Contents
CONTENTS
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| Introduction | |
| Prelude | |
| On the View from Mount Kagu, by the Mikado Jomei ("Manyôshiu") | |
| Love-Lay by the Mikado Temmu ("Manyôshiu") | |
| Spring and Autumn, by Princess Nukata ("Manyôshiu") | |
| Hitómaro, notes on | |
| On the Death of his Wife ("Manyôshiu") | |
| On Prince Naga Hunting | |
| On Prince Karu's Retirement (Lay 12, "Manyôshiu") | |
| On Parting from his Wife | |
| On the Death of his Wife at Kara (Lay 27, "Manyôshiu") | |
| Envoy on Death of his Wife | |
| Akáhito, notes on | |
| On Waka's Shore | |
| On Viewing Fuji | |
| On passing the Tomb of the Maid of Mama | |
| Ruined Chapel of Takechi, by Kamo no Kimitari-Hito | |
| By the Wide Sea, by Kuramochi no Asomi Chitosē (Lay 78, "Manyôshiu") | |
| Sighs | |
| A Loyal Wish, by Tanobe Sakimaro ("Manyôshiu") | |
| Lines to a Friend (Lay 117, "Manyôshiu") | |
| On the Ascent to Heaven of the Mikado, by A Lady of the Court ("Manyôshiu") | |
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| Yakamochi, notes on | |
| Cuckoo and Wistaria | |
| Pearls of Awabi | |
| The New Year (Last Lay of the "Manyôshiu") | |
| Pink and Lily (Part of Lay 232, "Manyôshiu") | |
| On the Cuckoo singing in another's Garden | |
| To his Hawk | |
| Impermanence (Lay 233, "Manyôshiu") | |
| To his Wife | |
| Chinese Poem (written to his Friend Ikenushi) | |
| Plum-blossom—A Hero | |
| Lay by Ikenushi to his Friend Yakamochi | |
| Omi Okura, notes on | |
| To bring back the Froward | |
| On Tanabata Night | |
| The Gift ("Manyôshiu") | |
| The Moon-Lord's Elixir ("Manyôshiu")—The Ghost | |
| A Mother's Farewell to her Son ("Manyôshiu") | |
| A Lament ("Manyôshiu") | |
| A Lay of Complaint (Lady Sakanohe no Isatsune) | |
| Drowned (Lay 194, "Manyôshiu") | |
| To a Lady crossing a Bridge alone ("Manyôshiu") | |
| In Azuma—A Wish ("Manyôshiu") | |
| The Moon's Voyage (Prince Aki) | |
| Short Poems from Manyôshiu: Willows; Blossomtime | |
| Sugiwaha no Michizane, notes on | |
| The Offering | |
| Spring Showers (Fujiwara Toshiyuki) | |
| Kino Tsurayuki, notes on | |
| Tanka from the "Tosa Nikki" | |
| Brown Sails upon the Sea—The Wild Geese | |
| Plum-blossom and Snow | |
| Tanka from "Kokinshiu": Remembrance—Plum-blossom | |
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| Tanka from "Kokinshiu" (continued)— |
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| Vanishing—The Leaves—The Tomb—The Dream | |
| Song of Mionoseki—Passing—Illusion | |
| The Lightning (Minamoto no Jun) | |
| Evanescence (Minamoto no Jun) | |
| The Sleeve | |
| Dew-sprinkled—Evening Mists—The White Cloud (Minamoto no Jun) | |
| Frogs and Kerrie Blooms—The Dawn ("Manyôshiu") | |
| Wistaria ("Manyôshiu") | |
| In Praise of Sake (Ōtomo no Yakamochi) | |
| The Legend of the River of Souls | |
| Cherry-blossom—The Flowers | |
| A Portrait—New Year (Ikuju)—One and Many | |
| Transcience (Komachi)—Old Samurai Prayer | |
| Ancient Wedding Song | |
| At Sakusa—hill of Meeting (Semi-Maro) | |
| Slumber Song of Izumo | |
| Children's Songs: Butterfly Song—Snail Song | |
| Siege Song—Lover's Lament (from "Isé Monogatari") | |
| Frogs at Night—Fuji (Arikoto) | |
| Spring Wind and Willows (Tahira no Kanemori) | |
| The Snowfall (Kujohara)—Illusion (Sakanouhe) | |
| Deserted Garden (Sadaijin)—Blossom-time (Norinobu) | |
| At the End of the Year (Tsuraki) | |
| Jewels of Autumn (Kiyomasa) | |
| Dew-drenched Autumn Leaves | |
| Seclusion—Old Battle-field (Yorihira)—Autumn Moon Thoughts | |
| Wind in Autumn—Illusions—Hailstones | |
| The Riverside—The Cut Chrysanthemum—The First Snow | |
| Why?—Mirage—Across the Hills | |
| Falling Leaves—In Winter-time—Flowering Grasses (Motosuki) | |
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| Rejoicing—Light of Dharmakâya—Ghost Dragon-flies | |
| A Plaint—Brocade—At Jizō's Shrine | |
| The Blossom-Offering (Hujyō) | |
| Late Cherry-Bloom (Shōni no Myōfu) | |
| Tears (Fujiwara Tada-Kuni)—Perfume and Beauty (Kawara no Sadaijin) | |
| Sea-foam: Flowers of the Sea-waves (Yasuhide) | |
| Poverty (Ransetsu)—Isolation (Isé) | |
| Spring Days and Blossom—Over the Fence (Isé) | |
| Passing of the Spring—Faded Hues (Motoyoshi)—Frogs Croaking | |
| Cloud of Blossom—Absent (Sugawara Adaijin) | |
| Hototogisu: The Cuckoo (Sanesada) | |
| Hototogisu—Brocade of Autumn | |
| Autumn Thoughts (Masato)—The Barrier at Nakoso | |
| Dragon-flies—Cherry-blossom (Tomonori)—Glory of Yoshino (Teitoku) | |
| Saigyō-Hōshi, notes on | |
| Fellow-Travellers—At Isé Temple | |
| The Moon-night—The Spring | |
| Autumn Evening's Loneliness | |
| A Fragment from the "Heike Monogatari" | |
| The Shogun Sanetomo, notes on | |
| Loyalty—Presentiment | |
| Teika Kyo, notes on | |
| Autumn Evening by the Sea | |
| The Dragon-fly (Chiyo) | |
| Existence—Morning Glory (Chiyo) | |
| The Night—The Infant | |
| Kamo No Chōmei, notes on | |
| The Moonrise | |
| The Moon and the River | |
| Moonlight on the Pine-trees | |
| The Fallen Maple-leaves | |
| Bright Moon in Autumn | |
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| The Butterfly (Moritake) | |
| White Chrysanthemums (Ochikochi no Mitsune) | |
| The Morning Glory—Siesta (Matsunaga) | |
| Keichiu, notes on | |
| The Coming of Spring | |
| Bashō, notes on | |
| Contrasts | |
| The Full Moon—The Pond | |
| Sakura—A Sketch | |
| Motoori Norinaga, notes on | |
| Yamato Damashü (Soul of Japan) | |
| The Bamboo Flute (Shiroi Ukō) | |
| Bushido (Tenshu Nishimura) | |
| Loyal unto Death | |
| T.I.M. The Emperor and Empress, notes on | |
| Lines written during the Russo-Japanese War (H.I.M. the Emperor) | |
| In Time of Peace (the Emperor) | |
| Fuji (the Emperor) | |
| The Shrine (H.I.M. the Empress) | |
| The River (the Empress) | |
| In Spring (the Empress) | |
| National Anthem | |
| Envoy—The East to the West |