Tsuki Hyakushi - 100 Aspects of the Moon

Whore and monk, we sleep
under one roof together,
moon in a field of clover

Bashu






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Rain - Japanese Woodcuts

Not even a hat --
and cold rain falling on me?
Tut-tut! Think of that!

Matsuo Bashô



Shiro KASAMATSU, Spring Rain at Yushima Tenjin Shrine
, 1935

Black & White - The Poetry of Rain

Robert Doisneau, M. Barre’s Carousel, 1955

a glimpse of the cosmic dance

Furu ike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto

Matsuo Bashô

31 english translations of Bashô's famous frog haiku

Seitei (Shotei) Watanabe 1851-1918 - Two Frogs in a Pond