One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu

Peter McMillan; with a foreword by Donald Keene

March, 2008
Cloth, 240 pages, 200 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14398-1
$39.50 / £23.00

Foreword by Donald Keene

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Poems

Appendix: The Colors of the Flower: Poem 9 as an Example of Code Language and Multiplicity of Meanings in Waka

Afterword by Eileen Kato

Notes on the Poems

Notes on the Poets

Waka and Romanized Transliteration of Waka

Glossary

Bibliography

Illustration Credits

Related Subjects

• Asian Literature
• East Asian Studies
• Poetry

Series

• Translations from the Asian Classics

About the Author

Peter McMillan is a professor at Kyorin University in Tokyo, Japan, where he teaches poetry, including ekphrasis (poems about art), and translation. He also writes poetry and has an art gallery specializing in contemporary Japanese art.

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