Japanese Studies Seminar: Seeds in the Heart and Leaves of Words: Traditional Japanese Poetry Beyond the Haiku We were honoured to invite Dr Thomas McAuley, Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Sheffield, to give the talk, Seeds in the Heart and Leaves of Words: Traditional Japanese Poetry Beyond the Haiku on Thursday 7 December at 18:30, in the event hall at Japan House London. We embarked on a journey into traditional Japanese poetry, focusing on ‘Yamato-uta’, or ‘Waka’ (å’ŒæŒ (Waka) = ...
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