In this short video, I discuss the images and emotions used in the poems on the topic of ‘The Moon at Dawn’.
Category Archives: Eikyū hyakushu
Eikyū hyakushu: Autumn Nights
In this video I discuss the emotions conveyed in the Eikyū hyakushu poems on the topic of ‘Autumn Nights’.
Eikyū hyakushu: The 9th day of the Ninth Month
In this brief video, I discuss the poems on the topic of ‘The 9th day of the Ninth Month’, when the court held the annual chrysanthemum festival.
Eikyū hyakushu: The Night of the 15th of the Eighth Month
In this video, I discuss the images used in the poems on the topic of ‘The Night of the 15th of the Eighth Month’, the middle of autumn, when the moon was at its brightest.
Eikyū hyakushu: The Morning After Tanabata
In this video, I talk about the Tanabata legend, and how it was expressed in these poems in Eikyū hyakushu.
Eikyū hyakushu: Autumn Winds
In this short video, I discuss the images and emotions conveyed by the poems on the topic of ‘Autumn Wind’.
Eikyū hyakushu: Early Evening
Eikyū hyakushu: Lingering Heat
Eikyū hyakushu: Water Rails
Here is a short video in which I discuss the poems on the topic of ‘Water Rails’, and include an example of a famous poetic exchange using the bird as an image.