Pioneers of Modern Japanese Poetry : Muro Saisei, Kaneko Mitsuharu, Miyoshi Tatsuji, Nagase Kiyoko

This bilingual book presents a generous selection of work by four distinguished twentieth-century poets who made significant contributions to the development of modern Japanese poetry.

A general introduction provides the literary and historical context for their achievement, while each poet's work is prefaced with notes on his/her life and career.