by Daniel Simmons “Soon we pass the pine-covered beaches of Uta. Pines beyond number! How many tens of centuries have they stood there?” — Tosa Nikki (Tosa Diary), by Ki no Tsurayuki, trans. by Donald Keene Kochi Prefecture is the modern-day descendant of Tosa province, which 10th-century poet Ki no Tsurayuki described as a hostile […]