by Saigyō · New Directions Pub. Corp. · Tapa dura · ISBN 9780811206990
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«Mirror for the Moon» is a selection of poems by Saigyō, published by New Directions (100 pages, in English).
Poems by Saigyō (1118-1190), a twelfth-century Japanese poet, selected and translated into English by William R. LaFleur, with an introduction by the translator and a foreword by Gary Snyder. The poems come from the Sankashū, Saigyō's poetry collection.
This edition, published in 1978, presents the poems in English and Japanese and includes an index and a bibliography.
A work for readers of classical Japanese poetry and for those who appreciate bilingual editions with the original text.
