Book
The Ink Dark Moon
Love Poems by Ono No Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
Ono no Komachi, Izumi Shikibu
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · October 3, 1990
Reading lane: Japanese Poetry
These translated poems were written by two women 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.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Desire in Verse
Two Heian court poets write with striking intimacy about desire, fulfillment, and disillusionment.
Come here for
- Women’s voices from Japan’s Heian court
- Poems that bring sexual longing close
Expect
- Translated verse shaped by intimacy and disillusionment
Book Details
- Authors
- Ono no Komachi, Izumi Shikibu
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- October 3, 1990
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Japanese Poetry · Japanese Literary Collections
- Reading lane
- Japanese Poetry
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Publisher Categories
Ancient & Classical Collections
Japanese Literary Criticism
Japanese Poetry
About This Book
These translated poems were written by two women 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.
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