Welcome to the fortieth iteration of the Haiku Music Challenge, hosted by Naviar Records. Dakotsu Iida trained under Takahama Kyoshi, and was chief editor of Unmo until his death. His son Ryuta Iida, a famous haiku poet himself, took over as the editor of Unmo after his father’s death. … [Read more...]
Haiku Music Challenge 39
Welcome to the thirty-ninth iteration of the Haiku Music Challenge, hosted by Naviar Records. Like Santoka and Seisensui, Kawahigashi Hekigoto (1873 – 1937) was an important advocate of free verse haiku. Besides being a writer and critic of haiku, Hekigoto was a literary scholar, noh dancer, … [Read more...]
Haiku Music Challenge 38
Welcome to the thirty-eighth iteration of the Haiku Music Challenge, hosted by Naviar Records. Ogiwara Seisensui was a Japanese haiku poet active during the Taishō and Showa periods of Japan. He started the school of free haiku which Ozaki Hōsai and Taneda Santoka popularized. In 1911 … [Read more...]
Haiku Music Challenge 37
Welcome to the thirty-seventh iteration of the Haiku Music Challenge, hosted by Naviar Records. A wandering poet and ascetic Zen priest, Santōka was a disciple of Ogiwara Seisensui, one of the first poets to discard the traditional use of the 5-7-5 structure in haiku. Santōka’s poetry … [Read more...]
Haiku Music Challenge 36
Welcome to the thirty-sixth iteration of the Haiku Music Challenge, hosted by Naviar Records. Autumn has finally arrived here in Italy as well, so last week I opted for this Fall-themed haiku by Basho. My understanding is that this poem has become a well-known Japanese proverb, meaning “It is … [Read more...]
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