Here’s a short video where I discuss the makura kotoba 枕詞 (‘pillow word’), an enduring technique used by waka poets from as early as the seventh or eighth centuries right the way through until the nineteenth.
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I enjoyed this episode. I found it very instructive especially for the sounds of the Japanese accent on words. Thank you 🙏
I enjoyed this episode. I found it very instructive especially for the sounds of the Japanese accent on words. Thank you 🙏