Ohayo Gozaimasu Please have Assignment #3 out and ready to be stamped.
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Transcript of Ohayo Gozaimasu Please have Assignment #3 out and ready to be stamped.
Book Group DiscussionDiscuss your four topics. You should be able to answer
questions about…• Honor- Is “honor” another
theme in the novel? What is honor? How is the cultural perspective on honor different in Japan than in the United States?
• Relationships- How are relationships between specific characters different (ie. Sachi & Stephen; Sachi & Matsu; Matsu & Sachi, etc). Does this happen in your life? Do you have different types of friendships with different people?
Japanese Poetry
• Suggestion• Symbols• Simplicity• Goalmeansresult• Imagination
On a withered branchA crow has settled –
autumn nightfall.
- Matsuo Basho
On top of skeletons
they put a gala dress, and then –
the flower-viewing!
- Uejima Onitsura (1660-1738)
This perfectly still
spring day bathed in the soft light
from the spread-out sky.
Why do the cherry blossoms
So restlessly scatter down?
- Ki no Tomonori
Japanese Poetry
• Suggestion• Symbols• Simplicity• Goalmeansresult• Imagination
This perfectly stillspring day bathed in the soft lightfrom the spread-out sky.Why do the cherry blossomsSo restlessly scatter down?
The clustering clouds –
Can it be they wipe away
The lunar shadows?
Every time they clear a bit
The moonlight shines brighter.
- Minamoto no Toshiyori
When I went to visit
The girl I love so much,
That winter night
The river blew so cold
That the plovers were crying.
- Ki Tsurayuki
Tanka
• How can you tell which ending goes with each beginning?
• What are you noticing about the structure of the poems?
Classmate poemsRandomly draw a classmate’s name.
You will be writing and decorating a tanka poem in appreciation of the positive essence of this person!
Classmate poemsThink about the essence of this person.
You are welcome to write more than one.
Use tanka form: try to connect to nature.
Hand in next class!
Decorate beautifully.