These translated poems were written by two ladies of the Heian court of Japan between the ninth and eleventh centuries A.D. The poems speak intimately of their authors' sexual longing, fulfillment and disillusionment.
Format:
Pages:
212 pages
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Publisher:
Edition:
First Vintage, Second Printing, First Edition
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0679729585
ISBN13:
9780679729587
kindle Asin:
B00PEPR6UI
The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
These translated poems were written by two ladies of the Heian court of Japan between the ninth and eleventh centuries A.D. The poems speak intimately of their authors' sexual longing, fulfillment and disillusionment.