Translating premodern Japanese poetry into English, and studying how it has been criticised is my major research activity, and one that saw fruit in my publication of the first complete English ...

New to 4 Extra. Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and, to mark the 93rd birthday of Japan’s greatest living poet [b.15.12.1931], he selects Shuntaro Tanikawa - A Poet's Japan.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, in a poem recited at the annual New Year's Poetry Reading on Wednesday, expressed how he was ...

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Shuntaro Tanikawa, one of the most celebrated Japanese modern poets who pushed the boundaries of the genre, died on Nov. 13. He was 92. While his poems have been translated into many foreign ...

Emperor Naruhito composed a poem about the aspirations of children he has met around Japan for the annual New Year Poetry ...

Poems written by imperial family members and guests were recited in a traditional style at the ceremony in the palace's Matsu ...