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Haiku Art Designs

This page features works of Haiku by many of Japan's renowned poets.

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These works may be ordered through Custom Artwork (Unframed). When checking out there is a comment area for the specific artwork.

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00248_1.jpg (35236 bytes) #00248 Haiku by Buson
I go;
Thou stayest:
Two autumns.
Yuku ware ni
todomaru nare ni
aki futatsu
Buson_01.gif (1200 bytes)
Shiki Shiki Shiki_00.gif (903 bytes)
00249_1.jpg (35826 bytes) #00249 Haiku by Senna
A Tall Stone Lantern,
In the day-time
Is a melancholy pillar.
Takatourou
hiru wa monouki
hashira kana
Senna_01.gif (1269 bytes)
Senna Senna Senna_00.gif (898 bytes)
00250_1.jpg (45837 bytes) #00251 Haiku by Teiji
Hearing its name,
I looked at it anew,
this flowering weed.
Na wo kiite
mata minaosu ya
kusa no hana
Teiji_01.gif (1265 bytes)
Teiji Teiji Teiji_00.gif (909 bytes)
00253_1.jpg (45521 bytes) #00253 Haiku by Shiki
Lifting up the hatchet
To cut it down,
It was budding.
Nata agete
kiran to sureba
konome kana
Shiki_01.gif (1280 bytes)
Shiki Shiki_00.gif (903 bytes)
00254_1.jpg (45320 bytes) #00254 Haiku by Basho
On the back of the mirror,
A spring unseen,
A flowering plum-tree.
hito no minu
haru ya kagami no
ura no ume
Bashou_01.gif (1209 bytes)
Basho ..\Images\Bashou_00.gif (911 bytes)

 

00256_1.jpg (45396 bytes) #00256 Haiku by Buson
The pond and the river
Have become one,
In the spring rain.
Ike to kawa
hitotsu ni narinu
haru no ame
Buson_03.gif (1263 bytes)
Buson Buson_00.gif (913 bytes)
00257_1.jpg (46462 bytes) #00257 Haiku by Buson
Plum-blossoms everywhere,
I should go south,
I should go north.
Ume ochikochi
minami subeku
kita subeku
Buson_04.gif (1153 bytes)
Buson Buson_00.gif (913 bytes)
  #00252 Haiku by Buson
An evening orchid, 
Hidden in its scent,
The flower's whiteness.
Yoru no ran
ka ni kakurete ya
hana shiroshi
Buson_02.gif (1277 bytes)
Buson Buson_00.gif (913 bytes)
  #00250 Haiku by Sampuu
The names I know not,
But to each weed a flower,
And loveliness.
Na wa shirazu
kusa-goto ni hana
aware nari
Sampuu_01.gif (1220 bytes)
Sampuu Sampuu Sampuu_00.gif (915 bytes)
  #00255 Haiku by Issa
Just simply alive,
Both of us, I
And the poppy.
Ikite iru
bakari zo ware to
keshi no hana
Issa_01.gif (1298 bytes)
Issa Issa_00.gif (884 bytes)
  #00275 Haiku by Daiou
New Year's Day:
In my heart,
Is too much for words
Ganjitsu no
kokoro kotoba ni
amari keri
Daiou_01.gif (1212 bytes)
Daiou Daiou Daiou_00.gif (914 bytes)
  #00258 Haiku by Etsujin An autumn eve;
She comes and asks,
"Shall I light the lamp?"

Aki no kure
hi ya tomosan to
toi ni kuru
Etsujin_01.gif (1304 bytes)
Etsujin Etsujin_00.gif (909 bytes)
  #00259 Haiku by Wafuu The butterfly having disappeared,
My spirit
Came back to me.

Chou kiete
tamashii ware ni
kaeri keri
Wafuu_01.gif (1193 bytes)
Wafuu Wafuu_00.gif (917 bytes)
  #00260 Haiku by Issa A world of grief and pain:
Flowers bloom;
Even then ...

Ku no shaba ya
sakura ga sakeba
saita tote
Issa_02.gif (1285 bytes)
Issa Issa_00.gif (884 bytes)
  #00261 Haiku by Basho Along this road
Goes no one,
This autumn eve.

Kono michi ya
iku hito nashi ni
aki no kure
Bashou_02.gif (1250 bytes)
Basho ?hm??
  #00262 Haiku by Basho Petals of the mountain rose
Fall now and then,
To the sound of the waterfall?

Horo horo to
yamabuki chiru ka
taki no oto
Bashou_03.gif (1232 bytes)
Basho ?hm??
  #00263 Haiku by Buson Blowing from the west,
Fallen leaves gather
In the east.

Nishi fukeba
higashi ni tamaru
ochiba kana
Buson_05.gif (1280 bytes)
Buson Buson_00.gif (913 bytes)
  #00264 Haiku by Basho Misty rain;
Today is a happy day,
Although Mt. Fuji is unseen.

Kiri-shigure
fuji wo minu hi zo
omoshiroki
Bashou_04.gif (1320 bytes)
Basho ?hm??
  #00265 Haiku by Basho From among the peach-trees
"Blooming everywhere,"
The first cherry blossoms.

Saki midasu
momo no naka yori
hatsu-zakura
Bashou_05.gif (1242 bytes)
Basho ?hm??
  #00266 Haiku by Shiki By a house collapsed,
A pear tree is blooming;
Here a battle was fought.

Nashi saku ya
ikusa no ato no
kuzure-ie
Shiki_02.gif (1263 bytes)
Shiki Shiki_00.gif (903 bytes)
  #00267 Haiku by Tairo The frozen brush
Was burnt
In the flame of the lamp

Tomoshibi ni
Koureru fude wo
kogashi keri
Tairo_01.gif (1207 bytes)
Tairo Tairo_00.gif (903 bytes)
  #00268 Haiku by Onitsura In the garden
Whitely blooming
The camellia

Tei-zen ni
shiroku saitaru
tsubaki kana
Onitsura_01.gif (1183 bytes)
Onitsura Onitsura_00.gif (907 bytes)
  #00269 Haiku by Basho The first snow,
Just enough to blend
The leaves of the daffodils.

Hatsu-yuki ya
suisen no ha no
tawamu made
Bashou_06.gif (1248 bytes)
Basho ?hm??
  #00270 Haiku by Basho On a journey,
Resting beneath the cherry blossoms,
I feel myself to be in a Noh play.

Hana no kage
utai ni nitaru
tabine kana
Bashou_07.gif (1254 bytes)
Basho ?hm??
  #00272 Haiku by Buson A flash of lightening!
The sound of drops
Falling among the bamboos.

Inazuma ni
koboruru oto ya
take no tsuyu
Buson_06.gif (1230 bytes)
Buson Buson_00.gif (913 bytes)
  #00273 Haiku by Buson With the evening breeze,
The water laps against
The heron's legs.

Yuukaze ya
mizu aosagi no
hagi wo utsu
Buson_07.gif (1199 bytes)
Buson Buson_00.gif (913 bytes)
  #00274 Haiku by Issa Plum blossoms:
My spring
Is an ecstacy.

Waga haru mo
joujoukichi zo
ume no hana
Issa_04.gif (1178 bytes)
Issa Issa_00.gif (884 bytes)
  #00276 Haiku by Basho The beginning of autumn;
The sea and fields,
All one same green.
Hatsu-aki ya
umi mo aota no
hito midori
Bashou_09.gif (1212 bytes)
Basho ?hm??
  #00277 Haiku by Shiki The train passes;
How the smoke
Swirls round the young leaves!
Kisha sugite
kemuri uzumaku
wakaba kana
Shiki_03.gif (1230 bytes)
Shiki Shiki_00.gif (903 bytes)
  #00278 Haiku by Basho Shake, oh grave!
The autumn wind
Is the voice of my wailing.
Tsuka mo ugoke
waga naku koe wa
aki no kaze
Bashou_10.gif (1278 bytes)
Basho ?hm??
  #00279 Haiku by Ryouta They spoke no words.
The visitor, the host,
And the white chrysanthemum.
Mono iwazu
kyaku to teishu to
shiragiku to
JP0279.gif (1210 bytes)
Ryouta Ryouta_00.gif (917 bytes)
  #00280 Haiku by Basho How admirable,
He who thinks not, "Life is fleeting,"
When he sees the lightning!
Inazuma ni
satoranu hito no
toutosa yo
Bashou_08.gif (1219 bytes)
Basho ?hm??
  #00281 Haiku by Issa The peony
Made me measure it
With my fan.
Oogi nite
shaku wo toraseru
botan kana
Issa_03.gif (1227 bytes)
Issa Issa_00.gif (884 bytes)

References:

Haiku Source - A selection collection of Haiku.- Includes a few English translations

Related Sites:

Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (100 Poems by 100 Poets) - Classic Japanese poems with English translations.


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