a jar cracksawakened from sleepin a night of frostkame waruruyori no korimezame kana~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold
Month: January 2018
Movies in 2017
Turns out I watched a lot of movies last year. I'm fairly confident that it was more than I usually watch in a year, but since I've never kept track before, I can't say that with confidence. I do know that I read a lot fewer books than once was customary. The effort I made … Continue reading Movies in 2017
Weekly Basho Haiku #4
today is the daypeople grow olderfirst wintry showerkyo bakirihito no toshi yorehatsu shigure~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold
Weekly Basho Haiku #3
building a bridgebetween snow-covered mountainswhite egretsHira Mikamiyuki sashiwatasesagi no hashi~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold
Weekly Basho Haiku #2
more reassuringthan in a dreamthe real hawkyume yori noutsutsu no taka zotanomoshiki~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold
Weekly Basho Posts
I'm going to be posting a weekly Basho haiku on the blog here each Monday in 2018. I've sampled these few poems from a book of his complete haiku translated and edited by Jane Reichhold. It's a great book with a lot of supplementary material as well. If there are errors in the Japanese transcriptions … Continue reading Weekly Basho Posts
Weekly Basho Haiku #1
in the nightmeeting a thief who also stolethe end of the yearmusubito niota yo mo aritoshi no kure~ BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold
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