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Misono Waka: The Exclusive Interview

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1. Introduction

The waka (or tanka) tradition in Japan has historically been associated with communal composition (e.g., renga), imperial anthologies (Kokin Wakashū), and shared seasonal or amorous tropes. Even modernist tanka poets like Ishikawa Takuboku or Saitō Mokichi retained a sense of universal address. Misono Waka, however, emerged in the 1990s as a radical voice whose work feels deliberately closed off — as if written for one person, one memory, or one body.

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