Chōkū Prize ちょうくうしょう
Edition 25 (1991)
Tanka
Winners
1 peopleFuyuurara is Fumiko Yasunaga's tenth tanka collection. Its language draws on waterside scenes, travel, and the sensibility of calligraphy, showing a lucid tension in her later poetic world.
Lakeside light and the resonance of Chinese-derived diction turn solitude into a poised tanka voice.
230 pages
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