{"product_id":"written-on-water-five-hundred-poems-from-the-manyoshu-9780804820400","title":"Written on Water: Five Hundred Poems from the Man'Yoshu","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespair and hope are two emotions commonly voiced by poets in the Manyoshu  the oldest and most important collection of Japanese poetry. Although written over thirteen hundred years ago  the poems retain a rare freshness  an originality that delights and fascinates even today. Part of the collections originality is due to its variety of authors  from members of the aristocracy to commoners from the lowest ranks. The poems cover a wide range of content and expression  from court poets highly polished verses to anonymous poems that read like folk songs. Poems about love are common but the treatment of love varies from anguished pining to wondrous celebration to bitter denunciation. What the various Manyo poems do have in common is emotional fire  amazing candor  and eloquent expression of feeling not found in later Japanese poetry. It is these characteristics that have earned the Manyoshu a constant and devoted readership over the centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45960495792181,"sku":"ByrdShop_0804820406","price":52.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780804820400.jpg?v=1788289010","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/written-on-water-five-hundred-poems-from-the-manyoshu-9780804820400","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}