The Ink Dark Moon
Love Poems by Ono No Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · October 3, 1990
These translated poems were written by two women 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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- Who it’s for
- Two Heian court poets write with striking intimacy about desire, fulfillment, and disillusionment.
- Themes
- Sexual longing, Fulfillment and disillusionment
- Genres
- Japanese Poetry, Love Poetry, Japanese Literary Collections
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These translated poems were written by two women 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.
Desire in Verse
Two Heian court poets write with striking intimacy about desire, fulfillment, and disillusionment.
Come here for
- Women’s voices from Japan’s Heian court
- Poems that bring sexual longing close
Expect
- Translated verse shaped by intimacy and disillusionment
Where it sits
| Japanese Poetry | 80% |
|---|---|
| Love Poetry | 39% |
| Japanese Literary Collections | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Ancient & Classical Collections
- Japanese Literary Criticism
- Japanese Poetry
- Authors
- Ono no Komachi, Izumi Shikibu
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- October 3, 1990
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Sexual longing · Fulfillment and disillusionment
- Reading lane
- Ancient & Classical Collections