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* Mitsuko Kasuga (1914-2002. Pen name: Akane) emigrated from Japan to Mexico at the age of 22 and cultivated her passion for tanka poetry throughout her life. She spent what little free time she had writing tanka. From vivid depictions of Mexican life to her feelings for her children and later on, her lost husband, her tanka are vibrant and vital. This book recounts a migrant’s personal history and collects 113 of her tanka in Spanish and the original Japanese. Cynthia Viveros Cano’s Spanish translations breathe new life into the stirring musings of this remarkable immigrant poet. * Mitsuko Kasuga (seudonimo: Akane) emigro de Japon a Mexico y durante toda su vida cultivo su gran pasion por el tanka. Sin dejarse quebrantar por el sufrimiento de la guerra o la perdida de su marido, sus tankas expresan alegrias y tristezas con intensidad. Sus tankas reflejan la vida de una mujer, como tambien son el legado del corazon de una migrante. Este libro recopila 113 tankas de Akane, su historia personal y una coleccion de fotografias. Estos tankas llenos de sentimiento de Akane, la poeta migrante, reviven al ser traducidos al espanol.
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* Mitsuko Kasuga (1914-2002. Pen name: Akane) emigrated from Japan to Mexico at the age of 22 and cultivated her passion for tanka poetry throughout her life. She spent what little free time she had writing tanka. From vivid depictions of Mexican life to her feelings for her children and later on, her lost husband, her tanka are vibrant and vital. This book recounts a migrant’s personal history and collects 113 of her tanka in Spanish and the original Japanese. Cynthia Viveros Cano’s Spanish translations breathe new life into the stirring musings of this remarkable immigrant poet. * Mitsuko Kasuga (seudonimo: Akane) emigro de Japon a Mexico y durante toda su vida cultivo su gran pasion por el tanka. Sin dejarse quebrantar por el sufrimiento de la guerra o la perdida de su marido, sus tankas expresan alegrias y tristezas con intensidad. Sus tankas reflejan la vida de una mujer, como tambien son el legado del corazon de una migrante. Este libro recopila 113 tankas de Akane, su historia personal y una coleccion de fotografias. Estos tankas llenos de sentimiento de Akane, la poeta migrante, reviven al ser traducidos al espanol.