INTERNATIONAL TANKA SOCIETY
Connecting the world through TANKA.
We support exchanges and development among tanka poets across borders.
NEWS
Fall Issue 2025, No.18, to be published on Nov. 1. (Updated on Sept. 1, 2025)
About
INTERNATIONAL TANKA SOCIETY publishes
INTERNATIONAL TANKA, successor to THE TANKA JOURNAL (1992~2017), twice a year.
Our purpose is to advance the appreciation and practice of tanka (waka), Japanese traditional poetry with a fixed-form having more than 1,300 years of history, throughout the world. To this end, we provide a common platform to publish tanka in various languages as well as Japanese and wish to deepen mutual human understanding beyond borders by placing them in one journal.
Since 2018, we have been handling the reception for the Mt.Fuji Grand Prix. But in 2026, the submissions are suspended due to the reorganization of the Grand Prix secretariat. We plan to resume accepting submissions in 2027.
Officers of ITS:
President; Kotaro Tomino
Vice president; Akira Kinoshita Kimiko Miyahara,
Editor in Chief; Yukiko Kawakami
English Adviser; Y.I. Smith
Honorary Member; Aya Yuhki
Membership
Whether you have already been a tanka poet or a beginner, we welcome you. Why not join us and enjoy writing tanka.
<Member's Benefits>
The membership fees entitle the members
1. to receive a copy of the Spring and Fall issues of the Journal by air mail.
2. to submit five tanka and a piece of tanka prose for the Spring and Fall issues.
＜Annual Membership Fees＞
① Overseas Members: US$42 via PayPal
② Domestic Members: 6,000 yen through Japan Post Bank
For details on annual membership fees and
payment procedures, click here.
If you would like to join or have any questions,
please use the inquiry form below.
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We look forward to receiving your messages and submissions.