...more details Format:Paperback Pages:216
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Hagiwara Sakutaro;Hiroaki Sato
ISBN:9781931243018
Born into a wealthy family, Hagiwara Sakutaro (18861942) was able as a young man to devote himself to poetry. Although he did not finish college...more details Format:Paperback Pages:316
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Kenji Miyazawa;Hiroaki Sato
ISBN:9780520247796
The poet Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933) was an early twentieth-century Japanese modernist who today is known worldwide for his poetry and stories as well as his devotion to Buddhism...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:248
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Yukio Mishima;Hiroaki Sato
ISBN:9780231126335
Though best known for his novels, Yukio Mishima published more than sixty plays, almost all of which were produced during his lifetime. Among them are kabuki plays and others inspired by No dramas -- two types used in classical Japanese theater. Of play-writing Mishima once observed...more details Format:Paperback Pages:316
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Yukio Mishima;Hiroaki Sato
ISBN:9780231126328
Though best known for his novels, Yukio Mishima published more than sixty plays, almost all of which were produced during his lifetime. Among them are kabuki plays and others inspired by No dramas -- two types used in classical Japanese theater. Of play-writing Mishima once observed...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:316
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Nishiwaki Junzaburo;Hiroaki Sato
ISBN:9781933382661
One of the most important Japanese poets of the period between 1930 and 1960, Nishiwaki revolutionized the poetry of Japan, introducing surrealism into his work. This translation...more details Format:Paperback Pages:197
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Yukio Mishima;Hiroaki Gibney Frank BSato
ISBN:9780765602992
An important contribution to Japan's postwar literature and politics, this early work by Yukio Mishima, one of twentieth-century Japan's greatest novelists...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:240