The Ink Dark Moon Love Poems by Ono No Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan |
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| Author:
| Komachi, Ono no
Shikibu, Izumi |
| Translator:
| Hirshfield, Jane
Aratani, Mariko |
| Series title: | Vintage Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-679-72958-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1990 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.00 |
Book Description:
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These translated poems were written by 2 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.
These translated poems were written by 2 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.