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Masaoka Shiki: Selected Poems

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Here are graceful and timeless poems by one of Japan's greatest modern writers, rendered by a master translator. Masaoka Shiki is credited with modernizing Japan's two traditional verse forms, haiku and tanka. Born at a time of social and cultural change in Japan, Shiki welcomed the new influences from the West and responded to them by reinvigorating the native haiku and tanka forms. He freed them from outdated conventions, made them viable for artistic expression in modern Japan, and paved the way for the haiku to become one of his nation's most influential cultural exports.

Language: English

Pages: 136

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Release: April 07, 1998

ISBN: 023111091X

ISBN 13: 9780231110914

Masaoka Shiki: Selected Poems

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Here are graceful and timeless poems by one of Japan's greatest modern writers, rendered by a master translator. Masaoka Shiki is credited with modernizing Japan's two traditional verse forms, haiku and tanka. Born at a time of social and cultural change in Japan, Shiki welcomed the new influences from the West and responded to them by reinvigorating the native haiku and tanka forms. He freed them from outdated conventions, made them viable for artistic expression in modern Japan, and paved the way for the haiku to become one of his nation's most influential cultural exports.

Language: English

Pages: 136

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Release: April 07, 1998

ISBN: 023111091X

ISBN 13: 9780231110914

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