The Book Depository One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each by Peter MacMillan
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Description: One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780141395937 : 0141395931 : 14 Aug 2018 : The best-loved and most widely read of all Japanese poetry collections, the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu contains 100 short poems on nature, the seasons, travel, and, above all, love. Dating back to the seventh century, these. waka poems (the precursor of haiku) express deep emotion through visual images based on a penetrating observation of the natural world--Publisher description. The Book Depository One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each by Peter MacMillan - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9780141395937
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Author: Miguel Portillo
Rating: 5
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Author: Isabelle MK
Rating: 3
Review: This book starts with some 40 pages of introduction and comments by the translator, Peter MacMillan, and ends with about 130 pages of commentary on the poems, one by one. This latter section also includes a separate section with the romanised versions of each poem. The in-between pages contain the 100 short poems, each occupying a small fraction of the page allocated to it. I would have preferred each of the poems to be given first in the Japanese original, then in the romanised version, and finally in English translation. Any student of Japanese buying this book (and perhaps not many non-students of Japanese would be tempted to buy it) would want the original to be included, and the translation to help them understand, and to enjoy the meaning in a poetic English version.
