Saibara

Name: Saibara
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SKU: 9781634050753
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Brief Description

Saibara, a form of Japanese folk song formalised in the Heian Era, are simple poems of everyday life that were set to music. Courtiers would sing the songs in the Kyoto and Nara regions to entertain the upper class. Inbar's translations help us see these earthy,... Read More

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Saibara

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Inbar's translations of Heian Era (794-1185) court songs highlight their earthy, erotic nature.

Description

Saibara, a form of Japanese folk song formalised in the Heian Era, are simple poems of everyday life that were set to music. Courtiers would sing the songs in the Kyoto and Nara regions to entertain the upper class.

Inbar's translations help us see these earthy, often erotic slices of everyday life anew.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781634050753

Publisher: Chin Music Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 March 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Chin Music Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Edited and translated by Tomer Inbar

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 228.0mm

Height: 152.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 160

Collections

Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Born in Jerusalem and raised in Brooklyn, TOMER INBAR studied writing at Binghamton University and has an MA in Classical Japanese Literature from Cornell University and law degrees from New York University. He founded and edited Camellia, an experimental literary journal (198997), and has published translations of Saibara, a genre of Japanese folk song formalized in the Heian period. Inbar currently is an attorney at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, representing charities and other nonprofit organizations, and lives in Park Slope.