Connecting to nature through poetry and prose
on a folding screen a mountain is painted: winter seclusion ~Matsuo Bashō (translated by David Landis Barnhill) Matsuo Bashō Matsuo Bashō was born Matsuo Kinsaku in 1644 near Kyoto, Japan. He developed an interest in literature at a young age and eventually moved to Kyoto to study Chinese poetry, Taoism, and haikai no renga under... Continue Reading →
We have entered the micro-season of “Bamboo Shoots Appear.” This is the third micro-season of the mini-season of First Summer. To celebrate this season we will learn about the uses of bamboo and read haiku by Basho and Issa.
The mini season of White Dew runs from September 7 until September 21. To honor this season we have collected several seasonal haiku by the early masters.
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