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The Ink Dark Moon

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1988240 pagesVintage Books

Synopsis

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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Izumi Shikibu was a significant Japanese poet of the Heian period. Her work, including the collection The Ink Dark Moon, features waka poetry that often explores love and human emotion. She is remembered as a master of classical Japanese verse.

Poet Jane Hirshfield is the author of collections such as Asking, The Beauty, and The Ink Dark Moon. Her work also appears in BLOODAXE POETRY INTRODUCTIONS.

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Ono no KomachiProtagonist
Izumi ShikibuProtagonist

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