
Kōran
Wife of Yanagawa Seigan and a great poet of nineteenth-century Japan who practiced traditional Sinitic poetry.
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Jul 21, 2024 • 54min
Yanagawa Seigan, "The Same Moon Shines on All: The Lives and Selected Poems of Yanagawa Seigan and Kōran" (Columbia UP, 2024)
Discover the lives of Japanese poets Yanagawa Seigan and Kōran, who practiced traditional Sinitic poetry. Learn about their itinerant lifestyle, political activities, and Kōran's imprisonment. Explore their mastery of poetic tradition amid Japan's monumental change.