The Essential Haiku, Notes
… reading the notes, i learn or confirm that…
- Basho was most likely gay
- cuckoo = summer
- squid = summer
- Japanese haiku are full of nuances that don’t translate… thus, the book that is on it’s way, featuring multiple translations of single haiku…
- chrysanthemum = fall
- chrysanthemum is competitively cultivated in Japan, is associated with purity and the royal family of Edo