A complete translation, with annotations, of all the poems attributed to the 12th-century Japanese poet Princess Shikishi. The introduction places the poet in her age and society and explains some of the prosody of the 5-7-5-7-7 syllable tanka form in which she wrote. Annotation copyright Book News,
- ISBN10 0824814835
- ISBN13 9780824814830
- Publish Date 31 December 1993
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 16 April 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Hawai'i Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English