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- Poetry & creative work
Once I Catch You, I Won’t Let Go
Lyrics stage a lovers’ exchange around a secret meeting place, jealousy and the uncertain future of their relationship.
- Poetry & creative work
The White Chrysanthemum: A Fragrant Life
A poem links a white chrysanthemum with remembered youth, a singer’s love and the solitude of passing years.
- Poetry & creative work
Fragments of Ugetsu: The Kutsuki Chapter
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
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
An essay reflects on the emotional delivery of songs of parting, combining memories of Noriko Awaya with observations of Jun Hayama’s performances.
- Events & activity
Masao Koga 120th Birth Anniversary Concert: Program and Commentary
A program for the July 16, 2024 concert introduces Koga and Hattori songs alongside commentary on their historical and emotional settings.
- Poetry & creative work
One More Straight Pitch, 2023 — Jun Hayama
Lyrics look back on the exuberance of the bubble years and resolve to find new energy rather than settle into a quiet retirement.
- Collections
Romantic Poetry Forum: Summer, June 2024
A June tanka meeting record reflects on new banknotes and discusses poems about clothing, daily routines and the loss of a beloved dog.
- Events & activity
Masao Koga 120th Birth Anniversary Concert: June Program
A June 25, 2024 concert program connects Koga melodies and other songs with the Great Depression, wartime experience and personal longing.
- Essays
Koga Melodies and Romantic Poetry, Part 2
An essay on Life’s Tree-Lined Road interprets its separated siblings through poverty, migration and the relationship between lyricist and composer.
- Collections
Romantic Poetry Forum: Spring, May 2024
A May tanka meeting record reflects on the value of words and discusses poems about fresh vegetables, family scenes and food.
- Collections
Romantic Poetry Forum: Spring, April 2024
An April tanka meeting record links late cherry blossoms and school entrances with poems about sumo, children and the use of personal names in poetry.