Islands of Protest by Davinder L. Bhowmik

Author:Davinder L. Bhowmik
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780824858247
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Notes

  1. Most critics agree that this refers to Iriomote Island, where Sakiyama was born and raised. The island that Takako is visiting is most likely Kohama Island, located less than two miles to the west of Iriomote Island.

  2. “Climbing Kagu-yama and Looking upon the Land” is one of the most famous poems from the Manyōshū [Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves], the revered collection of ancient Japanese poems. Written by Emperor Jomei (593–641), the poem describes the author’s view of Japan from the mountaintop. The poem reads,

Countless are the mountains in Yamato,

But perfect is the heavenly hill of Kagu;

When I climb it and survey my realm,

Over the wide plain the smoke-wreaths rise and rise,

Over the wide lake the gulls are on the wing;

A beautiful land it is, the Land of Yamato!

(translated by the Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkōkai, Japanese Classics Translation Committee)

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