
HAIKU PRINTS

"A fallen blossom is coming back to the branch. Look, a butterfly!." ~ MORITAKE

"The clouds are giving these moon watchers a little break." ~ BASHO

"On a bare branch A crow has settled Autumn dusk." ~BASHO

"Oh ragged sparrow, we are without mothers, when we are lonely, we become brothers." ~ ISSA

"After the shower... Spring - enchanted sparrow-folk chatter in the eaves." ~ UKO

"Wisteria from a trellis hangs its harp over this platform where I watch these carp."

"Here, I'm here - The snow falling." ~ ISSA

"Holy noon duet... basso-snoring Priest... devout contralto cuckoo." ~ Shiki

"In the New Year dawn solemn and deliberate tall cranes go marching" ~ Kiraku

"Spring morning marvel... lovely nameless little hill on a sea of mist." ~ BASHO

"Dancing: The fox treads among the pale narcissi In garden moonlight." ~ BUSON

"Slanting their parasols against the blaze, They smiled politely, went their separate ways..." Rakuten

"The inland sea at twilight, star by star, The lamps shine out on islands, near and far." ~ SHIKI

"What pains I took to hang my lantern on The branch of cherry-blossom, where it shone!" ~ Shiki

"The rooster, fighting, Spreading his ruff of feathers, Thinks he's a lion. ~ Kikaku

"Led by his mother through a fragrant gloom, The blind child, too, enjoys the cherry bloom." ~ KIKAHU

"Yellow firefly... Little lamp - flame that to the human touch is chill." ~ SHIKI

"From the mountain pass see the sunlit castle town... flying New Year kites." ~ Taig

"Crescent moon- bent to the shape of the cold." ~ ISSA

"The grizzled warrior, too old to fight, Goes to the wineshop through the snow at night." ~ HAJIN

"Crossing the autumn moor - I keep hearing someone behind me!" ~ BUSON

"Ah, roadside scarecrow We've hardly started gabbing... And I have to go." ~ IZEN

"Good morning, sparrow... writing on my clean veranda with your dewy feet." ~ Shiki

"Here is the dark tree, denuded now of leafage... But a million stars." ~ SHIKI

"The childless woman, How tender she is To the dolls!"

"I scoop up the moon in my water bucket... and spilled it on the grass." ~ Ryuho