A Hundred Verses from Old Japan: Bilingual Edition (Tuttle Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (874 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 4805308532 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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William N. . Porter's translation of A Hundred Verses from Old Japan has retained its charm for over eighty years
Each poem is illustrated with an eighteenth-century Japanese woodcut by an anonymous illustrator.. To make the sounds more familiar to English readers, the translator has adopted a five-line verse of 8-6-8-6-6 meter, with the second, fourth, and fifth lines rhyming. A Hundred Verses from Old Japan is an early translation of one of Japan's most famous anthologies of poetry.This gem of Japanese poetry has preserved its charm for almost a century while remaining the most popular of classical poetry anthologies among the Japanese. The Hyaku-nin-isshiu (literally "one hundred poems by one hundred poets") is a collection of a hundred evocative and intensely human specimens of Japanese tanka (poetry written in a five-line thirty-one syllable format in a 5-7-5-7-7 pattern) composed between the seventh and thirteenth centuries and compiled by Sadaiye Fujiwara in 1235. His accompanying notes put the poems into a cultural and historical context. There are obvious Buddhist and Shinto influences throughout. These little poems consist almost entirely of love poems and picture poems intended to bring some well-known scene to mind: nature, the round of the seasons, the
Robert B said Nice. I like that each poem is presented in Kanji, hiragana, and an Enghlish Translation. A brief history or insight is offered for each poem. I enjoy the illustrations that depict the poems as well.This book offers one possible translation of each poem. Since each poem is several hundred years the older Japanese is being used interpretation is widely debated, but each one is very close to one another. Also, Haiku consists of just a few words lending to additional debate over meanings.I think this is a nice appro. "The Hyakunin Isshu: a 1909 translation brought back to life." according to Merrily Baird. As Amazon statistics indicate, Frank Watson's 201The Hyakunin Isshu: a 1909 translation brought back to life. As Amazon statistics indicate, Frank Watson's 2013 translation of the Japanese "Hyakunin Isshu" (One Hundred Poems from a Hundred Poets) is significantly more popular with readers these days than William Porter's reprinted 1909 translation of the same poetry collection. Even so, there is a great deal to be said for owning both excellent books, comparing variant translations of a language and writing style given to vagueness and allusion.The poems of the "Hyakunin Isshu" are of the variety known as 'waka' or. translation of the Japanese "Hyakunin Isshu" (One Hundred Poems from a Hundred Poets) is significantly more popular with readers these days than William Porter's reprinted 1909 translation of the same poetry collection. Even so, there is a great deal to be said for owning both excellent books, comparing variant translations of a language and writing style given to vagueness and allusion.The poems of the "Hyakunin Isshu" are of the variety known as 'waka' or. Kindle version The Kindle version of this book has a Romanized version of the poems and an English translation. That might be worth $2.75, but only rates three stars for the absence of kanji and hiragana.
Language Notes Text: English, Japanese (translation)