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Simmering Away: Songs from the Kanginshu

EDITOR

Yasuhiko Moriguchi


TRANSLATOR

David Jenkins

Simmering Away: Songs from the Kanginshu

A lovely gift book of songs of love and wisdom drawn from the classic Japanese poetry collection, the Kanginshu; interspersed with sumie drawings.

Reviews

“A collection of endearing, melancholy little songs. I am grateful to have such an engaging translation.”


—Robert Aitken Roshi

The late David Jenkins grew up in England but lived and worked for many years in Japan.

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Yasuhiko Moriguchi was educated in Japan and the U.S. and works as a language teacher in Kyoto, Japan. He has translated several collections including The Song in the Dream of the Hermit and Dance of Dust on the Rafters.

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