Saturday Haiku: Vigilance

ever vigilant,

two deer grazing quietly

hear distant footsteps

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



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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

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

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Saturday Haiku: Village Moonrise

the village waters

quiet under the moonlight

all the world at rest  

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Image: "Moonrise at Morigaski"

Artist: Kawase Hasui  (1883 - 1957)

Medium: Japanese woodblock print

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Saturday Haiku: Reaching

things beyond our reach

may yet be within our grasp

given proper tools

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Image: "Silhouetted Man Harvesting a Nest"
Artist: Ohara Koson
Medium: Woodblock print



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Saturday Haiku: Evening Moon

full moon bathes the pines

as light glows from the farmhouse

the fields are at rest

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

Medium: Japanese woodblock print

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Saturday Haiku: Cloudy Day

cloudy day swiftly

erasing the illusion

between sea and sky

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



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Saturday Haiku: Diligence

ever diligent,

two deer grazing quietly

hear distant footsteps

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



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Saturday Haiku: Lights on the Lake

embarked on the lake

soft lantern light gives comfort

shoreline lights give hope

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Image: Lake Biwa (private collection)
Artist: Koho Shoda (1871-1946)
Medium: Woodblock print



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Saturday Haiku: Rainy Night

rainy night

a lighted window

joyful steps  

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Image: Rainy Night at Maekawa, Soshu (1932)
Artist: Hasui Kawase

Medium: Japanese Woodblock print

See Ohmi Gallery

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Saturday Haiku: On the Canal

empty boats

along the canal –

readiness

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Image: "Urayasu," (1951)
Artist: Toshi Yoshida
Medium: Woodblock print

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Saturday Haiku: Dreams of Youth

the dreams of our youth

set sail upon the ocean –

rocks remain steadfast
                                
                            ~ CK

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

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Saturday Haiku: Tadpoles

a six year old child

scooping tadpoles from the pond

pure, messy delight

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



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Saturday Haiku: Teahouse

moon upon the sea

clears the mind, gladdens the heart

teatime shared with you

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Image: "Teahouse in the Moonlight"  c.1930's

Artist: Takahashi Shotei (1871-1945)
Medium: Japanese woodblock print 

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Saturday Haiku: Moon Rising

moon rising

above the waters ~

spirits rest

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Image: Evening at Miyajima
Artist: Ito Yuhan (1882-1951)
Medium; Woodblock print 

Saturday Haiku: The Torii Gate

ancient boundaries

can make us comfortable

with divine presence

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Image: The "floating" torii gate at Itsukushima Shrine, a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima)
Artist: Tsuchiya Kōitsu (1870-1949)
Medium: Japanese Woodblock Print
Date: 1936



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Saturday Haiku: Domestic Fowl

a brood of chickens
scratching along in the dirt
throughout history

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



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Saturday Haiku: Crossing the waters in Spring

still waters

in the cool valley

spring crossing

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Image: Benkei Bridge
Artist: Tsuchiya Kôitsu (Japanese, 1870–1949)
Medium: Woodblock print



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Saturday Haiku: Springtime Lake

morning breaks

beside the still lake

cherries bloom

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Image: "Lake Kawaguchi"
Artist: Tsuchiya Koitsu
Medium: Woodblock print



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Saturday Haiku: The Cat Watches

cat watches

birds are taking flight

people sleep

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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.

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Saturday Haiku: Reaching for the Moon

no hand may grasp it

who can deny the beauty

of the moon at night

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

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