Three poems from the -Later Collection of Japanese Poems- (Gosen wakashu), known as the -Karasumaru Fragment- (Karasumaru-gire) [2015.300.232] ...
This fragment was probably written in 1784 following the American War of Independence. The poem was sent to John Ballantine in 1786 for consideration in the Kilmarnock edition, but he advised ...
The precious fragment reveals 60 lines of new text and offers a fresh insight into the famous poem, which chronicles a virgin woman’s conversation with her vulva. But the discovery is all the ...