Shikishi: String of Beads

by Hiroaki Sato and Shikishi

A complete translation, with annotations, of all the poems attributed to the 12th-century Japanese poet Princess Shikishi. The introduction places the poet in her age and society and explains some of the prosody of the 5-7-5-7-7 syllable tanka form in which she wrote. Annotation copyright Book News,

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824814835
• ISBN13: 9780824814830
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 177 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.