Tag: Sadness

• The Moon in the Hyakunin Isshu

  The Moon is not surprisingly one of the most powerful images in the Hyakunin Isshu anthology, but the myriad ways it is used as imagery shows a remarkable variety and depth. There are 43 poems in the Hyakunin Isshu that cover topics of love and romance, but only 12 that pertain to the Moon. However,…

  Doug

  November 30, 2011

  Japan, Poetry

  autumn, Moon, Sadness, summer