Book of Donmon Teith

Features 1,000 poems from the oldest Japanese poetry anthology, chosen by a scholarly committee based on their poetic excellence and their role in revealing the

The Manyoshu is the great literary work of eighth century Japan, a collection comprising work from more than four hundred writers. Its richness and nobility of

The lyrical world of Chinese poetry in faithful translations by Kenneth Rexroth. The lyric poetry of Tu Fu ranks with the greatest in all world literature. Acro

The Manyoshu, compiled during the late Nara period (the latter half of the eighth century), is both the oldest and the greatest of Japanese anthologies. ... Thi