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- Essays
Questions and Answers on Romanticism, Part 1
A historical dialogue published in April 2020 exploring Romanticism through questions about pleasure, compassion, education and life under difficult circumstances. It is followed by parts 2–5 of the series.
- Essays
A Dialogue on Sharing Japanese Sensibility with the World
A conversation between Takao Suzuki and Seishu Hamano examines poetry, language and cultural understanding in relation to the Online Manyoshu’s purpose.
- Essays
Are Humans Really Wise Animals?
An essay questions the wisdom implied by the name Homo sapiens and considers human conduct toward other living things and the natural world.
- Poetry & creative work
Tanka Drafts: A Journey through Shonai
Tanka and prose recall a visit to Shonai’s coastal Buddhist images and sacred mountains, followed by reflections on friendship, belonging and the value of writing poetry.
- Poetry & creative work
Recommended Tanka, 1
An introduction to poems by a priest of Daigoji reflects on doubt, affection, loneliness and death, with commentary and response poems from his student.
- Poetry & creative work
Tanka Models, 1
Examples of tanka revisit wartime childhood, family and changing seasons, accompanied by discussion of allusive composition and advice on writing from lived feeling.
- Essays
A Model Essay: Two Mountain-Path Poems
An account of a classroom comparison between haiku by Basho and Santoka considers personal response, literary authority and the value of reading with one’s own sensibility.
- Poetry & creative work
Snow in the Wilderness
A work of fiction opens with a woman’s return to Muro and follows memories of marriage and relationships through encounters with people, places and works of art.
- Poetry & creative work
Darkness
An English and Japanese poem brings together birth, the sound of aircraft, the prospect of death and the remembered voice of a mother.
- Poetry & creative work
Energy
English and Japanese poems explore energy as an unruly force in love and daily life, followed by another writer’s response and reflections on friendship.
- Collections
Poems of a Gathering
Tanka from several contributors evoke meetings over drinks in Yokohama and Kyoto, with poems sent from elsewhere and reflections on friendship and distance from home.
- Essays
Memories of Hanakage
A recollection prompted by the song Hanakage traces an elder sister’s work within a large family, her marriage and the pain of separation and loss.