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Made in DNA's avatar

Aces, Leanne. And there is no "better" just "various shades" of interpretation. ;)

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Leanne Ogasawara's avatar

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Maya Rushing Walker's avatar

I really appreciated the youtube link, it's so great to hear poetry read. I always have issues on where to break up Japanese sentences even in prose, so thank you for this! and I love your translation!

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Sally's avatar

The flower moon appeared,

its cloister of petals open to shining

move below Mt. Fuji.

Wonderful piece, Leanne!

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Leanne Ogasawara's avatar

This is so beautiful!! Thank you, Sally!

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Brian Watson's avatar

Could you remind me (because I think we touched on this before): Is the original version of the 中西進 book 美しい日本語の風景?

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Leanne Ogasawara's avatar

Yes, and it’s a very beautiful book. I think I got a copy at Kinokuniya in New York or online. I think you’re going to love it because of the photographs. They remind me of yours!

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Brian Watson's avatar

I ordered it from Amazon Japan!

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Leanne Ogasawara's avatar

I hope you love it as much as I do! The images remind me of your photography so much with the beautiful closeup pictures of flowers. Quite a beautiful book I think! Xoxo

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