Hidenori Hiruta of the Akita International Haiku Network has published a new eBook titled Resurrection of Tatsuko 辰子の復活. Here are some introductory materials on the book through some pictures included. Cover page Contents Preface 2 The Legend of Tatsuko-hime 4 Loss of the Legend 11 The Resurrection of Tatsuko 14 Homecoming 24 Tatsuko’s Wish 52 The Road to Revival … Continue reading Book Announcement! “Resurrection of Tatsuko 辰子の復活” by Hidenori Hiruta
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Call for Haiku Book Reviews
We are now accepting BOOK reviews for Serow, Volume 5! The book can be a collection of haiku, poetry related to haiku, other Japanese poetic forms, or general books about writing poetry. **The book you review must have been published in 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022.** **We DO NOT accept reviews of other haiku journals.** … Continue reading Call for Haiku Book Reviews
Update: 10th Annual Akita International Haiku Contest (2021)
On behalf of the Akita International Haiku Network, THANK YOU to all the poets who submitted haiku to our 2021 haiku contest. There were nearly 500 submissions from over a dozen countries. The contest judges are now reading your haiku carefully. We hope to notify you of the results by the end of December. Please … Continue reading Update: 10th Annual Akita International Haiku Contest (2021)
CLOSED: 2021 Akita International Haiku Contest
Thank you for your support! The 2021 Akita International Haiku Contest is now CLOSED to new submissions. 535 poets from all over the world submitted haiku to this year's contest. We, the Akita International Haiku Association, are truly honored to receive their haiku and are grateful that the poets shared them with us. Timeline of … Continue reading CLOSED: 2021 Akita International Haiku Contest
Book Announcement! “白濁 : SILENCE: A WHITE DISTRUST” by Rika Inami
Rika Inami (稲美里佳) of the Akita International Haiku Network has published a new book titled 白濁 : SILENCE: A WHITE DISTRUST | 稲美 里佳, Ram .... Here are a few pages from the new book. このたびインドの現代詩の第一人者ラム・クリシュナ・シン博士の『SILENCE: A WHITE DISTRUST』に収められている英語俳句48句(川柳含む)と英語短歌48首を日本語に翻訳致し、出版いたしました。氏の英語原文と日本訳の対訳版です。 序文 数年前、インドの現代詩人の第一人者であるラム・クリシュナ・シン博士を紹介されたのは秋田国際俳句ネットワーク会長の蛭田秀法氏からでした。その後、フェイスブック等のソーシャルメディアの詩のコミュニケーションで頻繁に交流するようになり氏との交わりは今に至っています。 氏から『SILENCE: A WHITE DISTRUST』の日本語への翻訳を依頼されたのは、昨年の夏のことでした。諸般の事情により、はからずも翻訳作業が中断し遅れてしまったのはとても残念なことでした。が、このたび漸く出版の運びとなり、氏への顔向けともなり、また私自身の節目になり安堵しております。 『SILENCE: A WHITE DISTRUST』日本語訳『白濁』には2017年から2020年の氏の作品が収められています。インドという地で培われた氏の魂と肉体がとらえたその一瞬が短歌・俳句・川柳へと昇華され詠われています。 時には魂の高みから鳥瞰するかのように明朗に、その高みから急転直下、地に降りたったかのように地に浸潤し地上の愛の営みをさまざまな事物に託して大胆かつ細やかに詠い、またある時には街角で目にした世相をシニカルに描いています。近年の武力闘争の様は痛ましい限りです。新型コロナウィルスに影響された世界を表すことも避けられないものでした。翻訳しながら、天地を縦横無尽にかけめぐり、事物に反応する氏のしなやかな魂と感性を感ぜざるをえませんでした。 翻訳するにあたって留意したことは、言語構造が異なる英語の短歌、俳句、川柳をどのように、それぞれの日本語の定型詩に翻訳したらよいかということでした。 日本語短歌は 原則 5-7-5-7-7 計31音 日本語俳句と川柳は 原則5-7-5 計17音 このなかに用いられる語は、助詞、助動詞を除けば、ほとんど2音以上から成っています。したがって、日本語短歌、俳句、川柳には自立語である名詞や動詞、形容詞等の音数が多い単語の場合、31音あるいは17音のなかに数多く使うことができません。 … Continue reading Book Announcement! “白濁 : SILENCE: A WHITE DISTRUST” by Rika Inami
Serow Volume 4!
The Akita International Haiku Network is happy to announce that volume 4 of our haiku journal Serow is just released! We know many people were eagerly awaiting it and we wholeheartedly apologize for taking so long to publish it. We planned to finish it in April, but alas, that was not to be.Please visit the … Continue reading Serow Volume 4!
Book Announcement! “Haiku Lake Tazawa” by Hidenori Hiruta
Hidenori Hiruta of the Akita International Haiku Network has published a new collection of haiku titled Haiku Lake Tazawa. Here are a few pages from the collection: CONTENTS Preface 3 The Lake of Mystery 4 The Legend of Tatsuko-hime 14 Gozanoishi-jinja Shrine 21 Hyakusui Hirafuku’s Dream 29 The Extinction of Kunimasu 33 The Lakeside Now … Continue reading Book Announcement! “Haiku Lake Tazawa” by Hidenori Hiruta
E-book : 3.11 Memorial Haiku
E-book : 3.11 Memorial Haiku 追悼 On March 11, 2020, the Akita International Haiku Network published an e-book 3.11 Memorial Haiku 追悼 in prayer. This is because a student of mine, Ms. Makiko Utsumi, lives in Higashi- Matsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture, having lost her son’s wife in the Great East Japan Earthquake on March … Continue reading E-book : 3.11 Memorial Haiku
Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta (5)
Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta (5) All rights reserved ©Hidenori Hiruta 蛭田 秀法 Haiku Walks in Kainosawa Hot Spring (貝の沢温泉) Let me show you around Kainosawa Onsen through photo haiku. Hot spring mark aflame with red leaves dodan azaleas Kaino-sawa「貝の沢」: the name of a place at the foot of Mount … Continue reading Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta (5)
Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta (4)
Introduction More than six years have passed since “Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta (3) ” was posted on the website on February 23, 2013. These six years Hidenori Hiruta spent his time mainly on organizing the Japan-Russia Haiku Contest, holding the Haiku conference every year, or issuing the yearly pamphlet of the Akita International Haiku … Continue reading Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta (4)