与謝 蕪村

Here’s this month’s poetry post from our friend, poet and translator, Keiji Minato. My first article for Deep Kyoto took up the topic of  YOSA Buson's (1716-1784) hokku (or haiku). As it says, and you all probably know, Buson was a great haiku master and painter, and I would like to add here that he was also an experimental poet who tried poetic styles that had never … [Read more...] about “Denga-ka Sanshu” by Yosa Buson

This is Keiji Minato's second article on the poets and poetry of Kyoto. Keiji writes... Yosa Buson (1716-83), one of the most popular haikai masters from the Edo period, lived most of his adult life in Kyoto City. ほととぎす平安城を筋違に　　　与謝蕪村 Hototogisu heianjo wo sujikai ni    ---   YOSA Buson lesser cuckoo crossing diagonally above Heianjo “Heianjo (平安城)” is the same as … [Read more...] about A Hokku of Yosa Buson