Vol. 5August 2026
Cover of 歌のいろ/\
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Various Shades of Song

歌のいろ/\

石川啄木 · Japanese

A poet sifts through submitted tanka, finding in their typos and missing characters glimpses of the writers' sorrows and quiet hopes.

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A poet sifts through submitted tanka, finding in their typos and missing characters glimpses of the writers' sorrows and quiet hopes. A meditative essay by Ishikawa Takuboku, the voice of Meiji-era poetic reform.

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