Description
Ema Saiko (1787-1861) was a remarkably evocative poet, one of the few known woman writers of kanshi poems--verse written in classical Chinese but read as Japanese. Writing in this form, Saiko distinguished herself during the Tokugawa period, when composition in Chinese was largely a men's province.
It is delightful to know such a woman existed in Tokugawa Japan. Here is a poet-painter who was able to consort on an equal footing with the male scholars and poets of her day. Her poetic voice is refreshingly direct and honest. -- Sonja Arntzen, translator of Ikkyu and The Crazy Cloud Anthology: A Zen Poet of Medieval Japan
About the Author
Hiroaki Sato is a poet and a translator of Japanese poetry.
Book Information
ISBN 9780231110655
Author Ema Saiko
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint Columbia University Press
Publisher Columbia University Press
It is delightful to know such a woman existed in Tokugawa Japan. Here is a poet-painter who was able to consort on an equal footing with the male scholars and poets of her day. Her poetic voice is refreshingly direct and honest. -- Sonja Arntzen, translator of Ikkyu and The Crazy Cloud Anthology: A Zen Poet of Medieval Japan
About the Author
Hiroaki Sato is a poet and a translator of Japanese poetry.
Book Information
ISBN 9780231110655
Author Ema Saiko
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint Columbia University Press
Publisher Columbia University Press
