Kobayashi Issa

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Bold Tiger, give us power

Manila Bulletin 29 Jan 2022

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ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray

Asahi News 20 Jan 2022

wild sensitivity of the air … fresh snow. --Pere Risteski (North Macedonia). * * *. in the valley. carved by a glacier. this morning’s snow. --Ruth Mittelholtz (Walkerton, Ontario). * * *. no wind. an owl lifts off. the snowy marsh ... * * * ... Happy with her home in Bucharest, Romania, Mona Iordan read poetry by Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828) ... reading Issa’s haiku ... J.L.

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Poets show us how to do what we must

Redlands Daily Facts 08 Apr 2021

Maurya Simon’s newest poetry volume, “The Wilderness,” was awarded the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal in Poetry. (Courtesy of Jamie Clifford). By Maurya Simons ... But have no doubt ... face adversity, recover, persevere and move forward. Take, for example, this eloquent haiku by the great 18th century Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa . ... model.

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VOX POPULI: Hay fever season made worse as people mistake it for COVID-19

Asahi News 25 Feb 2021

A haiku by Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828) goes something like this. "My New Year/ Not too bad/ But could be better.". Even though this poem is about the new year, I feel like reciting it around this season every year. Red and white ume Japanese plum blossoms and early-blooming cherries are breathtakingly beautiful now ... ..." ... --The Asahi Shimbun, Feb. 25 ... .

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Field Notes: Radishes sprout radical wisdom

The Roanoke Times 17 Jan 2021

LIZA FIELD Special to The Roanoke Times. To cheer up and share the goodness of life, this January, I planted a flat of radishes. The little recycled-plastic tub of dirt goes outdoors by day for a cold sunbath, but back inside at night, as my radish variety wants a soil temp of 40+ degrees ... The dangerous ... Descending ... — Kobayashi Issa Pull Quote . .

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Photos that tell tales

Deccan Chronicle 01 Mar 2019

To the artist, they echo the haiku In this world; We walk on the roof of hell; Gazing at Flowers by Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), a lay Buddhist priest, who wrote over 20,000 such short forms of Japanese poetry ... “Over the years, the series went on to document Issa’s life through the themes of violence, mental illness and loss of memory.

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VOX POPULI: Hanging cedar orb signals arrival of seasonal sake

Asahi News 11 Dec 2018

When sake brewers start the "shikomi" (mashing) process for the season's new sake, they hang a green orb, called "sugidama" or "sakabayashi," under the eaves of their buildings. These days, it can be seen at some "izakaya" Japanese-style pubs. How is it made? ... A haiku by Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827) goes as follows ... --The Asahi Shimbun, Dec. 11 . * * * ... .

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BEYOND THE PAPER SCREEN / Expats face difficult decisions whether to return home or stay abroad

The Japan News 15 Sep 2018

Haiku by Kobayashi Issa ... I believe I was in high school when I came across this poem, written by the 19th-century haiku master Kobayashi Issa at age 51 ... The circumstances of her homecoming are far more positive than Issa’s ... Her upcoming departure evokes in me as mixed and contradictory a set of feelings as Issa’s return home.

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Aaron Shragge: This World of Dew

All About Jazz 16 Jul 2018

Shragge, taking his inspiration from poet Kobayashi Issa's grief at the death of his young daughter, includes the angry mourning of "Rain and Mud," the bone deep sadness of "A Tiny Boat," and the anguish of the suite's—and the album's—title tune, that gives way to the ...

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Spring Has Sprung. Here Are 10 Songs, Poems, and Films to Help Usher It In.

The Stranger 20 Mar 2018

After a couple of tantalizing false starts, spring has officially arrived ... Spring also tends to remind me of a handful of things musical, literary, and cinematic. Obviously there are a million songs and poems on the subject, but these are the strongest associations for me. ... 4) The poem "In Spring Rain" by Kobayashi Issa. In spring rain. a pretty girl.

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Onsen experience: Eating snow and finding peace

The Hindu 17 Mar 2018

Onsen or hot spring baths are a Japanese obsession. Visiting just the right onsen resort for the season is a finely honed skill ... Bathing suits are a strict no-no ... A good scrub ... Hokkaido ... I took in the pine trees cloaked in snow and felt the softness of the powdery flakes as they settled on my hair, recalling haiku master Kobayashi Issa’s simple verse ... .

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Jane Hirshfield, Víctor Terán and haiku across cultures at L.A.'s Central Library

The Los Angeles Times 24 Jan 2018

Books LA Times Jane Hirshfield, Víctor Terán and haiku across cultures at L.A.'s Central Library. By Agatha French. Jan 24, 2018 . 1.30 PM. Jane Hirshfield and Víctor Terán (Agatha French / Los Angeles Times) ... Advertisement ... No matter ... "On a branch, floating downriver, a cricket, singing," she read, her own translation of a poem by Kobayashi Issa ... .

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A pink and white paradise

The Hindu 08 Nov 2017

Japanese haiku poets Kobayashi Issa and Matsuo Basho have enchanted people with the imagery of illuminated spring nights and blossom-scattering winds.

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French poet to honor wartime haikuists who defied authority

Asahi News 09 May 2017

NAGANO--Crackdowns on free speech were intensifying, and those who dared to defy the authorities were severely punished ... Mabesoone, who arrived in Japan in 1996 after studying Japanese literature at the University of Paris, specializes in the works of Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), a luminary haikuist who hailed from Nagano Prefecture.

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Everywhere I Look review: Helen Garner's tough gaze and tender touch

Sydney Morning Herald 07 Apr 2016

ESSAYS. Everywhere I Look. HELEN GARNER. TEXT, $29.99 Advertisement. As the title suggests, the essays in Helen Garner's Everywhere I Look gaze and explore widely ... This multifariousness is typical of her non-fictional work, for which she recently won the $US150,000 Windham-Campbell Award ... There are echoes here of the clarity of Kobayashi Issa's poems ... .