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0231213719 pdf Yanagawa Seigan (17891858) and his wife Kran (180479) were two of the great poets of nineteenth-century Japan. They practiced the art of traditional Sinitic poetryworks written in literary Sinitic, or classical Chinese, a language of enduring importance far beyond Chinas borders. Together, they led itinerant lives, traveling around Japan teaching poetry and selling calligraphy. Seigan established Edo-period Japans largest poetry society and attained nationwide renown as a literary figure, as well as taking part in stealthy political activities in the years before the Meiji Restoration. Kran was one of the most accomplished female composers of Sinitic poetry in Japanese history. After her husbands death, she was arrested and imprisoned for six months as part of a crackdown on political reform. Seigan and Krans works at once display mastery of a poetic tradition and depict Japan on the brink of monumental change. Read more