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  • Essays

    A Dialogue on Sharing Japanese Sensibility with the World

    Dialogue participant: Seishu HamanoOnline Manyo-shu: Volume 1Originally published: Prose translated; quoted poems remain in Japanese

    A conversation between Takao Suzuki and Seishu Hamano examines poetry, language and cultural understanding in relation to the Online Manyoshu’s purpose.

  • Essays

    A Model Essay: Two Mountain-Path Poems

    Author: Seishu HamanoOnline Manyo-shu: Volume 1 / Volume 2 / Volume 3Originally published: Prose translated; quoted poems remain in Japanese

    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.

  • Essays

    Memories of Hanakage

    Online Manyo-shu: Volume 1Originally published: Prose translated; quoted poems remain in Japanese

    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.