Latest newsletter:"Paper"
October 27, 2020Here is a Waka, a traditional Japanese poem written by Sei Shonagon in 10C, in "The Pillow Book" section 262.
Interpretation: I feel irritated and I even lose the will to live at times. Even though when I feel like that, if I get just ordinary paper but beautifully white, a high-quality writing brush, white card to write a poem or Michinoku paper, they comfort my heart and I start thinking that I can still live like this anyway for a while.
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A medium to keep records for a thousand years : Paper
Translation by: Hitomi Kochi, reviewed by Chan Yee Ting
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