Assembled in this book are translations of kanshi poetry - verse written in classical Chinese, but read as Japanese - by Ema Saiko (1787-1861) who distinguished herself as a writer of kanashi at a time when composition of Chinese was the strict province of men.
| ISBN: | 9780231110648 |
| Publication date: | 19th February 1998 |
| Author: | Saiko Ema, Hiroaki Sato |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 246 pages |
| Series: | Translations from the Asian Classics |
| Genres: |
Poetry anthologies (various poets) |