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Makoto Ueda (editor/translator), Yosano Tekkan, Okamoto Kanoko, Kenji Miyazawa, Okuma Nobuyuki, Maekawa Samio, Saito Fumi, Miya Shuji, Kondo Yoshimi, Tsukamoto Kunio, Nakajo Fumiko, Sasaki Yukitsuna, Shiki Masaoka, Tawara Machi, Ōgai Mori, Akiko Yosano, Takuboku Ishikawa, Mokichi Saito, Kitahara Hakushu, Shaku Choku, Toki Zenmaro. Modern Japanese Tanka: An Anthology. Columbia University Press, 1996 (Modern Japanese Tanka, 1996). Broad and well-framed: a good way to get oriented.

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Texts and images copyright (C) 2022 Pauline Kerschen. Layout adapted from the Single A Tumblr theme by businessbullpen. The Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) has zygodactylic feet, leaving X-shaped tracks with ambiguous direction. The Pueblo and Hopi used the X symbol to mislead evil spirits. Border folklore in the early twentieth century held that a roadrunner would lead a lost traveler back to his path. In Mexico the roadrunner is known as paisano, countryman.