Bibliograph

Kyoto-dwelling, a year of brief poems

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Kyoto-dwelling, a year of brief poems

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Kyoto-dwelling

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

a year of brief poems

Summary

This collection of Japanese haiku by an American expat is an important contribution to the world of poetry. Edith Shiffert, called by Poetry Nippon "one of Kyoto's living nation-and international- treasures," here writes brief poems in the form of traditional Japanese haiku for each month of the year. Taken as a whole, the poems describe an American woman's twenty five-five year sojourn in KyotoThe poems, over 350 in all, are beautifully complemented by the traditional Japanese ink-paintings of Kyoto-born artist Kohka Saito

Target audience

adult

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