Poetry. East Asia Studies. Translated from the Japanese by Dennis Maloney and Hide Oshiro. This truly classic anthology, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika, consists of one hundred waka by one hundred different poets. The poems are in a rough chronological order, from the 8th to the 12th century, and as such represent something of a snapshot of Japanese court poetry. HYAKUNIN ISSHU is one of the most famous anthologies of poetry of all time and Maloney and Hideo Oshiro have brought their considerable skills to task in this slim volume.
Author City: Kyoto JAP