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Saibara, a form of Japanese folk song formalized 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. Tomer Inbar's translations help us see these earthy, often erotic slices of everyday life anew.

 

Born in Jerusalem and raised in Brooklyn, Inbar studied writing at Binghamton University. He received 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 (1989–97), and his first book of poetry, In the World Enormous, was published by Station Hill Press in 2018. Inbar currently lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and works as an attorney representing charities and other nonprofit organizations.

Saibara: Heian Court Poems

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