Category: China
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An Offering To The Gods: Poem Number 24
Hi folks, after a long break due to work obligations, I am back and happy to post this excellent poem by my favorite author in the Hyakunin Isshu: Japanese Romanization Translation このたびは Kono tabi wa This time around 幣もとりあへず Nusa motori aezu I couldn’t even bring the sacred streamers 手向山 Tamuke yama —Offering Hill— 紅葉のにしき…
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A Full Moon Night: Poem Number 7
As tonight is a Worm Moon, but also one where the moon is the closest in its orbit to Earth in 19 years, I thought this was a fitting poem, and also one of my favorite: Japanese Romanization Translation 天の原 Ama no hara As I gaze out, far ふりさけ見れば Furisake mireba across the plains of…
The Hyakunin Isshu 