Japanese imagism in ModPo

Here are some links you will find in ModPoPLUS for week 3 pertaining to Japanese poets’ response to the rise of modernism in the U.S. (and to imagism in particular):

PART TEN: MICHIYO NAKAMOTO & JAPANESE NEO-IMAGISM

10.1 read Michiyo Nakamoto’s “Vernal Equinox”: LINK TO TEXT

10.2 watch discussion of Michiyo Nakamoto’s “Vernal Equinox” with Yosuke Tanaka: LINK TO VIDEO [OFFSITE COPY]

PART ELEVEN: AYUKAWA NOBUO & U.S. MODERNISM IN JAPAN

11.1 read Ayukawa’s “Man on a Bridge”: LINK TO TEXT

11.2 watch discussion (with Yosuke Tanaka) of Ayukawa’s “Man on a Bridge”: LINK TO VIDEO

PART TWELVE: H.D.’s “OREAD” & JUNZABURO NISHIWAKI’S “RAIN”

12.1 read H.D.’s “Oread”: LINK TO TEXT

12.2 read Junzaburo Nishiwaki’s “Rain”: LINK TO TEXT

12.3 watch discussion of Nishiwaki’s “Rain” with Andrew Houwen: LINK TO VIDEO

12.4 watch discussion of H.D.’s “Oread”: LINK TO VIDEO

12.5 watch collaborative close reading of H.D.’s “Oread”: LINK TO VIDEO