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Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing - The Wakan roei shu (Hardcover)
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Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing - The Wakan roei shu (Hardcover)
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This first English translation of the Wakan roei shu, includes two
introductory essays, insightful commentaries on each passage, and
three expositions, which discuss the collection's influence on
Japanese literary history, music, and calligraphy. For centuries
these short, evocative poems were memorized and cherished by
Japanese courtiers who sang them at court, into lovers' ears, or at
moments when spoken words failed to express their feelings. Until
the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912), calligraphers, poets, and
artists looked to the Wakan roei shu for inspiration, incorporating
its text into many of Japan's most celebrated masterpieces, from
the no play Takasago to the Tale of Genji and the calligraphy of
Fujiwara no Yukinari, whose eleventh-century calligraphic
interpretations of the collection were treasured by Japanese for
centuries. The collection - arranged in accordance with the four
seasons and covering more than forty topics, from celestial bodies
to ministers of state - includes poems by some of the most beloved
Chinese and Japanese masters, including Po Chu-i (772-846) and
Sugawara no Michizane (845-903). Like haiku, the poems in the Wakan
roei shu are brief and reflective, with many adhering to the
classical Japanese poetic form of thirty-one syllables. Most of the
Chinese selections in this book are excerpts taken from much longer
poems, with one or two verses of the original chosen to harmonize
with Japanese aesthetic tastes. Now English-speaking readers can
enjoy the Wakan roei shu, long treasured by Japanese readers for
its revelatory beauty.
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