Haiku by George Swede of Canada.
July 29, 2009
Haiga265
Haiku by Aihara,Sagicho.
Summer is the vacation time. It also is the time of Obon. Obon is a Buddhist tradition of paying respect to the ancestors. Those who are away from the birth place return there during this time, visit the ancestors grave, participate in ceremony, and then hold renunion party with aged parents and relatives.
Tokyo is empltied during this time, for many residents there make this returning trip. Tokyo regains fresh air and clear sky.
July 26, 2009
Haiga 263
Haiku by Aihara, Sagicho.
Aihara san is a head of a haiku organization (200,000 members, I hear) in Matsuyama, a city famous for the birth place of Masaoka, Shiki. Aihara san experienced H-bomb in Hiroshima, wrote many haiku based on his experience. I met him once in my hometown, when he attened a haiku conference held there. A very energetic man.
In this haiga, I drew the boy's head as the dome of a building, which stands at the ground zero, and has remained as H-bomb monument. I added a small dove perching on top of it.
July 21, 2009
July 17, 2009
Waka-ga, Saigyo
Waka written by Saigyo.
Basho admired Saijyo's waka. He also felt affinity to the way Saijyo viewd the world and lived.
The affinity put Basho on the road, which resulted in a number of travel journals including Nozarashi Kikko, and of course, Narrow Road to Oku.
Both Saigyo and Basho valued the words. Words in Japanese is kotoba, "koto" meaning something said , and "ba" meaning leaves. In this painting, I let various leaves represent poets and haijin. Leaving from a group of leaves, a ginko leave departs, fluttering in the wind.
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Another thing. A firend of mine generously made the following webpage where you can click a small image in the all haiga image, and get a larger one. Here is the address: http://home.att.ne.jp/wind/pei/okuno/
July 15, 2009
Basho project overview
Thank you all for viewing the Basho haiga project.
Your comments were great help in keeping me going.
I am quite satisfied with what I have created.
In the image, my name is written "Kiyoshi Kako", which is my pen name.
Another thing. Since Basho did not write a haiku at Matsuyama, I used Sora's haiku.
Here is overview of the project.
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Another thing. A firend of mine generously made the following webpage where you can click a small image and get a larger one. Here is the address: http://home.att.ne.jp/wind/pei/okuno/
Haga 258-Basho
Haiku by Basho. From "Narrow Road to Oku"
Finally, the last haiku.
I began this series at the beginning of this April. All the time, I had this feeling that Basho was somewhere near me, encouraging my endeavor. I have almost ten years of experience in making haiga. This series to me is the culmination of the experience.
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July 14, 2009
July 13, 2009
Haiga256-Basho
Haiku by Basho. From "Narrow Road to Oku"
My childhood memories in the summer time always take me to Suma beach. The beach was long and was always packed with people, young and old. The gaiety fades when the autumn wind begins to blow.
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July 12, 2009
Haiga 255-Basho
Haiku by Basho. From "Narrow Road to Oku"
I was in Tokyo for a couple of days. I had a little extra time there so I visited Kiyosumi district, where Basho's hut used to locate. The location is right by the Sumida River, and this is where Basho took a boat to begin his long journey to Oku.
Kiyosumi district now has a number of contemporary art galleries, including Tomio Koyama Gallery(http://www.tomiokoyamagallery.com/index/eng/frame.html).
Komiyama found artists like Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara.
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July 9, 2009
July 8, 2009
July 7, 2009
July 6, 2009
July 5, 2009
Haiga250-Basho
Haiku by Basho. From "Narrow Road to Oku"
In oldern days, travelers wore hats, and the travel companions wrote their names on their hats. When Sora, Basho's companion, parted, Basho erased Sora's name from his hat. In this haiga, I tried to symbolically represent the parting.
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July 1, 2009
Haiga 249-Basho
Haiku by Basho. From "Narrow Road to Oku"
I will be gone for a few days so here is another haiga today.
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