The Manyoshu

The Manyoshu or ‘Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves‘ is an anthology of ancient Japanese poems compiled c. 759 CE during the Nara Period but including many earlier works. The most likely person to have assembled the collection is Otomo no Yakamochi, himself a prolific poet who included nearly 500 of his own works in the Manyoshu. The Manyoshu is regarded as a literary classic and high point of Japanese poetry.

Our copy was published by Columbia University Press in 1965. The book is in excellent condition. There is a foreword by Donald Keene. Professor Keene was Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature.