Tangled Hair: Selected Tanka from Midaregami (English/Japanese)

Product Description

Akiko Yosano’s
Tangled Hair, published in 1901, had a sensational impact on Japanese literature, and we are pleased to make this highly praised translation (originally published 30 years ago) available once again in a revised Cheng & Tsui edition. Akiko reshaped the tanka, the most popular form of Japanese poetry for 1,200 years, into a modern poetic form. In this new work, her tanka appear in their original Japanese, in roman transliterations, and English translations along with a new preface and notes. Suitable for literature programs and translation courses.

Review

“One of the most fascinating women Japanese literature has produced.” —
Marleigh Ryan, Books Abroad

From the Publisher

Akiko Yosano reshaped the tanka, the most popular form of Japanese poetry for 1,200 years, into a modern poetic form, and her tanka are one-of-a-kind artworks of passion, of love, of emancipation of women, of the glorification of the body. Gracefully accurate and sensitive English translations, with generous explanatory notes, allow today’s reader to experience and appreciate the power of Akiko Yosano’s work. The poems are also included in their original Japanese and in Romaji renderings.