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Uchimura Kaho (内村佳保)

Uchimura Kaho (内村佳保) is a Japanese writer, lives in Tokyo. Her slogan won the grand prize at the Japan Reconstruction Agency Slogan Competition 2017. Her book report won the special prize at the Defense of Japan 2019 (Japan Ministry of Defense) Book Report Competition. She is the author of two novels, Jyuusan sai no taidou and Inishie gatari vol.1. Her novel won the grand prize at Hikone city Funahashi Seiichi Under 30’s Writing Competition 2021. Her poems won the grand prize at Shimazaki Toson Poetry Competition 2021, Minokamo city Poetry Competition 2021, and Tajimi city Poetry Competition 2021. Her Tanka (a genre of classical Japanese poetry) won the grand prize at Minokamo city Tanka Competition 2021 and the Nikkei Newspaper the Best Tanka of the Year Award 2020 & 2021. Her Haiku received at the Japan Coast Guard Foundation Haiku Competition 2021. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Ekphrastic Review, Eunoia Review, and New World Writing. Find more on her website https://uchimurakaho.studio.site

https://uchimurakaho.studio.site

Four Tanka, Four Seasons – Breezes in Tokyo

fluttering, fluttering, fluttering, cherry blossoms I’ll live away from my family “ARIGATO for all your support.” language fluttering in spring breeze after I leave my nest I hear a swallow’s mother chirping to chicks a letter from my mother brings …

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