Breeze Through Bamboo: Kanshi of Ema Saiko

By Ema Saiko

Book Overview

Ema Saiko (1787-1861) was a remarkably evocative poet, one of the few known woman writers of kanshi poems--verse written in classical Chinese but read as Japanese. Writing in this form, Saiko distinguished herself during the Tokugawa period, when composition in Chinese was largely a men's province.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231110650
• ISBN13: 9780231110655
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher