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Jane Hirshfield, at left, was our guest poet at the Asilomar Retreat the year this picture was taken as she autographed a book for Mary Hill. Mary Hill was another long-time Yuki Teikei member who wrote lovely haiku. Her home displayed many large framed examples of Chinese calligraphy by Mr. Hau. She is the person who gets the credit for beginning the involvement of many of the members with the Chinese Brush Painting classes taught by Paul Pei-Jen Hau at the Palo Alto Art League. Before his retirement recently, several Yuki Teikei members studied with him. We have also had brush painting demonstrations in our retreats at Asilomar. This is another example of the ways the group members have supported and enriched each other's lives.
Here is one of the ancient tanka from the book
translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Arantani.
This pine tree by the rock
must have its memories too:
after a thousand years,
see how its branches
lean towards the ground
Izumi Shikibu (born circa 976)
Translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani
from The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu
Scribner's, 1988
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