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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press; New Ed edition (16 April 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 023107493X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0231074933
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 14 x 1.8 cm
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Burton's Watson translations are accompanied by a Romanized version of the Japanese original and identification of its location in Japanese anthologies. A general introduction discusses the few facts known about Saigyo's life and analyzes the origins and characteristics of his poetic style.


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Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations include The Lotus Sutra, The Vimalakirti Sutra, Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, all published by Columbia.
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