The Ink Dark Moon

Name: The Ink Dark Moon
ISBN: 9780679729587

Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan

Pages: 240
Published: 1988
Language: English

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These translated poems were written by 2 ladies of the Heian court of Japan between the ninth and eleventh centuries A.D. The poems speak intimately of their authors' sexual longing, fulfillment and disillusionment.

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Emotional Melancholic Reflective

Prose complexity 7/10

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Genres, subjects and placesPoetry, 900-1100, English Love poetry +13

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CharactersOno no Komachi, Izumi Shikibu

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