Collections of poems by late Japanese poet Mado

Photo taken on Nov. 19, 2015, shows the latest collection of poems (L) penned by the late Japanese poet Michio Mado and another volume published in 1992, altogether containing nearly 2,000 pieces Mado wrote over some 80 years. He died in 2014 at the age of 104. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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