Japanese Poetry by Emi

In this podcast, we focus on fun. We focus on the beauty of Japanese poems. If you are looking for something completely different from your real world and something that doesn’t cost any money, this podcast is for you.

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Episodes

Aoni Yoshi

Ono no Oyu; Yama no Ue no Okura

Mar 21, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 24

Dear cranes

Authors are unknown.

Mar 13, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 23

Sleeping alone in the mountain

Kaki no Moto no Hitomaro; Nagata Kazuhiro

Mar 05, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 22

Plum blossoms

Ohtomo no Tabito; Ki no Tomonori

Feb 27, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 21

Snow at the dawn

Emperor Koko; Saka no Ue no Korenori

Feb 20, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 20

I would be happier..

Kohmyo Kohgo; Kino Oshika no Iratsume

Feb 13, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 19

Snow and petals

Fujiwara no Kintsune; Minamoto no Muneyuki

Feb 07, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 18

White chrysanthemum and frost

Oshikochi no Mitsune; Yamabe no Akahito

Jan 30, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 17

River of stones

Yosa Mi No Otome ; Kaki no Moto No Hitomaro

Jan 23, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 16

There was a cicada upside down

Sami Mansei and Shudo Emi

Jan 16, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 15

Mt. Fuji

Yamabe no Akahito - two versions of the same poem

Jan 09, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 14

The sea of Ohmi

A lake used to be called the sea of Ohmi.

Jan 01, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 13

Lots of happiness may happen and pile up this coming year.

On this new year today, there is lots of snow falling here in this town. I wish lots of happiness may happen and pile up this year as much as the snow on the ground we see.

Dec 25, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 12

The whole oak tree looks like a big flag

Did anyone say you are traveling over the oak trees to your grave from your house and back and forth? I see the oak trees like a big flag but I am not able to see you in person.

Dec 19, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 11

I brewed sake for you

I miss you as much as the hundreds of layers of leaves.

Dec 12, 2020•9 min

I stood outside until next morning

Poems by a sister to her brother who was executed by a government in the 7th century in Japan.

Dec 05, 2020•9 min

HeLa cells

Nagata Koh - Thought about cancer cells sampled from a mother

Nov 28, 2020•7 min

Windstorms in the fall

A hundred poets, one poem each no. 22 (Hun Ya No Yasuhide) and no. 37 (Hun Ya No Asayasu).

Nov 21, 2020•7 min•Ep. 7

A dad's love to his children

Yama no ue no Okura - Ten thousand leaves - vol.5 802 and 803

Nov 17, 2020•8 min

Too much fantasy?

Thoughts about the moon: Abe no Nakamaro and Priest Sosei

Nov 15, 2020•8 min•Ep. 5

Japanese Poetry by Emi (Trailer)

Nov 13, 2020•50 sec

Deer's voice

Nov 12, 2020•7 min

Living in a tent

Nov 11, 2020•8 min

A hat, a skirt and iced coffee

“Japanese poetry by Emi” is about Japanese poem. In this podcast, I will not be deeply going into technical terms or translation. We focus on fun. We focus on the beauty of poems. If you are looking for something completely different from your real world and something that doesn’t cost any money, “Japanese poetry by Emi” is for you.

Nov 08, 2020•9 min•Ep. 2

Green and White, Summer has come.

White of the clothes and green on trees. Summer has come.

Nov 07, 2020•15 min•Ep. 1

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