Suzuki Hisajo (1890- 1952) was a pioneer of female haiku poets who represent Japan. Takahama Koshi, who operated the haiku magazine Hototogisu (little cuckoo, named after Masaoka Shiki) and was a talented man of the haiku at the time, highly regarded her as “standing in a special position that did not allow the imitation of men”. She made a mark for herself on the magazine. But in later years, she was given the cold shoulder and couldn’t publish her works. The master wrote the epitaph of her tombstone.
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Shungyo no/Yume no at ou/Naga matsuge
縫ふ肩を ゆすりてすねる子 暑さかな
Nu’u kata wo/Yusuri te suneru ko/Atsusa kana
[English]While I’m sewing
My son shakes my shoulders and is in bad mood
It is hot
[Japanese]
洗ひ髪 かはく間月の 籘椅子に
Arai gami/Kawaku ma tsuki no/tou isu ni
[English]While my washed hair
Is getting dried
On a cane chair and the moon
[Japanese]
照り降りに さして色なし 古日傘
Teri furi ni/Sashi te iro nashi/Furu higasa
[English]For sunshine and rain
I put up the old umbrella
Lost its color
[Japanese]
打水に 木蔭湿れる 売店かな
Uchimizu ni/Kokage simere ru/Baiten kana
[English]With sprinkling of water
The shade of a tree gets wet
At a shop
[Japanese]
月の輪を ゆり去る船や 夜半の夏
Tsuki no wa wo/Yuri saru fune ya/Yowa no natsu
[English]The boat shook the ring
Of the moon and left
The summer midnight
障子しめて 灯す湯殿や 秋涼し
Shoji shime te/Tomosu yudono ya/Aki suzushi
[English]I closed the shōji doors
And lit a fire in the bathroom
It is cool autumn
[Japanese]
秋来ぬと サフアイア色の 小鰺買ふ
Aki konu to/Safaia iro no/Koaji kau
[English]Autumn hasn’t come
I buy sapphire colored
Small horse mackerel
[Japanese]
しろじろと 花びらそりぬ 月の菊
Shiro jiro to/Hanabira sori nu/Tsuki no kiku
[English]It is whitened
That the petals bend backward
Moon with the chrysanthemum
[Japanese]
朝寒や小さくなりゆく蔓の花
Asa zamu ya/Chii saku nari yuku/Tsuru no hana
[English]Morning chill
The flowers of vines
Become smaller
[Japanese]
秋空に つぶてのごとき 一羽かな
Akizora ni/Tsubute no gotoki/Ichi wa kana
[English]In the autumn sky
Like a stone
There is a bird
戯曲よむ 冬夜の食器 浸けしまま
Gesaku yomu/Fuyu yo no shokki/Tsukeshi mama
[English]I read a drama
The tableware at the winter night
Is left in the water
[Japanese]
更けて去る 人に月よし 北の風
The good moon for one
Who left late at night
The north wind
[Japanese]
ゆく年の 忙しき中に もの思ひ
Yuku toshi no/Isogaski ki naka ni/Mono omo i
[English]At the end of the year
In a busy time
I was lost in thought
[Japanese]
わが歩む 落葉の音の あるばかり
Waga ayumu/Ochiba no oto no/Aru bakari
[English]My walk
There is only the sound
Of the fallen leaves
[Japanese]
冬川や のぼり初めたる 夕芥
[English]Above the winter river
The evening dust
Goes up
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