From the morning of the world. Poems from the Manyoshu. The first anthology of Japanese poetry. de WILSON Graeme (Translator):

Harvill, London, 1991.. Very Good. 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0002710781 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, xxxii,93pp, clean and tight, no inscriptions, green cloth, gilt titles, Very Good / no dustwrapper. ISBN: 0002710781 .

London: The Harvill Press, 1991. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j, ex-library copy, green clothbound boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm; pages crisp and unmarked; library labels residue on feps. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). This is the first English language edition of 76 poems from the ""Manyoshu"", the earliest surviving collection of Japanese poetry, which was compiled in the mid-eighth century by the poet Otomo no Yakamochi. There are biographical notes on each of the poets included. The Manyoshu contained over 4,000 poems from 250-759 AD. It was intended to demonstrate that the poets of the Yamato ascendancy could match, and even out-match, the Chinese poetry that was then regarded as the model of literary perfection. In Graeme Wilson's vivid English, seventy-six of these remarkable poems by warrior princes and Imperial princesses, priests ad provincial governors, courtiers and lovers, frontier-guards and conscript soldiers, live again in all their beauty and vitality.

London, U.K. : The Harvill Press, 1991 This edition is the first anthology of Japanese poetry. Original dustjacket not price clipped which has some age and shelf wear - the dj edges are rubbed and there is a crease at the bottom of the front page of the dj. The boards are in better condition than the dj - tight copy. Previous owner has written in blue ink a note on the front endpaper; and on the half title page there is an inscription to the previous owner from a friend in blue ink. Otherwise no other markings in the book, clean text page. "The Manyoshu contained over 4,000 poems from 250-759 AD. It was intended to demonstrate that the poets of the Yamato ascendancy could match, and even out-match, the Chinese poetry that was then regarded as the model of literary perfection. In Graeme Wilson's vivid English, seventy-six of these remarkable poems by warrior princes and Imperial princesses, priests ad provincial governors, courtiers and lovers, frontier-guards and conscript soldiers,… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.