Saturday Haiku: Vigilance

ever vigilant,

two deer grazing quietly

hear distant footsteps

______________________

Image: "Deer and Pine in Moonlight" at Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Artist: Ohara Koson  (Japanese, 1878–1945)
Medium: Woodblock print



-

Saturday Haiku: Tadpoles

While I'm on hiatus, here is one from my archives:

a six year old child

scooping tadpoles from the pond

pure, messy delight

____________________________

Image: Frog and Tadpoles
Artist: Ohara Koson
Medium: Japanese Woodblock Print



-

Saturday Haiku: Reaching for the Moon

While I'm on hiatus, here is one from my archives:

no hand may grasp it

who can deny the beauty

of the moon at night

_______________________________________

Image: "Monkey Reaching for Reflection of the Moon"
Artist: Ohara Koson, Japan (1877-1945)
Medium: Woodblock print
Public Domain

-

Saturday Haiku: Village Moonrise

the village waters

quiet under the moonlight

all the world at rest  

____________________

Image: "Moonrise at Morigaski"

Artist: Kawase Hasui  (1883 - 1957)

Medium: Japanese woodblock print

-

Saturday Haiku: Evening Moon

full moon bathes the pines

as light glows from the farmhouse

the fields are at rest

___________________________

Image: "Full moon in Magome
Artist: Kawase Hasui  (1883 - 1957)

Medium: Japanese woodblock print

-

Saturday Haiku: Cloudy Day

cloudy day swiftly

erasing the illusion

between sea and sky

___________________________
Image: Cloudy Day in Mizuki, Ibaraki Prefecture, 1946. Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Kawese Hasui (1883-1957
Medium: Woodblock print



-

Saturday Haiku: Diligence

ever diligent,

two deer grazing quietly

hear distant footsteps

______________________

Image: "Deer and Pine in Moonlight" at Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Artist: Ohara Koson  (Japanese, 1878–1945)
Medium: Woodblock print



-

Saturday Haiku: Dreams of Youth

the dreams of our youth

set sail upon the ocean –

rocks remain steadfast
                                
                            ~ CK

______________________________

Woodblock print by Japanese sōsaku-hanga artist Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995) titled "Irozaki Morning," looking out over Cape Irozaki.

-

Saturday Haiku: Tadpoles

a six year old child

scooping tadpoles from the pond

pure, messy delight

____________________________

Image: Frog and Tadpoles
Artist: Ohara Koson
Medium: Japanese Woodblock Print



-

Saturday Haiku: Domestic Fowl

a brood of chickens
scratching along in the dirt
throughout history

__________________________

Image "Bantam Cock, Hen, and Chick"
Artist: Ohara Koson (Japanese, 1877-1945)
Medium: woodblock print



-

Saturday Haiku: The Cat Watches

cat watches

birds are taking flight

people sleep

___________________________________
Image: "Revelers Returned from the Tori no Machi Festival at Asakusa"

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). 

Medium: Woodblock print

From the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857 (Japan) 

At The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

-

Saturday Haiku: Reaching for the Moon

no hand may grasp it

who can deny the beauty

of the moon at night

_______________________________________

Image: "Monkey Reaching for Reflection of the Moon"
Artist: Ohara Koson, Japan (1877-1945)
Medium: Woodblock print
Public Domain

-

Saturday Haiku: Evening Rain

steady bridge

secures safe passage

sudden rain

_______________________________
Image: Evening Rain at Atake on the Great Bridge (Ōhashi Atake no yūdachi), no. 52
            from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Date: Ninth month of 1857 (series published 1856-1858)
Media: Color Woodcut With Mica

Location: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

-

Saturday Haiku: Moonlight Journey

a nighttime journey

offers travelers peace of mind

when graced by moonlight

________________________________

Image: "Moonlight," woodcut
Artist: Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991), Japan
Found on Pinterest at onizazen.collectrium.com



-

Saturday Haiku: Morning Fog

slowly the light breaks

on a cool foggy morning

friends help guide the way

_______________________

Image: "The Grand Illusion"

Japanese painting

Artist: Konen Uehara 上原 古年 (1877-1940)

-

Saturday Haiku: Calm River

calm river

under moonlit sky

buoyant grace

________________________

Image: Evening Cool on the Sumida River (Indianapolis Museum of Art)
Artist: Eijiro Koyobashi (1900 - 1920)
Medium: Ink on paper


-

Saturday Haiku: Evening Lights

lanterns remind us

lesser lights will show the way

when darkness sets in

__________________________

Image: Miyajima Evening (wood block print)

Artist: Ito Yuhan



-