A new English translation containing the original text, kana transliteration, Romanization, glossing and commentary / by Alexander Vovin.

• Author: Vovin, Alexander.
• Yayın Tarihi: 2011
• Edisyon: 1st ed.
• Dil: English; Japanese
• Seri Bilgileri: Man'yōshū ; bk. 5
• Fiziksel Özellikler: 1 online resource (195 p.)
• Notlar: Description based upon print version of record.

This is the second volume to be published in the 20-volume set. It includes 114 poems (104 tanka , ten choka ), traditionally considered to be the zoka genre, although some of them can be classified as benka , since they deal with death and sorrow. It also contains two poems in Chinese. The volume h...