"I was snagged upon a shoal
of a river of tears.
Was that the start of this drift
to deeper waters?"
From: Suma chapter of The Tale of Genji by Shikibu Murasaki
Trans: E. G. Seidensticker
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This blog contains my thoughts and descriptions of haiga, haiku paintings, and related 17th, - 19th century Japanese masterworks. Please feel free to comment! I believe that haiga (haiku paintings) beautifully present unified, resonant works of art, rising above the sum of their minimalist parts - haiku poem, calligraphy, and painting - to capture a solitary glimpse of scenes in nature and everyday life.
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- Dark Passage - Saigyo
- Autumn Storm
- A River of Tears - TOG
- Where shall I go - Kokinshu 952
- I envy the waves - by Ariwara Narihira
- The sorrow of parting - by Murasaki Shikibu
- Upon a mountain-side - by Zenchiku Ujinobu
- Imagery of Change
- The Bell of Gion Temple
- Peaceful Retirement
- dew of the flowers
- Lost - by Zeami
- Teardrops od Dew - Issa
- A long line of wild geese - Buson
- Mountain Temple - by Yokoi Yayu
- Motionless Heron by Sōkan
- A Fallen Petal - by Arakida Moritake
- Dark Passage
- Mt Myojingatake in May - Notes to myself after hike.
- CHU CH'EN VILLAGE (A.D. 811)
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