In Praise of Japan

In Praise of Japan by Emperor Jomei

Transl. by William George Aston

In Praise of Japan   "The land of Yamato Has mountains in numbers But peerless among them Is high Kaguyama. I stand on its summit My kingdom to view. The smoke from the land-plain Thick rises in air, The gulls from the sea-plain By fits soar aloft. O land of Yamato! Fair Akitsushima! Dear art thou to me!"

Notes

No. 2 from Man'yōshū, is attributed to Emperor Jomei.

Source: A history of Japanese literature, 1899, by W.G. Aston, William Heineman, London. See: Open Library.