
Leaves: tanka anthology of Nature - Paperback
Leaves: tanka anthology of Nature - Paperback
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by Amelia Fielden (Editor)
The tanka form, in which these short lyrics on nature were composed, is that of traditional Japanese poetry. In classical Japanese, the expression meaning 'leaves', kotonoha, is a homonym for 'words'. Both are also written identically, in Kanji characters which join 'say' with 'leaf/leaves'. Kotonoha can also refer to waka, the pre-modern designation for tanka poems.



















