Having learned about the traditional short poetry form of haiku through Basho, Keene would later compile a biography of Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), the Meiji-era poet who revived the allure of haiku in ...

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I kept reading poetry, but for the last, I don’t know, 25 or 30 years, I’ve been very much a casual reader of poetry—not someone professionally invested in it, not someone who specializes in it.

By itself, a poem can’t fix injustice, prevent violence, or erase mistakes we’ve made. But it can “hold you and scold you at the same time,” Daughtry writes; it can “make you float . . . introduce you ...

Meiji Milk has been a staple for nearly a century, having been around since 1928. The glass-bottled version holds a special place in bathhouses, where drinking a bottle post-bath has been a ritual ...

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Meiji Cruz has transitioned to TV after pageantry, like so many other beauty queens. But two years since claiming the Philippines' first Miss CosmoWorld victory, she said she is still giddy ...

TOKYO, November 14, 2024--Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan, President and Representative Director: Daikichiro Kobayashi; hereinafter referred to as "Meiji Seika Pharma ...

A new study in the journal Scientific Reports finds that nonexpert readers can’t reliably distinguish between poems penned by William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, T.S. Eliot or Sylvia Plath and ...

Emperor Meiji died on July 30th, 1912, and the Empress passed away two years later. At his death, the people were devastated, and the construction of the shrine was meant to provide a place for the ...