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1. Wim ???? (wim_v12e@octodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Jan-2021 06:20:14 JST Wim ????

   Here is an amazing poem by the Buddhist priest Myōe (明恵) (1173–1232)

   あかあかやあかあかあかやあかあかやあかあかあかやあかあかや月

   He has been called the "poet of the moon". The translation is

   “Bright, bright, and bright, bright, bright, and bright, bright.Bright and bright, bright, and bright, bright moon.”

   What I found quite amazing is that this poem is a tanka: it follows the 5-7-5-7-7 pattern.

   aka aka yaaka aka aka yaaka aka yaaka aka aka yaaka aka ya tsuki

   #Japanese #Poetry

   • Wim ???? (wim_v12e@octodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Jan-2021 06:20:13 JST Wim ????

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     I wrote about this poem and others in my latest article,

     "The Beautiful Japan of the Mind"

     https://quickandtastycooking.org.uk/articles/my-own-private-japan/

   • Wim ???? (wim_v12e@octodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Jan-2021 06:20:14 JST Wim ????

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     Or you can take the easy way and read it in English:

     https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1968/kawabata/lecture/

   • Wim ???? (wim_v12e@octodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Jan-2021 06:20:16 JST Wim ????

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     If you are a student of Japanese, then you might want to read the whole essay from which the poem was taken, it is very interesting:

     美しい日本の私 by 川端康成

     https://quickandtastycooking.org.uk/kawabata-nobel-lecture/

     とねぢ ＠Minoh-don（ash） repeated this.