Breeze Through Bamboo: Kanshi of Ema Saiko - Paperbackby Ema Saik (Author) Ema Saiko (1787 1861) was a remarkably evocative poet, one of the few known woman writers of kanshi poems verse written in classical Chinese but read as Japanese. Writing in this form, Saiko distinguished herself during the Tokugawa period, when composition in Chinese was largely a men's province. Author Biography Hiroaki Sato is a poet and a translator of Japanese poetry. Number of Pages: 266 Dimensions: 0. 55 x 8 x 6. 02 IN