Kenneth Rexroth's translation of Yosano Akiko tanka vii

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Akiko Yosano

Yosano Akiko's tanka, which is vii on page 9 in the Kenneth Rexroth "100 More" volume of Japanese poetry in translation, in the original is :

とき髪に
室むつまじの
百合のかをり
消えをあやぶむ
夜の淡紅色よ

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Sixth Rexroth Akiko Yosano tanka

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The tanka VI in the second Rexroth "Poems from the Japanese" is

今ここに

かへりみすれば

わがなさけ

闇[やみ]をおそれぬ

めしひに似たり

Only 3 kanji among the kana.

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Rexroth Yosano Akiko tanka

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Another Akiko Yosano tanka in Rexroth is his IV, his page 6 :

夜の帳[ちやう]にささめき尽きし星の今を

下界[げかい]の人の鬢のほつれよ

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