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The Master-Singers of Japan, by Clara A. Walsh, [1914], at sacred-texts.com


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CONTENTS

 

PAGE

Introduction

13

Prelude

20

On the View from Mount Kagu, by the Mikado Jomei ("Manyôshiu")

21

Love-Lay by the Mikado Temmu ("Manyôshiu")

21

Spring and Autumn, by Princess Nukata ("Manyôshiu")

22

Hitómaro, notes on

23

   On the Death of his Wife ("Manyôshiu")

23

   On Prince Naga Hunting

25

   On Prince Karu's Retirement (Lay 12, "Manyôshiu")

26

   On Parting from his Wife

27

   On the Death of his Wife at Kara (Lay 27, "Manyôshiu")

27

   Envoy on Death of his Wife

29

Akáhito, notes on

29

   On Waka's Shore

29

   On Viewing Fuji

30

   On passing the Tomb of the Maid of Mama

30

Ruined Chapel of Takechi, by Kamo no Kimitari-Hito

31

By the Wide Sea, by Kuramochi no Asomi Chitosē (Lay 78, "Manyôshiu")

32

Sighs

32

A Loyal Wish, by Tanobe Sakimaro ("Manyôshiu")

33

Lines to a Friend (Lay 117, "Manyôshiu")

34

On the Ascent to Heaven of the Mikado, by A Lady of the Court ("Manyôshiu")

35

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Yakamochi, notes on

38

   Cuckoo and Wistaria

36

   Pearls of Awabi

37

   The New Year (Last Lay of the "Manyôshiu")

38

   Pink and Lily (Part of Lay 232, "Manyôshiu")

38

   On the Cuckoo singing in another's Garden

39

   To his Hawk

40

   Impermanence (Lay 233, "Manyôshiu")

41

   To his Wife

42

   Chinese Poem (written to his Friend Ikenushi)

43

   Plum-blossom—A Hero

44

Lay by Ikenushi to his Friend Yakamochi

45

Omi Okura, notes on

46

   To bring back the Froward

46

   On Tanabata Night

47

The Gift ("Manyôshiu")

48

The Moon-Lord's Elixir ("Manyôshiu")—The Ghost

49

A Mother's Farewell to her Son ("Manyôshiu")

50

A Lament ("Manyôshiu")

50

A Lay of Complaint (Lady Sakanohe no Isatsune)

51

Drowned (Lay 194, "Manyôshiu")

52

To a Lady crossing a Bridge alone ("Manyôshiu")

53

In Azuma—A Wish ("Manyôshiu")

54

The Moon's Voyage (Prince Aki)

55

Short Poems from Manyôshiu: Willows; Blossomtime

55

Sugiwaha no Michizane, notes on

56

   The Offering

66

Spring Showers (Fujiwara Toshiyuki)

56

Kino Tsurayuki, notes on

57

   Tanka from the "Tosa Nikki"

57

   Brown Sails upon the Sea—The Wild Geese

58

   Plum-blossom and Snow

59

Tanka from "Kokinshiu": Remembrance—Plum-blossom

69

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Tanka from "Kokinshiu" (continued)—

 

   Vanishing—The Leaves—The Tomb—The Dream

60

   Song of Mionoseki—Passing—Illusion

61

The Lightning (Minamoto no Jun)

61

Evanescence (Minamoto no Jun)

62

The Sleeve

62

Dew-sprinkled—Evening Mists—The White Cloud (Minamoto no Jun)

63

Frogs and Kerrie Blooms—The Dawn ("Manyôshiu")

64

Wistaria ("Manyôshiu")

65

In Praise of Sake (Ōtomo no Yakamochi)

65

The Legend of the River of Souls

66

Cherry-blossom—The Flowers

68

A Portrait—New Year (Ikuju)—One and Many

69

Transcience (Komachi)—Old Samurai Prayer

70

Ancient Wedding Song

70

At Sakusa—hill of Meeting (Semi-Maro)

71

Slumber Song of Izumo

71

Children's Songs: Butterfly Song—Snail Song

72

Siege Song—Lover's Lament (from "Isé Monogatari")

73

Frogs at Night—Fuji (Arikoto)

74

Spring Wind and Willows (Tahira no Kanemori)

74

The Snowfall (Kujohara)—Illusion (Sakanouhe)

75

Deserted Garden (Sadaijin)—Blossom-time (Norinobu)

76

At the End of the Year (Tsuraki)

76

Jewels of Autumn (Kiyomasa)

77

Dew-drenched Autumn Leaves

77

Seclusion—Old Battle-field (Yorihira)—Autumn Moon Thoughts

78

Wind in Autumn—Illusions—Hailstones

79

The Riverside—The Cut Chrysanthemum—The First Snow

80

Why?—Mirage—Across the Hills

81

Falling Leaves—In Winter-time—Flowering Grasses (Motosuki)

82

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Rejoicing—Light of Dharmakâya—Ghost Dragon-flies

83

A Plaint—Brocade—At Jizō's Shrine

84

The Blossom-Offering (Hujyō)

85

Late Cherry-Bloom (Shōni no Myōfu)

86

Tears (Fujiwara Tada-Kuni)—Perfume and Beauty (Kawara no Sadaijin)

86

Sea-foam: Flowers of the Sea-waves (Yasuhide)

87

Poverty (Ransetsu)—Isolation (Isé)

87

Spring Days and Blossom—Over the Fence (Isé)

88

Passing of the Spring—Faded Hues (Motoyoshi)—Frogs Croaking

89

Cloud of Blossom—Absent (Sugawara Adaijin)

90

Hototogisu: The Cuckoo (Sanesada)

90

Hototogisu—Brocade of Autumn

91

Autumn Thoughts (Masato)—The Barrier at Nakoso

92

Dragon-flies—Cherry-blossom (Tomonori)—Glory of Yoshino (Teitoku)

93

Saigyō-Hōshi, notes on

94

   Fellow-Travellers—At Isé Temple

94

   The Moon-night—The Spring

95

   Autumn Evening's Loneliness

95

A Fragment from the "Heike Monogatari"

98

The Shogun Sanetomo, notes on

98

   Loyalty—Presentiment

98

Teika Kyo, notes on

99

   Autumn Evening by the Sea

99

The Dragon-fly (Chiyo)

99

Existence—Morning Glory (Chiyo)

100

The Night—The Infant

100

Kamo No Chōmei, notes on

101

   The Moonrise

101

   The Moon and the River

102

   Moonlight on the Pine-trees

102

   The Fallen Maple-leaves

103

   Bright Moon in Autumn

103

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The Butterfly (Moritake)

103

White Chrysanthemums (Ochikochi no Mitsune)

104

The Morning Glory—Siesta (Matsunaga)

104

Keichiu, notes on

105

   The Coming of Spring

105

Bashō, notes on

106

   Contrasts

106

   The Full Moon—The Pond

107

Sakura—A Sketch

107

Motoori Norinaga, notes on

108

   Yamato Damashü (Soul of Japan)

108

The Bamboo Flute (Shiroi Ukō)

109

Bushido (Tenshu Nishimura)

112

Loyal unto Death

115

T.I.M. The Emperor and Empress, notes on

116

Lines written during the Russo-Japanese War (H.I.M. the Emperor)

116

In Time of Peace (the Emperor)

117

Fuji (the Emperor)

117

The Shrine (H.I.M. the Empress)

117

The River (the Empress)

118

In Spring (the Empress)

118

National Anthem

119

Envoy—The East to the West

120


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