Useless dreams, alas!
Over desolate fields
winds whisper as they pass.
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Useless Dreams, Alas!
Useless dreams, alas!
Over desolate fields
winds whisper as they pass.
Around 1650, two masters arose who elevated haikai and gave it a new popularity. They were Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) and Uejima Onitsura (1661–1738) . Hokku was only the first verse of haikai, but its position as the opening verse made it the most important, setting the tone for the whole composition.
by Uejima Onitsura: A voiceless flower speaks to the obedient in-listening ear
Uejima Onitsura's haiku: Silent the garden where the camellia-tree opens its whiteness
another haiku: To finally know the plum, use the whole heart too, and your own nose Uejima Onitsura
Uejima Onitsura (1661 – 1738) was a Japanese haiku poet of the Edo period, famous in the Osaka region for his poetry. Belonging to the Danrin school of Japanese poetry, Uejima is credited (along with other Edo-era poets) of helping to define and exemplify Bashō's style of poetry.