Classical Japanese Translations
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Matsuo Basho: The Early Years
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Matsuo Bashō ( 松尾芭蕉 ) is one of the most famous Japanese poets in history. Even if a lot of non-Japanese people do not know his name, th...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Kobayashi Issa: The Dragonfly in the Weeds
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Issa For this post I looked at one of my favorite haiku composers: Kobayashi Issa. Issa was alive in the late 18 th centu...
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Monday, March 24, 2014
Three Poets at Minase, Minase Sangin Hyakuin
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Sōgi and Friends For this post, I have translated the first twelve poems from the renga sequence, “Three Poets at Minase” or Minase s...
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Monk Kusai: The (Almost) Forgotten Renga Master
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Emperor Go-Daigo After a long hiatus, I decided to rekindle this blog with a post about a little known renga (linked-verse) poet: Mon...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Monk Sogi: Wise Traveler
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Can be found here For this post I want to talk about probably the most famous renga (linked-verse) poet, Monk Sōgi. He lived from 1421...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Bishop Shinkei: Lotus Caught in a Wildfire
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Shinkei Shinkei, or Bishop Shinkei as he was also known as, lived from 1406 to 1475 A.D. He was a student of Shōtetsu and a fervent be...
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