June/2/2019
Chihayafuru is a well-known Japanese manga for young people written and illustrated by Suetsugu Yuki. The story is about Ayase Chihaya, the heroine, and her friends, who bet their youth on competitive
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June/2/2019
Chihayafuru is a well-known Japanese manga for young people written and illustrated by Suetsugu Yuki. The story is about Ayase Chihaya, the heroine, and her friends, who bet their youth on competitive
June/16/2019
My sleeves are like rocks
far out into the sea.
Even at low tide
they cannot be seen
by anyone,
nor will they ever dry.
(Lady Sanuki)
(Translated by McMillan Peter.)
This poem is one of the poems in the Hyakunin Isshu, and it was composed over 800 years ago by a lady. She compares her sleeves to rocks under the sea. She’s tormented by romantic feelings, and her sleeves are wet with tears.