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February 28, 2015

Ono no Komachi poetry

Here are a few of my favorite poems by Ono no Komachi –

Though I visit him
Ceaselessly
In my dreams,
The sum of all those meetings
Is less than a single waking glimpse.
     (Tr. Helen Craig McCullough)

Did he appear,
because I fell asleep
thinking of him?
If only I'd known I was dreaming
I'd never have wakened.
     (Tr. Jane Hirshfield and Aratani Mariko)

Yielding to a love
That knows no limit,
I shall go to him by night --
For the world does not yet censure
Those who tread the paths of dreams.
     (Tr. Helen Craig McCullough)

By TR

September 14, 2014

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USC Panel “Action Through Art”

The USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture will host Action Through Art: The Poetry of Ono no Komachi on November 1, 2014. Please come to this FREE event to hear Writer/Producer Velina Hasu Houston, Producer Ko Mori, and Director/Producer Tamara Ruppart speak about their film PATH OF DREAMS. Actress Tamlyn Tomita will read selected poems by Ono no Komachi.