Jun 29 2009

buson

Plum-blossoms everywhere, I should go south, I should go north.   Buson (1716-1783)       Continue reading

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May 4 2009

Takarai Kikaku

a summer shower — a woman sits alone gazing outside Takarai kikaku (1661-1707)

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Mar 18 2009

Boncho

        Nozawa Bonchō (野沢 凡兆 ?) (c.1640-1714) was a Japanese haikai poet. He was born in Kanazawa, and spent most of his life in Kyoto working as a doctor. Bonchō was one of Matsuo Bashō’s leading disciples and, together with Kyorai, he edited the Bashō school’s Monkey’s Raincoat (Sarumino) anthology of 1689. He participated in numerous [...]

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