Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Haiku: Continued...

It's midnight now where I live, and here are a few more Haiku for those that enjoy fleeting and beautiful imagery.

Edo Period Art. 


Blossoms on the pear;                     Nashi no hana
and a woman in the moonlight        tsuki ni fumi yomu
reads a letter there...                        onna ari...
–Yosa Buson (1716-1784)








A one-foot waterfall                         Isshaku no
it too makes noises, and at night       taki mo oto shite
the coolness of it all!                         yusuzumi.





*From the Anthology of Japanese Literature compiled and edited by Donald Keene.



Edo kinko hakkei. Tamagawa shugetsu. By Utagawa Hiroshige. Edo:
Sanoya Kihei, c.1833. 1 print: woodcut, col.
Source: http://www.ndl.go.jp/nichiran/e/data/L/K/K34-001l.html





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