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Waka, or tanka, are short fixed forms of 31 syllables, said to express the spirit of the Japanese people. It has been written for over 1,000 years. The Emperor Meiji was celebrated as “Sage of Poetry”, and he composed some 100,000 waka poems. Mikao Usui recommended students read aloud one of these poems as the [...]

Waka, or tanka, are short fixed forms of 31 syllables, said to express the spirit of the Japanese people. It has been written for over 1,000 years. The Emperor Meiji was celebrated as “Sage of Poetry”, and he composed some 100,000 waka poems. Mikao Usui recommended students read aloud one of these poems as the [...]

Waka, or tanka, are short fixed forms of 31 syllables, said to express the spirit of the Japanese people. It has been written for over 1,000 years. The Emperor Meiji was celebrated as “Sage of Poetry”, and he composed some 100,000 waka poems. Mikao Usui recommended students read aloud one of these poems as the [...]