Tag: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
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Japanese Poetry
As a change of pace, some selections from Traditional Japanese Poetry trans. Steven D. Carter A poem written by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro when Prince Karu took lodging in the fields of Aki Off to the eastward,the first shimmer of daylightrises on the fields–and when I turn round to see,the moon is sinking away Another by the same…