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Mokichi Saitō

Mokichi Saitō was a Japanese poet of the Taishō period. Born May 14, 1882 in the farming village of Kanakame in the Yamagata prefecture, Saitō was the third of five children. At the age of fourteen, he was sent to live

I was standing there

by Mokichi Saitō (1882–1953)

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I was standing there

by the Tenryu River

where white-capped waves

of the river rapids

came cascading from beyond.

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