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Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Masaoka Shiki

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Japanese poet Masaoka Shiki.

Last updated on November 23, 2024.

Masaoka Shiki

Masaoka Shiki , pen-name of Masaoka Noboru, was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern haiku poetry, credited with writing nearly 20,000 stanzas during his short life. He also wrote on reform of tanka poetry.

Japanese - Poet | October 14, 1867 - September 19, 1902

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Having examined three thousand haiku poems - two persimmons.

Masaoka Shiki

Masaoka Shiki

The materials for poetry are all about you in profusion.

Masaoka Shiki

Masaoka Shiki

Always someone resting there - a lone rock in the summer field — © Masaoka Shiki

Always someone resting there - a lone rock in the summer field

Masaoka Shiki

Masaoka Shiki

A pear tree is blooming, by a collapsed house, on an old battlefield.

Masaoka Shiki

Masaoka Shiki

Take your materials from what is around you - if you see a dandelion, write about that; if it's misty, write about the mist. The materials for poetry are all about you in profusion.

Masaoka Shiki

Masaoka Shiki

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