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  • Essays

    Pandemics in Shakespeare’s Time

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

    An essay written during the COVID-19 pandemic examines representations of plague, life and death in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature.

  • Poetry & creative work

    Tanka Drafts: Parks, Memory and the Pandemic

    Online Manyo-shu: Volume 2Originally published: Full English translation available

    A set of tanka with brief prose introductions finds subjects in a park, an old tree, a crow, the scent of jasmine and a sports ground closed during the pandemic.

  • Academia news

    Original Members Wanted: The Kamakura Group

    Originally published: Full English translation available

    An archived recruitment notice outlines a proposed Kamakura group for original writing, lyrics, music and performing arts associated with the Online Manyoshu.

  • Events & activity

    The Izumi School Salon

    Originally published: Full English translation available

    A brief report records a visit by four society members to an Izumi School kyogen salon and presents photographs from the occasion.

  • Essays

    Narayama and Kitami Shihoko

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

    An essay visits Narayama through Kitami Shihoko’s poem and considers the longing, conflict and sense of place that a love song can convey.

  • Events & activity

    Izumi School Dedicatory Kyogen and Salon

    Originally published: Full English translation available

    An archived announcement gives the programmes and venue information for a June 2020 dedicatory kyogen performance and an Izumi School salon.

  • Essays

    Midaregami and Hoshino Tetsuro

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

    An essay reflects on Midaregami, the craft of its lyricist Hoshino Tetsuro and memories of personal conversations, accompanied by recordings.

  • Poetry & creative work

    Reflections on Kojo no Tsuki

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

    The opening essay in a song series responds to Kojo no Tsuki through its images of ruined castles, changing fortunes and the passage of time.

  • Poetry & creative work

    Recent Tanka, 11

    Author: Seishu HamanoOnline Manyo-shu: Volume 1Originally published: Full English translation available

    A collection pairs poems received from another poet with responses, then turns to hometown ties, writing, mortality and the memory of Kitahara Hakushu.

  • Poetry & creative work

    Recent Tanka, 10

    Author: Seishu HamanoOnline Manyo-shu: Volume 1Originally published: Full English translation available

    Tanka on ageing, familiar possessions and family memory appear alongside responses to Ishikawa Takuboku’s poems of illness and hometown longing.

  • Poetry & creative work

    Recent Tanka, 9

    Author: Seishu HamanoOnline Manyo-shu: Volume 1Originally published: Full English translation available

    A collection with prose notes reflects on friendship, illness, writing and return visits to places connected with family and personal history.