Books of Japanese Tanka Translated into English
(some of these have excellent essays on the tanka form)
Aoyama, Miyuki; Lowitz, Leza; and Tomioka, Miyuki (translators). A Long Rainy Season. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 1994.
Baba, Akiko. Kawamura, Hatsue and Reichhold, Jane (translators). Heavenly Maiden Tanka. Gualala, California: AHA Books, 1999.
Baron, Virginia Olsen (editor). The Seasons of Time: Tanka Poetry of Ancient Japan. New York: The Dial Press, Inc., 1968.
Cranston, Edwin A. (translator). A Waka Anthology, Volume One: The Gem-Glistening Cup. Stanford University Press, 1998.
Dilenschneider, Joseph J. & Koriyama, Naoshi (translators). One Hundred Tanka by Young Students Today. Tokyo: Toyo University, published annually.
Emperor Akihito & Empress Michiko. Philomne, Marie and Saito, Masako (editors). Tomoshibi Light. New York: Weatherhill, 1991.
Hirshfield, Jane (translator). The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan. New York: Vintage Books, 1990.
Ishigaki, Choko. Airports. Quebec, Canada: KDC, 1998.
Kirkup, James. (translator). A Book of Tanka. Salzburg, Austria: Salzburg University, 1996.
Kojima, Takashi (translator). Written on Water: Five Hundred Poems from the Man'yoshu. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1995.
Levy, Ian Hideo (translator). The Ten Thousand Leaves: A Translation of the Man'yoshu. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1981.
Miyoko, Goto. Tsukimura, Reiko (translator). I Am Alive: The Tanka Poems of Goto Miyoko, 1898-1978. Oakland University, Michigan: Katydid Books, 1988.
Pekarik, Andrew J. (translator). The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets. New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1991.
Reichhold, Jane (translator) with Kawamura, Hatsue. A String of Flowers, Untied...Love Poems from The Tale of Genji. Stone Bridge Press, 2003.
Saigyo. Watson, Burton (translator). Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991.
Saito, Fumi. Kawamura, Hatsue and Reichhold, Jane (translators). White Letter Poems. Gualala, California: AHA Books, 1998.
Shiki, Masaoka. Goldstein, Sanford and Shinoda, Seishi (translators). Songs from a Bamboo Village. Charles E. Tuttle, 1998.
Tawara, Machi. Carpenter, Juliet Winters (translator). Salad Anniversary. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1989.
Tawara, Machi. Stamm, Jack (translator). Salad Anniversary. Japan: Kawade Bunko, 1989.
Ueda, Makoto (translator). Modern Japanese Tanka. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996.Essential for anyone new to tanka.
Yosano, Akiko. Goldstein, Sanford and Shinoda, Seishi (translators). Tangled Hair. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1990.
Yosano, Akiko. Hamill, Sam and Gibson, Keiko Matsui (translators). River of Stars. Boston: Shambhala, 1996.
Books of English-language Tanka
Bluger, Marianne. gusts. Canada: Penumbra Press, 1998.
Bostok, Janice M. Dimmed the Mystery. Liverpool: Snapshot Press, 2000.
Chula, Margaret. Always Filling, Always Full. White Pine Press, 2001.
Conforti, Gerard John. Now That the Night Ends. Gualala, California: AHA Books and Chant Press.
Day, Cherie Hunter. Early Indigo. Liverpool: Snapshot Press, 2000.
Day, Cherie Hunter. Sun Moon Mother Father. Portland, Oregon: Sundog Press, 1997.
Goldstein, Sanford. This Tanka Whirl. Coinjock, North Carolina: Clinging Vine Press.
Harr, Lorraine Ellis. Walls of Silense. Eugene, Oregon: Street Press, Inc., 1998.
Holley, Anna. Cold Waves: A Life of Tanka. Dallas, Texas: Ashi Press, 1999.
Lawrence, Neal Henry. Blossoms in Time. Tokyo: Suemori Books, 2000.
Lawrence, Neal Henry. Shining Moments: Tanka Poems in English. Gualala, California: AHA Books, 1993.
Little, Geraldine C. More Light, Larger Vision. Gualala, California: AHA Books, 1992.
McClintock, Michael. Man With No Face. Shelters Press, 1974.
Ness, Pamela Miller. Alzheimer's Waltz. New York: Swamp Press, 1999.
Purlington, Carol. The Trees Bleed Sweetness. Colrain, Massachusetts: Winfred Press, 1997.
Reichhold, Jane. Geography Lens. Gualala, California: AHA Books, 1999.
Reichhold, Jane and Werner (editors). Wind Five Folded. Gualala, California: AHA Books, 1994.
Reichhold, Jane and Werner. In The Presence. Gualala, California: AHA Books, 1998.
Rice, David. In Each Other's Footsteps. Berkely, California: Pressed for Time, 1996.
Shelley, Pat. Turning My Chair. Foster City, California: Press Here, 1997.
Ward, Linda Jeannette. a frayed red thread: tanka love poems Coinjock, North Carolina: Clinging Vine Press, 2000.
Ward, Linda Jeannette. Full Moon Tide: The Bestof Tanka Splendor 1990-1999. Coinjock, North Carolina: Clinging Vine Press, 2000.
Welch, Michael D. (editor). Footsteps in the Fog. Foster City, California: Press Here, 1994.
Young, Karina. Bursts of Flight. Salinas, California: Vines of Light Press, 2000.
