One of the most famous poems in Japanese history, a tanka by Edo era scholar Motoori Norinaga starts thus:
If someone asks about the Yamato spirit of Shikishima
it is the flowers of yamazakura that are fragrant in the Asahi
Significance Please?
Monday, March 16, 2009
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