This form of poetry, similar to haiku, is a short classical Japanese verse form that has attracted considerable attention in North America this century. This collection of tanka poems consists of 400 poems by 20 renowned Japanese poets, with biographical sketches of the authors.

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Like haiku, tanka is a short, classical verse form that has attracted considerable attention in this century. This is the first collection of modern tanka available in English.

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