The Classical Poetry of the JapaneseTrübner, 1880 - 227 pages |
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... never have been successfully carried through but for the kind encouragement of the aged poetess Tachibana - no- Toseko . Writing at a distance , from England , and unable personally to supervise the correction of the proofs , the ...
... never have been successfully carried through but for the kind encouragement of the aged poetess Tachibana - no- Toseko . Writing at a distance , from England , and unable personally to supervise the correction of the proofs , the ...
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... never downward , that the poet looks , so that if , for instance , a drought is the subject of his verse , he makes lamentation , not for the sufferings of the peasantry , but for the loss to the imperial exchequer ! † • Seo p . 63 . + ...
... never downward , that the poet looks , so that if , for instance , a drought is the subject of his verse , he makes lamentation , not for the sufferings of the peasantry , but for the loss to the imperial exchequer ! † • Seo p . 63 . + ...
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... . But its existence gradually became an artificial one . Never wide in scope , and cut off from the living interests which were all bound up with the Chinese civilisation that had found in Japan a new home , there INTRODUCTION . 21.
... . But its existence gradually became an artificial one . Never wide in scope , and cut off from the living interests which were all bound up with the Chinese civilisation that had found in Japan a new home , there INTRODUCTION . 21.
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... I , when I hear the mournful tale , I melt into bitter tears , As though these lovers I never saw Had been mine own compeers . ( MUSHIMARO . ) The Grave of the Maiden of Unáhi . I stand 40 JAPANESE CLASSICAL POETRY .
... I , when I hear the mournful tale , I melt into bitter tears , As though these lovers I never saw Had been mine own compeers . ( MUSHIMARO . ) The Grave of the Maiden of Unáhi . I stand 40 JAPANESE CLASSICAL POETRY .
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... there was never more than one , save in the brains of the Japanese poets , who are very fond of playing with these romantic names , Homeward . From Kaminábi's crest The clouds descending pour in 62 JAPANESE CLASSICAL POETRY .
... there was never more than one , save in the brains of the Japanese poets , who are very fond of playing with these romantic names , Homeward . From Kaminábi's crest The clouds descending pour in 62 JAPANESE CLASSICAL POETRY .
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