Bøger af Yosano Akiko

"Filtret hår" indeholder godt 50 digte, skrevet af den japanske lyriker Yosano Akiko (1878-1942). I kraft af deres sproglige overskud og deres indhold betegnede Akikos digte ved deres fremkomst i 1901 en fornyelse af den klassiske japanske digtning. Aldrig tidligere var den kvindelige erotik blevet udtrykt så åbenlyst og så frit. Yosano Akiko har lige siden været et forbillede for andre digtere, ikke kun i Japan, men efterhånden også i Europa og USA. Niels Kjær, som tidligere har oversat en række andre japanske lyrikere til dansk, har forsynet bogen med et forord og forklarende noter.

Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) is one of the most famous Japanese writers of the twentieth century. She is the author of more than seventy-five books, including twenty volumes of original poetry and the definitive translation into modern Japanese of the Tale of the Genji. Although probably best known for her exquisite erotic poetry, Akiko's work also championed the causes of feminism, pacifism, and social reform. Akiko's poetry is profoundly direct, often passionate, exposing the complexity of everyday emotions in poetic language stripped of artifice and presenting the full breadth of her poetic vision. Included are ninety-one of Akiko's tanka (a traditional five-line form of verse) and a dozen of her longer poems written in the modern style.