{"title":"Ishii Tatsuhiko","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorks by \u003cstrong\u003eIshii Tatsuhiko\u003c\/strong\u003e invite readers into a delicate exploration of Japanese arts and culture, blending poetry and prose with a refined appreciation for tradition. His writings often capture the subtle beauty of everyday moments, as seen in collections like \u003cem\u003eBathhouse and Other Tanka\u003c\/em\u003e, where classical forms meet contemporary insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in evocative reflections on cultural identity and artistic expression will find Ishii's work both lyrical and thought-provoking. His texts offer a window into the aesthetic depths of Japanese literature, making this collection essential for those drawn to the intersection of art and life.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bathhouse-and-other-tanka-by-ishii-tatsuhiko-9780811231343","title":"Bathhouse and Other Tanka","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Only when a man becomes all naked do you know the shades of his life as an existential being,\" writes Tatsuhiko Ishii in his sensuous, exhilarating new collection of poetry \u003cem\u003eBathhouse and Other Tanka\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor many decades now, Ishii has turned the classical poetic form of the tanka into its own innovative contemporary tradition. What was originally a five-line 5-7-5-7-7-syllable verse form, Ishii writes in one line, constructing his poems out of sequential one-line tankas, as if Basho and Lorca bathed together under the moon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn moving elegies to Yukio Mishima and Genji (the Shining Prince), tributes to Ezra Pound and Claude Lorrain, as well as to the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Mount Fuji, Ishii's poetry resonates with a mix of philosophical lyricism, inquisitive exuberance, and homoerotic desire. \"The ocean plane shines in the sun,\" he writes in one poem in the aftermath of 9\/11. \"From now on every place will be a battlefield, sure.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn one sequence, we glimpse Proust through a photograph by Paul Nadar; in another, clipping pubic hair and washing a horse become a rumination about real poetry. Ishii pens songs of momentary love and flames of lust, of mankind's self-destruction and the self mirrored in the seven deadly sins. No other poet today can write about sniffing a young man in Tokyo or Tasmanian oysters like Ishii does with such majesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHiroaki Sato, the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eOn Haiku\u003c\/em\u003e, has been translating Ishii for over thirty years and captures the rhythmic pulse and turn of his \"Poetry   harmful, a dream. Even the world, finally, due to poetry, liquefies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383578149100,"sku":"9780811231343","price":33.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/22697393482476.jpg?v=1773375787"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/ishii-tatsuhiko.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}