Reviews

Modern Japanese Tanka: An Anthology by Ōgai Mori, Kondo Yoshimi, Maekawa Samio, Shaku Choku, Yosano Tekkan, Mokichi Saito, Akiko Yosano, Miya Shuji, Tawara Machi, Kenji Miyazawa, Nakajo Fumiko, Sasaki Yukitsuna, Toki Zenmaro, Saito Fumi, Shiki Masaoka, Tsukamoto Kunio, Takuboku Ishikawa, Okuma Nobuyuki, Makoto Ueda, Kitahara Hakushu, Okamoto Kanoko

ranniewhitlock's review against another edition

4.0

Published in the 90s, but a good overview of Tanka up to that point. I appreciated how much history was in the introduction, and learned a lot about the form and evolution of Tanka, as well as the poets who wrote it.