Man'Yo Luster

by Ian Hideo Levy, Kazuya Takaoka, Hakudo Inoue

Genres: Poetry, Japan

380 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2002

About the author

See also リービ英雄. American-born author who primarily writes in Japanese.

Reviews

[C. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful combination of poems from Man'yoshu, a classic collection of Japanese poetry, and photos of nature from the Asuka Nara area. This book is thick and impressive. It's a nice thing to keep around and savor bits at a time. I can't comment on the translation, but unusually, this book includes the original Japanese language versions of the poems, which few English books of Japanese poetry do. It's very nice for advanced students (or intermediate ones like me can try to puzzle out bits and pieces).

[ryo narasaki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful words and photographs
Very nicely presented with original poems, translations into modern Japanese and also into English
Not a very large selection despite the large size and weight - there is only one poem for every 2-4 pages and the paper is very heavy