The Illusions of Self: Tanka by Takuboku Ishikawa, with notes and commentary

by Ishikawa Takuboku

Roger Pulvers' translations - with detailed notes and commentary - of Japan's greatest tanka poet, Takuboku Ishikawa, is now available here for the first time in this volume. Each tanka - a poem that in Japanese has thirty-one syllables - is a microcosm of the human psyche, revealing astounding insights into human behaviors, love (and hate) relationships, as well as social and political circumstances that presage our own times.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911221868
• ISBN13: 9781911221869
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Balestier Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"