Tag: Akiko Yosano
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Let Me Burn — In the Fading Spring
This project transforms the tanka poems of Akiko Yosano—who caused a sensation in the Meiji era with her poetry collection Midaregami—into contemporary dance music. This page features the original text of the eight tanka poems used in the music, along with modern Japanese translations and English translations that directly capture the “emotions” of the poems.
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Midaregami
“Kyoto’s crimson didn’t suit me, so I stained my lips with your blood.” A fierce fusion of Akiko Yosano’s taboo-breaking poetry Midaregami and the fiery rhythm of Habanera. Witness the awakening of a woman who defies morality, humbles the Gods, and demands to be set free. One hundred years of passion, now unchained.
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Complete Poems of Akiko Yosano
“Akiko Shihen Zenshu” is a self‑selected collection of Yosano Akiko’s free verse and other poetry, first published by Jitsugyo no Nihonsha in January 1929. Bringing together works from the Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa eras, the 309‑page volume presents many of her most emblematic poems, including anti‑war pieces such as “Kimi shinitamou koto nakare,” and…