FUJI HUB
  • Books
    • Poetry >
      • Mother Said, I Want Your Pain
      • We Face The Tremendous Meat On The Teppan
      • GLYPH: Graphic Poetry = Trans. Sensory
      • Where I Was Born
      • Cochlea
      • Silver Seasons of Heartache
      • Home, No Home
    • Translation >
      • of women
      • 09/09 : Nine Japanese Female Poets / Nine Heian Waka
    • Textbook >
      • Marvels
      • The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Graphic Literature
  • Graphic Poetry
    • What is Trans. Sensory
    • Gallery of Graphic Poems
    • Teppan Text Collage
    • Listen to graphic poems
    • 31 Facts about GLYPH
    • Warashibe Documentary >
      • First Erasure
      • First Found Poem
    • Study Guide >
      • Create a first graphic poem
      • How to Approach Image
      • line-breaks
      • Visual Erasure Poetry
  • Working On Gallery
    • Vol. 7 >
      • 1 John Burgess (J.B.)
      • 2 J.B. Poetry Comics
      • Marci Vogel
      • Irene Adler
      • Yuka Tsuchiya
      • Susan Preston
      • Camila Valladares
    • Vol. 6 >
      • Rosanna Young Oh
      • Rowena Federico Finn
      • Jesse Kercheval
      • Natalia Carrero
      • Genevieve Kaplan
      • Maggie Queeney
      • Katrina Bello
      • Heather Beardsley
    • Vol. 5 >
      • Lisa Schantl
      • Danielle Pieratti
      • Karla Van Vliet
      • m. mick powell
      • Lauren Ari
      • Robert Lifson
      • Marcello Sahea
      • Allan Haverholm
    • Vol. 4 >
      • Angela Quinto
      • Dennis Avelar
      • Anne McGrath
      • Francesca Preston
      • Kelsey Zimmerman
      • Lúcia Leão
      • Claire Bauman
      • Ann Hudson
    • Vol. 3 >
      • Tanja Softić
      • Kylie Gellatly
      • Ananda Lima
      • Lea Graham
      • Jennifer Sperry Steinorth
      • Ina Cariño
      • Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
      • Steven and Maja Teref
    • Vol. 2 >
      • Celia Bland and Kyoko Miyabe
      • Gail Goepfert and Patrice Boyer Claeys
      • Scoot Swain
      • Nancy Botkin
      • Amanda Earl
      • Meg Reynolds
      • Gretchen Primack
      • Frances Cannon
    • Vol. 1 >
      • Octavio Quintanilla
      • Luisa A. Igloria
      • Sarah Sloat
      • J. D. Schraffenberger
      • Natalie Solmer
      • Dara Yen Elerath
      • Kristen Renee Miller
      • Rodney Gomez
  • Translation
    • Conveyorize Art of Translation
    • Waka/Haiku Workshops
    • 和歌英訳
    • Essay/エッセイ >
      • ver. 2 >
        • Blog (JPN) 2021-2024
      • ver. 1 >
        • Blog (ENG) 2017 - 2020
  • About

英訳和歌 Waka Poetry Translation

Translated & Appeared in:

Circumference
  • Waka Translation - Nukata no Ōkimi - Man’yōshū, No.4 – 488
  • Waka Translation - Nukata no Ōkimi - Man'yōshū, No.1 - 8
Cable Street
  • Waka Translation, Sei Shōnagon
  • Waka Translation, Fujiwara no Teishi
Kyoto Journal Issue 99 
  • 百人一首英訳 - Translation waka-poems (1 - 7)
Crazyhorse Issue 99
  • 百人一首英訳 - Translation waka-poems (8, 11, 12)
The Arkansas International
  • 百人一首英訳 - Translation waka-poems (9, 14)
Columbia Journal
  • 百人一首英訳 - Translation waka-poems (10, 13, 15 - 18)​​

The Margins Asian American Writers' Workshop
  • 百人一首英訳 - Translation waka-poems (26, 30)​
​
​Translator’s Note:

These poems are from the Japanese anthology Ogura Hyakunin Isshu 小倉百人一首, which is more simply referred to as Hyakunin Isshu, meaning One Hundred Poets, One Waka Poem Each. It is a work of great literary-historical significance, and remains one of the most widely read and translated Japanese texts today. How can I translate waka poems to be enjoyable for broader, modern audiences?
read more

Winner of the 2024 Toad Press International Chapbook Series
09/09 Nine Japanese Female Poets / Nine Heian Waka Poems
  • Sei Shōnagon
  • Fujiwara no Teishi 
  • Murasaki Shikibu 
  • Kōkamonin no Bettō 
  • Izumi Shikibu
  • Koshikibu no Naishi 
  • Ukon
  • Daini no Sanmi 
  • Empress Shōshi

Forthcoming from Tupelo Press, 2026
of Women
  • Sei Shōnagon
  • Fujiwara no Teishi, Empress Teishi
  • Gidousanshi no Mother, Takako
  • Murasaki Shikibu
  • Kōkamonin no Bettō 
  • Izumi Shikibu
  • Koshikibu no Naishi 
  • Ukon
  • Daini no Sanmi
  • Mother of envoys for the Japanese missions to the Tang dynasty 
  • Empress Shōshi 
  • Dewanoben
  • Akazome Emon 
  • Fujiwara Michitsuna no Mother 
  • Ono no Komachi
  • Taikenmon'in no Horikawa 
  • Ise
  • Ise no Taifu 
  • Empress Jitō 
  • Saemonnokamikitakata 

References
​参考文献


​要解 小倉百人一首 (西日本書房)野地潤家
新明解古典シリーズ (三省堂)桑原博史
The English translation of Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (University of Virginia Website) Clay MacCauley
One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (New Directions 1964) Kenneth Rexroth
英語で読む百人一首 (文春文庫 2017)ピーター J マクミラン

「詞書」からわかること (城西大学語学教育センター研究年報第9号) 若林俊英
​英語で味わう万葉集 (文春新書 2019)ピーター J マクミラン
日本の古典を英語で読む (文春新書 2020)ピーター J マクミラン
体感訳 万葉集 (NHK出版 2019)上野誠
短歌を楽しむ基礎知識(角川選書 2024)上野誠
古事記神話入門 (文春文庫 2019) 三浦祐之

日本の文学 (中公文庫 1979)ドナルド キーン
日本人と日本文化 (中公文庫 1984) ドナルド キーン 司馬遼太郎

藤原行成「権記」(講談社芸術文庫 2011)倉本一宏
賀茂御祖神社 : 世界文化遺産 : 下鴨神社のすべて(賀茂御祖神社編 2015)
日本古典風俗辞典(角川ソフィア文庫 2022)室伏 信助、 小林 祥次郎、 武田 友宏、鈴木 真弓
紫式部と男たち(文春新書 2023)  木村朗子
謎の平安前期ー桓武天皇から「源氏物語」誕生までの200年(中公新書 2023) 榎村寛之
平安貴族とは何か 三つの日記で読む実像 (NHK出版新書 2023) 倉本一宏

額田王 (新潮社 1972) 井上靖

王朝の秀歌人 赤染衛門 日本の作家 10 (新典社 1984) 上村 悦子
赤染衛門集全釈  (風間書房 1986) 関根 慶子, 阿部 俊子, 林 マリヤ, 北村 杏子, 田中 恭子 

Picture
Miwa Station, Nara, 2025
和歌翻訳ブログ記事 from Other Gorings On
  • 百人一首、新しい翻訳のプロセス​
  • 現代詩要素を取り入れた翻訳
  • 小倉百人一首、小野小町の英訳
  • 和歌、短歌、俳句、川柳の違い!
  • 枕詞は英語でどうしましょう。​
  • クレイ マッコーリー​
  • Thai Nirat Poem & #10 Waka of Ogura Hyakunin Isshu
What are you looking for?
​FUJI HUB Directory
​
Popular Sites:
Gallery of Graphic Poems
Study Guide "of Women"

About Naoko Fujimoto​

Contact
​Naoko Fujimoto Copyright © 2025

Picture
  • Books
    • Poetry >
      • Mother Said, I Want Your Pain
      • We Face The Tremendous Meat On The Teppan
      • GLYPH: Graphic Poetry = Trans. Sensory
      • Where I Was Born
      • Cochlea
      • Silver Seasons of Heartache
      • Home, No Home
    • Translation >
      • of women
      • 09/09 : Nine Japanese Female Poets / Nine Heian Waka
    • Textbook >
      • Marvels
      • The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Graphic Literature
  • Graphic Poetry
    • What is Trans. Sensory
    • Gallery of Graphic Poems
    • Teppan Text Collage
    • Listen to graphic poems
    • 31 Facts about GLYPH
    • Warashibe Documentary >
      • First Erasure
      • First Found Poem
    • Study Guide >
      • Create a first graphic poem
      • How to Approach Image
      • line-breaks
      • Visual Erasure Poetry
  • Working On Gallery
    • Vol. 7 >
      • 1 John Burgess (J.B.)
      • 2 J.B. Poetry Comics
      • Marci Vogel
      • Irene Adler
      • Yuka Tsuchiya
      • Susan Preston
      • Camila Valladares
    • Vol. 6 >
      • Rosanna Young Oh
      • Rowena Federico Finn
      • Jesse Kercheval
      • Natalia Carrero
      • Genevieve Kaplan
      • Maggie Queeney
      • Katrina Bello
      • Heather Beardsley
    • Vol. 5 >
      • Lisa Schantl
      • Danielle Pieratti
      • Karla Van Vliet
      • m. mick powell
      • Lauren Ari
      • Robert Lifson
      • Marcello Sahea
      • Allan Haverholm
    • Vol. 4 >
      • Angela Quinto
      • Dennis Avelar
      • Anne McGrath
      • Francesca Preston
      • Kelsey Zimmerman
      • Lúcia Leão
      • Claire Bauman
      • Ann Hudson
    • Vol. 3 >
      • Tanja Softić
      • Kylie Gellatly
      • Ananda Lima
      • Lea Graham
      • Jennifer Sperry Steinorth
      • Ina Cariño
      • Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
      • Steven and Maja Teref
    • Vol. 2 >
      • Celia Bland and Kyoko Miyabe
      • Gail Goepfert and Patrice Boyer Claeys
      • Scoot Swain
      • Nancy Botkin
      • Amanda Earl
      • Meg Reynolds
      • Gretchen Primack
      • Frances Cannon
    • Vol. 1 >
      • Octavio Quintanilla
      • Luisa A. Igloria
      • Sarah Sloat
      • J. D. Schraffenberger
      • Natalie Solmer
      • Dara Yen Elerath
      • Kristen Renee Miller
      • Rodney Gomez
  • Translation
    • Conveyorize Art of Translation
    • Waka/Haiku Workshops
    • 和歌英訳
    • Essay/エッセイ >
      • ver. 2 >
        • Blog (JPN) 2021-2024
      • ver. 1 >
        • Blog (ENG) 2017 - 2020
  • About