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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