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Volume 1 — After the Fighting

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  • Collections

    Romantic Poetry Forum: Summer, June 2025

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

    A record of the June tanka gathering, with reflections on the summer solstice and poems about everyday encounters.

  • Collections

    Romantic Poetry Forum: Spring, May 2025

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

    A May tanka meeting record considers the traditional month name Satsuki and the images and sounds that make seasonal words appealing.

  • Collections

    Romantic Poetry Forum: Spring, April 2025

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

    A record of an April tanka gathering, opening with reflections on the Osaka Expo and its promise before turning to members’ poems.

  • Essays

    Ryokan’s Poems of Affection

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

    An essay tracing Ryokan’s life as a monk and poet and examining poems of affection and exchange.

  • Collections

    Romantic Poetry Forum: Autumn, November 2024

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

    A November tanka meeting record opens with reflections on the United States presidential election before discussing the submitted poems.

  • Essays

    The Background to a Parting

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

    A reading of Night Platform explores wartime departure, loss and the emotional setting of a farewell song.

  • Essays

    A Woman’s Life Journey

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

    An interpretation of Red Shoes Tango considers a young woman’s desire and hardship against the social setting of early postwar Japan.

  • Poetry & creative work

    Fragments of Ugetsu: The Kutsuki Chapter

    Online Manyo-shu: Volume 1Originally published: Full English translation available

    A prose work draws on Ugetsu, classical ghost stories and the landscape around northern Lake Biwa to explore love, resentment and lives disrupted by turmoil.

  • Essays

    Hot-Spring Town Elegy and the Japanese after the War

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

    An interpretation of Hot-Spring Town Elegy relates its longing and separation to the circumstances of postwar Japan and the continuing performance of Koga’s songs.

  • Essays

    Songs of Heartbreak: Noriko Awaya and Jun Hayama

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

    An essay reflects on the emotional delivery of songs of parting, combining memories of Noriko Awaya with observations of Jun Hayama’s performances.

  • Collections

    Romantic Poetry Forum: Summer, June 2024

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

    A June tanka meeting record reflects on new banknotes and discusses poems about clothing, daily routines and the loss of a beloved dog.

  • Essays

    Koga Melodies and Romantic Poetry, Part 2

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

    An essay on Life’s Tree-Lined Road interprets its separated siblings through poverty, migration and the relationship between lyricist and composer.