Description
From early as the seventh century up to the present day, no other has had so many important women poets as Japan.
In this collection (originally published by The Seabury Press in 1977 as The Burning Heart, Kenneth Rexroth and Ikuko Atsumi have assembled representative works of seventy-seven poets. Staring with the Classical Period (645-1604 A.D.), characterized by the wanka and tanka styles,followed by haiku poets of the Tokugawa period (to 1867), the subsequent modern tanka and haiku poets,and including the contemporary school of free verse—Women Poets of Japan records twelve hundred years of poetic accomplishment. Included are biographical notes on the individual poets, an essay on Japanese women and literature, and a table of historical periods.
Also By: Kenneth Rexroth 
100 Poems from the Japanese
Paperback, 1964
It is remarkable that any Westerner—even so fine a poet as Kenneth Rexroth—could have captured in translation so much of the subtle essence of classic Japanese poetry: the depth of controlled...
One Hundred Poems from the Chinese
E Book, 2014
The lyrical world of Chinese poetry in faithful translations by Kenneth Rexroth.
Songs of Love, Moon, & Wind: Poems from the Chinese
E Book, 2014
“Nothing stands still in this poetry: the wind blows the trees, the lake water ripples and the ever-present road runs in and out of the hills.”—American Poetry Review
Written on the Sky: Poems from the Japanese
E Book, 2014
“Rexroth’s readings from the Japanese master poets are breathtaking in their simplicity and clarity.”—The New York TimesOne Hundred More Poems from the Chinese: Love and the Turning Year
E Book, 2014
An assemblage of delicate Chinese verse which delicately explore the worlds of love, nature, and meditation.
