The Ink Dark Moon

The Ink Dark Moon

ByOno No Komachi,Izumi Shikibu,+1 more
1988 • 212 pages

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These translated poems were written by 2 ladies of the Heian court of Japan between the ninth and eleventh centuries A.D. The poems speak intimately of their authors' sexual longing, fulfillment and disillusionment.

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