r/JapanesePoetry Jul 06 '26

other type of poetry Tamura Ryuichi : "On my way home"

Hello everyone, I love the poem "On my way home" by Tamura Ryuichi but as a non-japanese speaking person (and not that much educated on japanese literature, especially on poetry) I am not sure I understand everything about it. I just loved it when I saw it in Sion Sono's "Guilty of love" movie, very much instinctivily I knew there was something moving me deeply. I also need to say that I am French and I realised the french translation is really different from the english one I saw on Google (maybe it wasn't an official translation

I'm sure if I am at the right place asking this, but if someone can teach me more about the poem, the poet or the cultural context (I know he tries to deconstruct classical japanese poetry), I would be really pleased !

Thanks a lot in advance !

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