Copyright © 1974, 1976 by Kenneth Rexroth

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without permission in writing from the Publisher.

Some of the material in this book first appeared in New
Directions in Prose and Poetry 29 and Kenneth Rexroth's New
Poems ( New Directions, 1974).

I am deeply grateful to Morita Yasuyo who went over my
translations with me, line by line, and to Kodama Sanehide
who did also and who read the proof on the romaij with great
care. Any mistakes or controversial translations are my own.
This book, along with several others, was done on a Fulbright
Fellowship in 1974-75. I wish to express my gratitude for the
helpfulness of their Tokyo staff and especially Ms. Yamaguchi
Toyoko, and not least to the grantors who specified that the
grant was "to write poetry." -- K. R.

Manufactured in the United States of America
New Directions Books are printed on acid-free paper.
First published clothbound and as New Directions Paper-
book 420 in 1976
Published simultaneously in Canada by Penguin Books Canada
Limited

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

One hundred more poems from the Japanese.

(A New Directions Book)

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Japanese poetry -- Translations into English.
2. English poetry -- Translations from Japanese.
I. Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905 --

PL782.E305 895.6′1′008 76-7486

ISBN 0-8112-0618-I

ISBN 0-8112-0619-X pbk.

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