The Tales of Ise is one of the most famous and important works of Japanese literature. Consisting of 125 poem tales loosely based on the life of the hero, Narihira, a model lover of the Heian period, they evoke a world in which beauty and refinement were a way of life.
Peter MacMillan was born in Ireland and has lived in Japan for more than twenty years. He has been a visiting researcher at the universities of Princeton, Columbia and Oxford, and is currently a translator, poet and print-maker. He has translated Tales of Ise and One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each for Penguin Classics.
MacMillan's Tales of Ise adds to the treasures of Japanese
literature that can now be enjoyed in English translation. It is
the most poetic translation of this work to date and establishes
MacMillan as an outstanding translator of Japanese poetry
*Donald Keene*
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