Product Description: Nearly one hundred years after his death at age thirty-five, Shiki Masaoka remains one of the most important figures in modern Japanese poetry. Although perhaps best known for his haiku poetry, Shiki revitalized the tanka form -- unrhymed verse of five lines containing 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 syllables, respectively...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) is credited with modernizing Japan's two traditional verse forms, haiku and tanka. Born at a time of social and cultural change in Japan, Shiki welcomed the new influences from the West and responded to them by reinvigorating the native haiku and tanka forms...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)