Friendship among Akahiko, Mokichi and Hyakusui

摘要

Akiko Yosano's correction manuscript found. Despite the two-line title, it was a small one-column newspaper article that could easily be overlooked - an article stating that a 544-page manuscript of Akiko Yosano's last 20 years worth of corrections to the tanka of her best pupil, Akiko Niwa had been found in Kobe City. The article said: " Akiko makes detailed comments on each line. For example, she severely criticizes the poem "The white Fuji, it's deep blue lower slopes, the pale scarlet leaves of Mt. Omuro and the water of Lake Shojiko (shiroki fuji gunjyono suso oomurono awaki momijito shojikono mizu)," saying, "Lining up a bunch of colors is the work of a beginner." I could not help but smile, as I reflected that there was no poet with as colorful poetry to express her surging passion as Akiko Yosano.