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THE BRIDGE AT UJI IBD

SHEARSMAN BOOKS
02 / 2022
9781848617971
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Uji is now a suburb to the south of Kyoto and its bridge over the river was first constructed in the 10thácentury. At one end sits a modern representation of Murasaki who introduced the bridge into the last chapters of her novel, translated by Arthur Waley asáThe Tale of Genji.áI sat by the bridge for half a day some years back watching the water flow in one direction while foot passengers and traffic moved across at right angles.áOn return to London, the physicality of the bridge returned qua metaphor, both as expressed by that particular bridge passage and as suggested by all modes of transition - though these might shift. In the poems that follow that metaphorical gesture repeats and may be interpreted idiosyncratically by separate readers.

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