Renka I – Toshio Hosokawa



Rob MacDonald guitar

Xin Wang voice



Audio | Peter Olsen

Video and Editing | Chris McKay


Recorded January 2019, Walter Hall, University of Toronto


1. Aki no Ta no...
     Like the morning mist
     Clouding the autumn fields,
     Where will it stop,
     My helpless wandering love?

Sano-no-Otogami-no-Otome, from the fifteenth volume of “Manyoshu”

2. Kimi ga Yuku...
     O to gather up and fold,
     To burn with heavenly fire
     That road
     You must travel away from me.

Iwanoshime-no-Ookisak, from the second volume of “Manyoshu”

3. Yura no To o...
     It’s oars lost,
     On Yura Bay,
     The boatman's craft
     Is like my love which
     Knows no path to follow.

Sone-no-Yoshitada, from “Shinkokinshu”

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