Haiku Scrolls

Bashō - As the temple bell fades, The ringing lingers in the blossom scent, Evening (kane kiete hana no ka wa tsuku yūbe kana)

$220

Bashō - How admirable, to see lightning, and not think life is fleeting (inazuma ni satoranu hito no tattosa yo)

$220

Bashō - In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path (mume ga ka ni notto hi no deru yamaji kana)

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Bashō - Not spilling the glistening dew, the bush clover, undulating (shiratsuyu wo kobosanu hagi no uneri kana)

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Bashō - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree (hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume)

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Bashō - Shake even the grave, My wailing is the autumn wind (tsuka mo ugoke waga naku koe wa aki no kaze)

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Bashō - Summer grass, all the warriors are, but the remains of dreams (natsukusa ya tsuwamono domo ga yume no ato)

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Bashō - Taken ill on my travels, My dreams roam over the withered moors (tabi ni yande yume wa kareno wo kake meguru)

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Bashō - The old pond, a frog jumps in, the sound of water (furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto)

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Buson - A flash of lightning, The sound of dew, Dripping down the bamboos (inazuma ni koboruru oto ya take no tsuyu)

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Buson - An evening orchid, Hidden in its scent, The flower's whiteness (yoru no ran ka ni kakurete ya hana shiroshi)

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Buson - From far and near, Hearing the sounds of waterfalls, Young leaves (ochikochi ni taki no oto kiku wakaba kana)

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Buson - In loneliness, there is joy too, An autumn eve (sabishisa no ureshiku mo ari aki no kure)

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Buson - In the moonlight, the color and scent of the wisteria, seems so far away (tsuki ni tōku oboyuru fuji no iroka kana)

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Buson - In the spring rain, The pond and the river, Have become one (ike to kawa hitotsu ni narinu haru no ame)

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Buson - Plum blossoms everywhere, I should go south, I should go north (ume ochikochi minami subeku kita subeku)

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Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past (osoki hi no tsumorite tōki mukashi kana)

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Buson - The spring sea, all day rising and falling, rising and falling (haru no umi hinemosu notari notari kana)

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Buson - To white plum blossoms, Each night just dawning, Evermore (shiraume ni akuru yo bakari to nari ni keri)

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Chiyojo - My little dragonfly hunter, where has he gone today, I wonder (tonbo-tsuri kyō wa doko made itta yara)

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Chiyojo - To the person breaking off the branch, giving its fragrance, the plum blossom (taoraruru hito ni kaoru ya ume no hana)

$220

Custom Haiku Calligraphy

$280

Work with Master Takase and create an original custom haiku calligraphy work of art. Use your favorite haiku or your own poem (and we will work with you on the translation).

Issa - A world of grief and pain, Flowers bloom, Even then (ku no shaba ya sakura ga sakeba saita tote)

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Issa - In this world of ours, We walk above hell, Gazing at flowers (yo no naka wa jigoku no ue no hanami kana)

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Issa - Snail, ever so slowly climb, Mt Fuji (katatsuburi sorosoro nobore fuji no yama)

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Issa - The bitter part, eaten by the mother, mountain persimmon (shibui toko haha ga kui keri yama no kaki)

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Issa - This dewdrop world, is a dewdrop world, and yet (tsuyu no yo wa tsuyu no yo nagara sari nagara)

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Issa - Were my father here, At dawn we would gaze, Over the green fields (chichi arite akebono mitashi aotabara)

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Ryōkan - The thief, left behind, the moon in my window (nusubito ni torinokosareshi mado no tsuki)

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Ryōta - They spoke no words, The visitor the host, And the white chrysanthemum (mono iwazu kyaku to teishu to shiragiku to)

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Shiki - A pear tree is blooming, By a collapsed house, on an old battlefield (nashi saku ya ikusa no ato no kuzure ie)

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Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding (nata agete kiran to sureba konome kana)

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Shiki - Three thousand, Haiku to examine, Two persimmons (sanzen no haiku wo kemishi kaki futatsu)

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Shikō - How enviable, Turning beautiful then falling, maple leaves (urayamashi utsukushū natte chiru momiji)

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