Poet Yone Noguchi made history as the first Japanese-born writer to share his poetry with the world in English. After moving to San Francisco in 1893, he became a journalist and domestic servant.

These poems were published in Japan in late 19th century. They are printed on continuous stream of paper (the paper is folded and handsewn) and are created from woodblock prints. They were left to ...

A U.S. researcher of Japanese literature has published two books of “waka” poems composed by the emperor and empress of the Meiji Era (1868-1912) with assistance from his poet wife. It was ...

South Burlington High School Japanese program students received feedback from the students at Futaba High School, their ...

She compiled four atomic bomb poems and the story of her experience ... into two booklets—one in Japanese and the other in English. She titled these books “Ningen yo Eichi to Ai wo” (Fellow ...

Students will experience poetry as a form of communication. Students will learn about an ancient poetic tradition of Japan. Students will write tanka poetry in the correct form. What are the poems ...