Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Oleg Usov’s Paintings with Haiku by Alexander Dolin in Russia (2)

Haiku by Alexander Dolin (Russia)

　

Paintings by Oleg Usov (Russia)

　

　

台所に蠅集まりの終りなし

At the kitchen

there is no end to it –

a conference of the flies…

　

На кухне у нас

мушиному собранию

не видно конца…

　

　

夕立やどこまで逃げる老鼠

A summer rain storm –

where can it hide now,

the old mother-rat?..

　

Летняя гроза –

и куда теперь бежать

старушке-крысе?..

　

　

向日葵も周りしかねる暑さ哉

Not so easy to turn

even for a sunflower –

such a scorching heat…

　

И подсолнуху

поворачиваться трудно –

такая жара!..

　

　

夏野原草に煌めく野菊哉

Summer meadows –

here and there in the grass

glisten chamomiles…

　

Летние луга –

там и сям в траве мерцают

цветы ромашки…

　

　

海の歌黄昏に聞く汐うねり

The song of the sea –

in the twilight I listen

to the tune of surf…

　

Эта песня моря!

В сумерках я слушаю

рокот прилива…

　

　

鷦鷯や松の枝より声を出す

　

A wren is calling –

from the pine branch above

a familiar voice…

　

Крапивник зовет –

с высоты сосновой ветки

слышится голос…

　

　

鶺鴒や尻尾のわなわな飯に来た

Shaking its small tail –

a wagtail has arrived

for her daily meal…

　

Хвостиком трясет,

прилетев на трапезу –

трясогузка…

　

　

夏野原赤提灯だらけ薊花

Summer meadows

full of little crimson lanterns –

time for thistle to blossom…

　

Летние луга

алеют фонариками –

зацвел чертополох…

　

　

紫陽花に青蟷螂の構え哉

　

On hydrangea flower

it is taking a combat stand –

a green praying mantis…

　

На гортензии

принял боевую стойку

зеленый богомол…

　

About Author

　 Alexander Dolin (b.1949) after having graduated from the Oriental Languages College of Moscow State University, started his academic career at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and received there his PhD degree in Japanese Literature. After moving to Japan in 1992, he worked for twelve years as a Professor of Comparative Literature at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. In 2004, he was invited to the innovative Akita International University as Professor of Japanese Literature and Comparative Culture.

　

     　

　 Dr. Dolin is the author of several comprehensive monographs on Japanese literature and culture, including History of New Japanese Poetry in 4 volumes. His works on Japanese and Russian literature, culture, religion and society, as well as on world civilizations were variously issued in Russian, German, English and Japanese. He has also published over 50 books of translations containing numerous masterpieces from classical and modern Japanese literature, especially a variety of anthologies and individual collections introducing Japanese poetry from ancient times to present day crowned by the massive series “Great Library of Japanese Poetry” in 8 volumes. (Nauka, 2022). In 1995, he was awarded the Special Contribution to Culture Prize by the All-Japan Translators’ Association for his academic and poetic translation into Russian of the Kokinwakashu immortal anthology.  He completed his career in Japan in 2017 as Professor Emeritus of Akita International University. 

     Since 2017 – professor of Japanese Literature and Comparative Culture at Higher School of Economics National Research University, School of Asian Studies (Moscow) and senior research fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences).

     In Russia, Dr. Dolin is also well known as the author of several academic books on Oriental Martial Arts.

     Having published a number of books of poetry, prose and non-fiction, Alexander Dolin is universally recognized in Russia as a poet and writer in his own right. He enjoys also composing poetry in English and in Japanese.  Award of the Russian Union of Writers’ medal of honor for the promotion of international contacts.     

　             

About Painter

　

　

Oleg Usov

 　 Oleg Usov (born 1964) is a professional sumi-e painter, the author of over 2500 works (colored sumi-e mostly in “the flowers and birds”style.

　 Graduated from 1. V.A. Serov Art School (Moscow) and Sumi-e school of the Japan House cultural center in Moscow (3 years course). Also had short time experience of sumi-e studies in Japan.

　 Many of his paintings had been presented at the national sumi-e exhibitions in Russia and international exhibitions in Japan, Taibei, Hongkong, Spain and other countries. Studying sumi-e Oleg Usov has also mastered Japanese on a substantiate level and started reading haiku in original. 

   Member of the Sumi-e Painters Union of Russia. Award of the Grand Prix at the international exhibition Art beyond Boundaries”(Tokyo, 2022) and a number of other international prizes. Published several individual sumi-e albums. In 2024 as an illustrator for the massive anthology of haiku in two volumes “World in a Drop” translated by A. Dolin (Azbooka Publishers) had scores of his best works printed in book format. Currently continues his activities illustrating collections of Japanese poetry.

 
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