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Akiko's Midaregami
Author(s): Edwin A. Cranston and Yosano Akiko
Source: The Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, Vol. 25, No. 1, Special
Issue: Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) (Apr., 1991), pp. 90-111
Published by: American Association of Teachers of Japanese
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Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese 91
CARMINE-PURPLE:
A TRANSLATION OF "ENJI-MURASAKI,"
THE FIRST NINETY-EIGHT POEMS OF
YOSANO AKIKO'S MIDAREGAMI
Edwin A. Cranston
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102 Volume 25, Number I
52 Utsukushiki So beautiful-
Inochi o oshi to A life I should regret to take,
Kami no iinu The god says now,
Negai no sore wa Though the bargain that we made
Hatashiteshi ima He has kept at last.
-My6jO, March 1901
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Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese 103
58 Murasaki ni In purple
Ogusa ga ue e Over the young grasses falls
Kage ochinu A shadow now:
No no harukaze ni Morning, combing her hair
Kami kezuru asa In the spring breeze from the fields.
-My6j6, March 1901
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