Chiyo-ni: Woman Haiku Master
by Patricia Donegan
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Chiyo-Ni (1703-1775) is one of Japan's most unusual and renowned haiku poets, and this volume, the first major translation of her work in English, contains over 100 haiku, reproduced in Japanese script, Romaji, and in English. Chiyo-ni was one of the very few great female poets from an age when haiku was dominated by men. Her verses embody Zen-like simplicity and female sensuality, and reflect her life as a Buddhist nun, painter and poet who lived a life of supreme independence and aesthetic show more sensibility. show lessTags
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While the haiku in this book is splendid, the history of haiku society and the role of Chiyo-ni in it makes this book a must read.
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- Poetry, Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism
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- 895.6132 — Literature & rhetoric Literatures of other languages Literatures of East and Southeast Asia Japanese Japanese poetry Edo period 1603–1868 1603–1772
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- PL795 .K25 .Z66 — Language and Literature Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Japanese language and literature Japanese literature Individual authors and works
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