Genbaku no Uta: Poetry after the Atomic Bomb 

Genbaku no uta Matsuri Summer Festival Japanese Event Vancouver Powell Street Festival

Vancouver Japanese Language School-Japanese Hall: Tatami Room

Genbaku no Uta: Poetry after the Atomic Bomb is a newly published collection of 60 Tanka poems by poet Hideko Kono, chronicling her search for her husband and son in the aftermath of the Atomic Bomb. Originally written in Japanese, the book has been translated into English and published in 2023 by artist Yumie Kono and poet Ariel O’Sullivan.  

Genbaku no uta Matsuri Summer Festival Japanese Event Vancouver Powell Street Festival

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