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By the Shore of Lake Michigan: A Writer's Tanka Poetry Translation Pays Tribute to Her Issei Grandparents — Part 2
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Heart Mountain, Revisited
Nancy does not recall when she first heard the word “camp” …
Tai Bickhard • April 19, 2025
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By the Shore of Lake Michigan: A Writer's Tanka Poetry Translation Pays Tribute to Her Issei Grandparents — Part 1
Fifteen years ago, Nancy Matsumoto, an award-winning journalist and author, took on a new project. …
Tai Bickhard • April 18, 2025
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Kinori Oka’s Tanka Poem
Throughout this past year, the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre has collaborated with the J…
Nigel Town • July 14, 2022
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The history of Japanese literature in Seattle after the Seattle Tanka Club's 100th anniversary
The Seattle Tanka Society was founded in 1919 as the Kayo-kai, led by Tanaka Ashijo, a native of Ni…
Misa Murohashi • March 11, 2020
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
Pictures and Poetry: Deepening the Connection to my Japanese Roots
Growing up Sansei in my part of California’s San Gabriel Valley meant you didn’t have to work very …
Nancy Matsumoto • Oct. 26, 2018
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Longing
This month, we feature poetry in Nihongo (with English translation) from Tomiko Matsumoto and Genno…
Tomiko Matsumoto +2 • Oct. 18, 2018
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
To Spring
In our last moments of spring, we’re making room for both reflection and movement forward. I invite…
Brynn Saito +2 • May 18, 2017
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Mitsuko Kasuga: Passion for Tanka in Mexico and Japan
Mitsuko Osaka was born in 1914 in the small town of Ina, Nagano Prefecture, the second of four daug…
Sergio Hernández Galindo • April 1, 2016
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An encounter that was infinitely far away
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Drug addict: Medical advances make me weep for old age My wife has passed away and I know the cold …
Hidemitsu Miyamura • Dec. 2, 2013
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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity
Tanka, Haiku, and Senryu as Documentary Literature: Democracy, Justice, and Dignity in the Poems of the Issei - Part 2/2
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Teruko Kumei • Nov. 20, 2013
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