A poet-priest of the late Edo period, Ryokan (1758-1831) was the most
important Japanese poet of his age. This volume contains not only the
largest English translation yet made of his principal poems, but also an
introduction that sets the poetry in its historical and literary context
and a biographical sketch of the poet himself.
Originally published in 1981.
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