Haiku and Tanka poems

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); The statue of Matsuo BashoHow to do a "haiku" poem?The rules for haiku is so simple. But do you know how to write haiku poems is different between Japanese and English? What is a "hai...

Learn the meaning of Matsuo Basho's famous haiku poems Matsuo Basho(left) on the way of Oku-no-Hosomichi with Sora(right)Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) made about 1000 haiku poems in his lifetime with the jouney around Japan. His writing "The ...

A frog didn't leap into a pond... The fact of the most famous haiku poem in Japan. The most famous haiku poem of the most famous haiku poet in Japan. 古池や　蛙飛び込む　水の音 It's a very simple poem. Matsuo Basho (1644-1...

The summary and route of "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" Departure of The Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Yosa Buson  Summary"The Narrow Road to the Deep North" (奥の細道, Oku-no hosomichi) is a travel writing w...

Kobayashi Issa(1763-1828)Kobayashi Issa was a haiku poet in the Edo period who used dialect and spoken words for haiku. Because he was born in the farmer family, and loved to use the plain and simple words. The representative work is ""T...

Yosa Buson(1716-1784)Yosa Buson was a haiku poet in the Edo era and also active as a painter. Therefore, his haiku has a feature that highlights a visual image clearly.   Yosa Buson by Goshun  Spring<Japanese>春雨や　もの...

Masaoka Shiki(1867-1902)Masaoka Shiki put effort into poetry activities to bring about innovation in the haiku from the Edo period. In the seven years of his later years, he kept making haiku while suffering from tuberculosis.   In ...

Takahama Kyoshi(1874-1959)Takahama Kyoshi studied haiku under Masaoka Shiki since he was a junior high school student. He aspired an objective and realistic poetry and followed the traditional haiku expressing nature as it is.    Ta...

Kawahigashi Hekigoto(1873-1937)Kawahigashi Hekigoto learned haiku from Masaoka Shiki with Takahama Kyoshi. Though Kyoshi respected traditional haiku, he pursued the new way and reached a free-verse haiku. Sponsored Links   &nbs...

Basho's spring haikuThe spring haiku that Matsuo Basho(1644-1694) made has a seasonally free and easy characteristic, but some work are somewhat funny(it probably depended on his personality). As it was the lunar calendar until the Edo period...

Exapmles of Japanese 5-7-5 spring haiku to English three linePlease see haiku dealing with the theme of spring made by the various Japanese haiku poet, Kobayashi Issa, Yosa Buson, Masaoka Shiki, Kawahigashi Hekigoto, Murakami Kijo, Ozaki Hosai, an...

Basho's summer haiku The famous haiku made by Matsuo Basho(1644-1694) are mostly the theme of summer. In the Japanese lunar calendar, April to July is summer.Haiku poem's definition and format(Japanese and English)Sponsored Links &n...

Japanese 5-7-5 summer haiku to English three lineAll of the following summer haiku poems are created by Japanese famous poets. Sponsored Links Kobayashi Issa(1763-1828) <Japanese>すず風や　力いっぱい　きりぎりすSuzukaze ya/ Ch...

Basho's autumn haikuThe autumn haiku poems of Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) have not only seasonally lonely but also somewhat frank. And some of them represent his later years.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); Haiku ...

Japanese 5-7-5 autumn haiku to English three lineI show you the wonderful autumn haiku poems made by Japanese famous haiku poet.  Sponsored Links  Kobayashi Issa(1763-1828) <Japanese>牛の子が　旅に立つなり　秋の雨Ush...

Basho's winter haiku The winter haiku which made by Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) are clearly expressed his own viewpoints comparing to other seasons. Between October and December was winter as the old calender. <Japanese>人々を　しぐれ...

Japanese 5-7-5 winter haiku to English three lineIn the old Japanese where heating equipment was poor than it is now, the coldness in winter was so strict for people. How did the haiku poets express the season?  Kobayashi Issa(1763-1828)...

The examples of Christmas haiku with 5-7-5 style There are not so many Christians in Japan, but Christmas had been celebrated since the beginning of the 20th century. People did not have enough economic power to enjoy the event grandly decades bef...

Romantic Japanese 5-7-5 haiku about love for English three lineMost of the themes of Japanese haiku are about nature or everyday life, but still there are excellent poems of love from Edo period to the present day.Related PostHaiku poem’s definiti...

The oldest poetry form in Japan, Tanka  Itsukushima Shrine  Although haiku is famous as traditional Japanese poetry throughout the world, Tanka that has more 1000 years history than haiku. Tanka has been closely attached to the live...

Classic 5-5-5-7-7 Tanka poems about love and romance  By Kitagawa Utamaro Though the poetry dealing with various themes, Tanka poems of romance is especially popular. Because in any age, the feelings of love for others are the same, and ...