Shiki Masaoka

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Shiki Masaoka


Born
in Matsuyama city in Iyo province (present day Ehime prefecture), Japan
October 14, 1867

Died
September 19, 1902

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Masaoka Shiki (正岡 子規), pen-name of Masaoka Noboru (正岡 升), was a poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern haiku poetry, leading the Hototogisu school. He also wrote on reform of tanka poetry.

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Ruego a la mariposa

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Pod tíhou měsíce

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Ruego a la mariposa

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Shiki: japanilaisia haiku-r...

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Masaoka Shiki: His Life and...

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Il mangiatore di cachi che ...

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“I do not know the day
my pain will end yet
in the little garden
I had them plant
seeds of autumn flowers”
Shiki Masaoka
tags: haiku

“how much longer
is my life?
a brief night...”
Shiki Masaoka
tags: haiku

“two feet tall,
the crimson-budded roses,
their young thorns
tender in
the soft spring rain”
Shiki Masaoka
tags: haiku

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