The Same Moon Shines on All: The Lives and Selected Poems of Yanagawa Seigan and Koran

Honorable Mention, 2024 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work, Modern Language Association

Yanagawa Seigan (1789–1858) and his wife Kōran (1804–79) were two of the great poets of nineteenth-century Japan. They practiced the art of traditional Sinitic poetry—works written in literary Sinitic, or classical Chinese, a language of enduring importance far beyond China’s borders. Together, they led itinerant lives, traveling around Japan teaching poetry and selling c...