Of Women: 20 Japanese Female Poets / 20 Waka Poems by Fujimoto, Naoko
Of Women: 20 Japanese Female Poets / 20 Waka Poems by Fujimoto, Naoko

Of Women: 20 Japanese Female Poets / 20 Waka Poems

A collection of translated Japanese waka-poems, including text collage and haibun-style discourses on translation. Of Women is...
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Author: Naoko Fujimoto
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Of Women: 20 Japanese Female Poets / 20 Waka Poems by Fujimoto, Naoko

Of Women: 20 Japanese Female Poets / 20 Waka Poems

$54.00
Of Women: 20 Japanese Female Poets / 20 Waka Poems by Fujimoto, Naoko

Of Women: 20 Japanese Female Poets / 20 Waka Poems

$54.00
Author: Naoko Fujimoto
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
A collection of translated Japanese waka-poems, including text collage and haibun-style discourses on translation.

Of Women is a collection of translations of Japanese waka-poems from the seventh century to the twelfth century, featuring twenty female poets from this period, when Japanese women's literature flourished. This book includes poems by famous writers from the era, such as Sei Shonagon (The Pillow Book) and Murasaki Shikibu (The Tale of Genji), and introduces some lesser-known female poets as well.

Waka compacts much information in a short form: words with double meanings, unfamiliar phrases, habits foreign to non-Japanese speakers, and hidden historical backgrounds. Direct translations would fail to capture the author's full intent, so Of Women takes several approaches to capture the original sensory images, including text collage and haibun, short essays that provide historical context and introduce the author before each waka.

Author: Naoko Fujimoto
Publisher: Tupelo Press
Published: 06/16/2026
Pages: 83
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781961209572

About the Author
Naoko Fujimoto was born and raised in Nagoya, Japan, and studied at Nanzan Junior College. She was an exchange student and received a BA and MA from Indiana University. She is the author of the poetry collections We Face The Tremendous Meat On The Teppan, Where I Was Born, and Glyph: Graphic Poetry=Trans. Sensory, as well as four chapbooks. She is associate and translation editor of RHINO and translation editor of Tupelo Quarterly. She organizes an online community at Working On Gallery and is a Bread Loaf Translation full scholarship recipient and the 2023 Visiting Teaching Artist at the Poetry Foundation.
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