| #1107133 in Books | Tuttle Publishing | 1998-09-15 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:Japanese | PDF # 1 | .76 x5.94 x8.90l, | File type: PDF | 184 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| For every haiku fan.|By Tom Silver|In pre-modern Japan, as here years ago, a woman's place was in the home. She was expected to produce children and obey her mother-in-law. So it's no surprise that most noted Japanese artists, artisans, writers and poets were male. But not all. In fact the best known work in the history of Japanese literature was written by an 11th century wom||“Excellent!” -- The Writer
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 indep...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Chiyo-ni: Woman Haiku Master | Patricia Donegan, Yoshie Ishibashi. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
