{"product_id":"9780811223874","title":"Women Poets of Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom early as the seventh century up to the present day, no other has had so many important women poets as Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e In this collection (originally published by The Seabury Press in 1977 as \u003cem\u003eThe Burning Heart\u003c\/em\u003e, Kenneth Rexroth and Ikuko Atsumi have assembled representative works of seventy-seven poets. Staring with the Classical Period (645-1604 A.D.), characterized by the \u003cem\u003ewanka\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003etanka\u003c\/em\u003e styles,followed by haiku poets of the \u003cem\u003eTokugawa\u003c\/em\u003e period (to 1867), the subsequent modern \u003cem\u003etanka\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ehaiku\u003c\/em\u003e poets,and including the contemporary school of free verse—Women Poets of Japan records twelve hundred years of poetic accomplishment. Included are biographical notes on the individual poets, an essay on Japanese women and literature, and a table of historical periods.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129184305392,"sku":"9780811223874","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780811223874_p0.jpg?v=1763743388","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780811223874","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}