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Friday, April 29, 2005

Everybody haiku, everybody Basho !

matsushima--


David English
Matsushima--from yonder isleanother lark

-Issa, 1818
56 years old, stay in Sinano. first daughter was born on May.

sakuo Japanese
松島や向こうの島より また雲雀
matusima ya mukouno sima yori mata hibari

Issa Original
松島やあちの松から又雲雀
matusima ya achi no matsu kara mata hibari

sakuo remark
This haiku is comical, ironical and contains a little cheap joke.
Issa ,of couse, did critical thinking on Basho 's Matusima.
I feel in this haiku Issa's self-confidence at this time.
Good haiku, I love it.

Issa site

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