Thursday, August 13, 2015

Autumn's Shadow

Another of the kimonoed ladies seen on our visit to Japan.


When I set
something down, there emerges
autumn's shadow

Takahama Kyoshi
(1874-1959)

Kiyoshi was from Matsuyama and inspired by Shiki.
He was the publisher of the influential magazine Cuckoo.

Modern Japanese Haiku; an anthology,
compiled, translated and with an introduction by Makoto Ueda, University of Toronto Press, 1976, page 57.


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