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Tanka poems were like haiku, but with thirty-one syllables instead of seventeen, arranged in syllable groups of five-seven-five-seven-seven. Tanka was older than haiku, and more beautiful, she thought. She collected ideas as she went about her day like threads of silk: the coolness of mochi in her hands, dust on the street, a woman's hair comb, the temple bell at dusk. At night she laid them on her loom and wove them together, bits of gold and silver glinting in the light as she counted out syllables on her fingers. When the electricity went off with a clank that night, she sat for a moment, mid-line, and in the darkness saw sparks on her hands. - Jean Gordon Kocienda Girl in a Box I am reading about the protagonist Hō Sho the central protagonist who weaves her dreams into words.Hardly an teenager, she is stepping cautiously, her every action is scrutinized not only by her family but by the patriarchal society too.I am reading the book Girl in a Box by Jean Gordon Kocienda. : : ( Tanka,Tale of Genji, Yosano Aikiko, Girl in a Box, Japanese literature) : : #literaryhanami #januaryinjapan #bookexcerpt #bookstagram

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