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