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- Poetry & creative work
Tanka Drafts: Examples
Sample tanka with prose introductions demonstrate responses to another poet, reflections on writing and mortality, and remembrance of Kitahara Hakushu. An archived set of tanka examples and writing guidance published in 2020. All five poems, their prose introductions, readings and original signatures are retained, together with the opening and closing guidance. Course details and invitations to submit work are historical, not current guidance.
- Poetry & creative work
Tanka Draft: Moss and the Visitor
A response poem evokes a moss-cleared threshold, a visitor and a sleeve reflected in water. A separately published tanka source from the Japanese website. Its original introduction, poem, readings and signature are preserved.
- Poetry & creative work
Tanka Draft: The Writer’s Departure
A tanka imagines the writer’s pen and books remaining together until the day their owner must depart. A separately published tanka source from the Japanese website. Its original introduction, poem, readings and signature are preserved.
- Poetry & creative work
Tanka Draft: Why Live and Write?
A tanka repeatedly asks why one eats, writes, lives and dies, leaving the questions open. A separately published tanka source from the Japanese website. Its original introduction, poem, readings and signature are preserved.
- Poetry & creative work
Tanka Draft: Rain on Jogashima
A tanka and its introduction imagine speaking with Kitahara Hakushu’s spirit during a visit to Jogashima, as falling raindrops mark the passing years. A separately published tanka source from the Japanese website. Its original introduction, poem, readings and signature are preserved.
- Events & activity
Archived Meeting Notices and Cancellation
Archived notices include the cancellation of the meeting planned for 1 November 2020 and an announcement for a lecture on 14 September 2019. They retain the original schedules and short English overseas-participation notice, not current booking information.
- Academia news
Members’ Corner
Archived member photographs and captions accompany guidance on creative writing and research, a reading-course notice and an offer of personal consultations. Current course schedules, roles and consultation arrangements have not been confirmed.
- Collections
Volume 3: Original Introduction and Editorial Guidance
The historical introduction to Volume 3 presents its concern with future generations, followed by editorial guidance for five genres and an early invitation to contribute. These invitations are retained as part of the original publication, not a current call.
- Collections
Volume 2: Original Introduction and Editorial Guidance
The historical introduction to Volume 2 considers contemporary life and changing values, with editorial guidance for poetry, fiction, criticism, essays and research. Submission invitations are preserved as original wording, not current requirements.
- Collections
Volume 1: Original Introduction and Editorial Guidance
The historical introduction to Volume 1 sets out its interest in experiences of earlier periods and war, followed by editorial guidance for five genres. Its invitations and manuscript requirements are retained as source material, not a current call.
- Collections
Online Manyo-shu: Original Index and Editorial Themes
The archived anthology index preserves the captured legacy tag list and editorial themes for three volumes. Its displayed names and counts are a historical snapshot, not verified author totals; the original invitation to contribute is not a current call.
- Academia news
Founding Purpose and Principles
An archived statement by Seishu Hamano introducing the Academia’s founding purpose and five principles. It describes poetry, music, visual arts and cultural exchange. The original Japanese wording and historical publication context are preserved.