By Subject > Literature > General > 5 > Japanese Love Poems: Selections from the Manyoshu Japanese Love Poems: Selections from the Manyoshu Editor: Evan Bates Retail Price: $5.95 Availability: In Stock Format: Pages: 112 Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 ISBN: 0486440419 EAN: 978-0-486-44041-5 Japan's most significant early anthology of poetry, the Manyoshu explores the many forms of love in the collection's more than 4,000 poems. This original selection of verses comprise the work of poets who write in a primitively vital and sensuous language, and their frequent experiments with form offer stimulating reading. Text is in English only. Excerpts from The Manyoshu: One Thousand Poems Selected and Translated from the Japanese, published for the Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai by the Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, 1940. Ready to Buy? Add this to your cart (you can always remove it later.) Shopping here is Guaranteed Safe! Here's a sample of other Dover titles that may interest your customers. 1000 Poems from the Manyoshu: The Complete Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai Translation by Anonymous Features 1,000 poems from the oldest Japanese poetry anthology, chosen by a scholarly committee based on their poetic excellence and their role in revealing the Japanese national spirit and character. Text is in English only. read more $18.95 Great Love Poems by Shane Weller Over 150 familiar works by English and American poets: John Donne's "The Ecstasy," William Blake's "The Garden of Love," as well as poems by Shakespeare, Milton, Keats, Whitman, Dickinson, many more. read more $2.00 Japanese Ghosts and Demons CD-ROM and Book by Alan Weller Many of Japan's most famous artists — including Hiroshige, Hokusai, and Yoshitoshi — were fascinated by the spirit world. This colorful collection offers the very best of their haunted imagery. read more $19.95 Kokoro by Natsume Soseki Edwin McClellan Thought-provoking and beautifully written, this trilogy of stories explores the very heart of loneliness and stands as a stirring introduction to one of Japan's most widely read modern authors. read more $9.95 The Songs of Bilitis by Willy Pogany Pierre Lou˙s Alvah C Bessie First published in 1894 as the lost works of a disciple of Sappho, these passionate verses were debunked as a work of antiquity but remain an enchanting celebration of sexual freedom. Hardcover edition. 160 illustrations. read more $15.00