One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each

<p><b>A new edition of the most widely known and popular collection of Japanese poetry.</b><br><br>The best-loved and most widely read of all Japanese poetry collections, the <i>Ogura Hyakunin Isshu</i> contains 100 short poems on nature, the seasons, travel, and, above all, love. Dating back to the seventh century, these elegant, precisely observed <i>waka</i> poems (the precursor of haiku) express deep emotion through visual images based on a penetrating observation of the natural world. Peter MacMillan''s new translation of his prize-winning original conveys even more effectively the beauty and subtlety of this magical collection.<br><br>Translated with an introduction and commentary by Peter MacMillan.</p>