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

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

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...