白鳥の引きし茂吉の山河かな　　　片山由美子

hakuchô no hikishi mokichi no sanga kana

            swans returned north

            these mountains and rivers

            of Mokichi’s land

                                                Yumiko Katayama

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Fay’s Note:  Mokichi Saito (1882-1953) is one of the prominent tanka poets in Japan.   He was born in Yamagata Prefecture.