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Event Description
TANKA Workshop #3 (Fall)
In November when the fallen leaves just about started to prelude the beginning of winter, Tanka Fall Workshop was held at the Instructor Mori's residence. Today's assignment was exercising "Wo" as an auxiliary. It was said without adopting "Te", "Ni", "Wo" or "Ha" you could not compose a beautiful Japanese phrase. Because once those auxiliary correctly used, it'd significantly change the entire Tanka. I encouraged participants to review their past work to see how it'd affect them although they may not find any errors in the grammar. As usual, participants submitted Tanka poems in advance which were printed after corrected (Tensoku) by the instructor and read by each participant during workshop. Participants seemed enjoying discovering the 'Wo" did magical trick from the lecture as well as learning from the Tensoku. During the entire 2 hours workshop, all the 12 participants had a great fun as there were lots of laughter while listening to the critics, and it was absolutely wonderful time all had shared. It was my honor to hear all participants were willing to continue Tanka Workshop in 2016, and that would be the 6th year. I look forward to another happy and successful year.
Chikako Mori
Tanka Workshop Instructor
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