Poetry collection
unchanging dolls’ faces—
I’ve had no choice, except
to grow old.
From: Ueda, Makoto (ed. and transl.), Far Beyond the Field: Haiku by Japanese Women, 2003, Columbia University Press: New York, p. 60.
(https://books.google.com.au/books?id=tq2rAgAAQBAJ)
Date: c1800 (original in Japanese); 2003 (translation in English)
By: Enomoto Seifu (1732-1815)
Translated by: Makoto Ueda (1931- )
Do they flower
dreaming of a spring night?
blossoms out of season.
From: Ueda, Makoto (ed. and transl.), Far Beyond the Field: Haiku by Japanese Women, 2003, Columbia University Press: New York, p. 43.
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Date: c1764 (original in Japanese); 2003 (translation in English)
By: Chiyojo (1703-1775)
Translated by: Makoto Ueda (1931- )
From Troubles of The World 