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Lovely! And I just realized, this is a great way for me to study classical Japanese, I can see what’s going on when you put the translation right next to the original. I haven’t looked at the Manyōshū since middle school! I hope you do more of these!

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I have never looked at the Manyoshu poems before... online I found an original version of the poem written in Manyogana but deleted it before posting this because I thought it was confusing and I wasn't able to understand it at all!!Have you watched episode 2 yet of Hikaru? I am getting ready to post about it!

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No not yet! I hope you are enjoying it!

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All things to you! I’m really really enjoying it.

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Thank you for writing this! The painting is heavenly, Leanne. Absolutely heavenly. And now I have to find my copy (translation, of course); in a box here somewhere.

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I hope you find it!! ❤️

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