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Misuzu Kaneko (金子 みすゞ),

11 Apr 1903 - 10 Mar 1930

Japanese poet and songwriter. She was born Teru Kaneko in Senzaki-mura, now part of Nagato, Yamaguchi prefecture. Senzaki was a fishing village, relying particularly on catches of Japanese sardine. Scenes of fishing and the sea often make appearances in her poems.

Big Catch

At sunrise, glorious sunrise

It’s a big catch!

A big catch of sardines!

On the beach, it’s like a festival

but in the sea, they will hold funerals

for the tens of thousands dead.

(Translated by David Jacobson, Sally Ito, and Tsuboi Michiko.)

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