Haiku Scrolls

This is a collection of classic haiku written by master poets and rendered as visual art by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase.

Haiku is the Japanese poetic art of capturing a moment. Traditional Japanese Haiku are short 21 syllable poems in a 5-7-5 pattern. And for the Haiku poet, this is enough to capture life’s moments. These short poems, at the hand of a master, can truly touch us across the ages.

“It is said of the three most famous Haiku poets that Basho is the poet, Issa the conscience, and Buson the artist. I find myself going to Basho to look for the poetic moment, to Issa to comment on what is important and for perspective, and it is to Buson I go to for the art that is always before us in everyday life.”

Eri Takase

We offer each scroll in several different fonts. Select the scroll and then select the Font you would like to see.

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Custom Haiku Calligraphy
From: $135.00 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). We have options for unframed art, framed art, and a Japanese scroll.Select options
Basho – As the temple bell fades, The ringing lingers in the blossom scent, Evening (kane kiete hana no ka wa tsuku yuube kana)
$180.00 Haiku by Basho on a traditional Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase. Click below to see more original designs.Select options
Basho – How admirable, to see lightning, and not think life is fleeting (inazuma ni satoranu hito no tattosa yo)
$180.00
Haiku by Basho on a traditional Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase. Click below to see more original designs.Select options
Basho – In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path (mume ga ka ni notto hi no deru yamaji kana)
$180.00
Haiku by Basho on a traditional Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase. Click below to see more original designs.Select options
Basho – Not spilling the glistening dew, the bush clover, undulating (shiratsuyu wo kobosanu hagi no uneri kana)
$180.00
Haiku by Basho on a traditional Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase. Click below to see more original designs.Select options
Basho – On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree (hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume)
$180.00
Haiku by Basho on a traditional Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase. Click below to see more original designs.Select options
Basho – Shake even the grave, My wailing is the autumn wind (tsuka mo ugoke waga naku koe wa aki no kaze)
$180.00
Haiku by Basho on a traditional Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase. Click below to see more original designs.Select options
Basho – Summer grass, all the warriors are, but the remains of dreams (natsukusa ya tsuwamono domo ga yume no ato)
$180.00
Haiku by Basho on a traditional Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase. Click below to see more original designs.Select options
Basho – Taken ill on my travels, My dreams roam over the withered moors (tabi ni yande yume wa kareno wo kake meguru)
$180.00
Haiku by Basho on a traditional Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase. Click below to see more original designs.Select options
Basho – The old pond, a frog jumps in, the sound of water (furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto)
$180.00
Haiku by Basho on a traditional Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase. Click below to see more original designs.Select options
Buson – A flash of lightning, The sound of dew, Dripping down the bamboos (inazuma ni koboruru oto ya take no tsuyu)
$180.00
Haiku by Buson on a traditional Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase. Click below to see more original designs.Select options
Buson – An evening orchid, Hidden in its scent, The flower’s whiteness (yoru no ran ka ni kakurete ya hana shiroshi)
$180.00
Haiku by Buson on a traditional Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase. Click below to see more original designs.Select options
Buson – From far and near, Hearing the sounds of waterfalls, Young leaves (ochikochi ni taki no oto kiku wakaba kana)
$180.00
Haiku by Buson on a traditional Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase. Click below to see more original designs.Select options
Buson – In loneliness, there is joy too, An autumn eve (sabishisa no ureshiku mo ari aki no kure)
$180.00
Haiku by Buson on a traditional Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase. Click below to see more original designs.Select options
Buson – In the moonlight, the color and scent of the wisteria, seems so far away (tsuki ni tooku oboyuru fuji no iroka kana)
$180.00
Haiku by Buson on a traditional Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase. Click below to see more original designs.Select options
Buson – In the spring rain, The pond and the river, Have become one (ike to kawa hitotsu ni narinu haru no ame)
$180.00
Haiku by Buson on a traditional Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase. Click below to see more original designs.Select options

Custom Haiku Calligraphy

Basho – As the temple bell fades, The ringing lingers in the blossom scent, Evening (kane kiete hana no ka wa tsuku yuube kana)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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