Originally called hokku, the familiar 3-line verse began as the opening of a group improvisation called renga which evolved in Japan in the middle ages. Often creating spontaneously, one poet would speak the first three lines, another poet would add the next two, another the next three and so on until a longer composition had evolved. This creative collaboration was an important social, creative, and intellectual pastime. Eventually the opening three line groups (whose lines commonly had syllables of 5, 7, and 5 respectively) achieved a life of their own and became the haiku (a merging of hokku and hakai (playful) that we know today. The poetry used in this collection waswritten by the most famous Japanese haiku masters, of whom Basho (1644 94) is considered their founding father. His deep humanity and intense observation of the natural and human world combined to elevate the haiku tradition to its epitome. The poet and painter Buson (1716 84) and the beloved Issa (1762 1826) carried on the tradition and instructed and inspired future generations. Through their work and the work of their compatriots, the impressions of the world around them were distilled into poetic “glimpses,” brief moments of casual acknowledgement, profound beauty, or gentle sadness. The steady references to the seasons, trees and flowers, the small creatures of nature, the intensity of human relationships as well as those quiet moments spent in thoughtful reflection, give us an impression of their world and their relationship to it.
That Winter
Defeated in the Fray
Enviable Leaves
Over the Ruins
Behind Me the Moon
While I Turned My Head
Hill of Flowers
I?m Very Sorry
On the Temple?s Great Bronze Bell
Where Does He Wonder
Even in Castles
Oh, the Tiny Cry
An Old Silent Pond
Having Spoken Ill
In My Small Village
From Watching the Moon
Thinking Comfortable Thoughts
After Bells
It Is Not Easy
Mister Toad
Poppy Petals Fall
Into a Cold Night
A Thousand Captains
The Exquisite Pure White Fan
I Have Known Lovers
Live in Simple Faith
Snow Whispering Down
Defeated in the Fray
Enviable Leaves
Over the Ruins
Behind Me the Moon
While I Turned My Head
Hill of Flowers
I?m Very Sorry
On the Temple?s Great Bronze Bell
Where Does He Wonder
Even in Castles
Oh, the Tiny Cry
An Old Silent Pond
Having Spoken Ill
In My Small Village
From Watching the Moon
Thinking Comfortable Thoughts
After Bells
It Is Not Easy
Mister Toad
Poppy Petals Fall
Into a Cold Night
A Thousand Captains
The Exquisite Pure White Fan
I Have Known Lovers
Live in Simple Faith
Snow Whispering Down
| Instrument | Medium Voice, Pianoackompanjemang |
| Niveau | Medium |
| Bidragsgivare | Mark Kohn, Steven(Composer) |
| Språk | Engelska |
| UPC | 600313486654 |