Poetic origins of Reiwa

Poetic origins of Reiwa

Photo taken on April 6, 2019, shows tourists visiting Sakamoto Hachimangu shrine in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, where poems in Japan's oldest poetry collection, Manyoshu -- related to the country's new era name Reiwa -- are said to have been composed more than 1,000 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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