japanese literature

in english

search japanese books translated into english:

Treelike : the poetry of Kinoshita Yuji

Translated by Robert Epp

If you buy books linked on this site, I may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

A perfectionist who wrote fewer than 400 poems, Kinoshita Yuji’s crisp, vivid imagery often expresses the tension between his rural life and his urge to be a sophisticated modern and urban poet. Winner of the Yomiuri Prize in 1966.

notes: Preface by Makoto Ooka.
genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780942668209
9780942668049
OCLC number: 46134395
publisher: Katydid Books/Oakland University
publication place: Rochester, MI
english publication date: 1982, 1989
document type: Book
description: xxi, 272 p.; illustrated
related: Michigan papers in Japanese studies #8; Asian poetry in translation, Japan #4; Selected for the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works.