Contributions

  • Hirshfield, Jane, 1953- - Contributor
  • Ono, Komachi, 9th cent. - Contributor
  • Izumi Shikibu, b. 974? - Contributor

Publication

1988 - Scribner, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

29,000 words, Guess

Page Count

116 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100684189712
  • ISBN-100025518208
  • ISBN-139780684189710
  • ISBN-139780025518209
  • LibraryThing150301
and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC895.6/114080354
  • LCCPL758.825.L6 I55 1988

Description

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.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Ink dark moon: love poems by Ono no Komachi & Izumi ShikibuScribner1988-01-01

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