POEMS OF TANEDA SANTOKA
When art becomes intense, loneliness emerges, clarity emerges, strangeness emerges. If it doesn’t go that far, it’s a lie. My past writing has been like wine, and not even the best wine. But from now on it will be like water - clear, bright, and rippling without overflowing - or so I hope. (Santoka, Teihon Santoka Zenshu)
Through the kitchen
moonlight
alone
Poems of Taneda Santoka is a short and varied collection of Santoka’s haiku. Each translation is accompanied by the original Japanese text and English transliteration (romaji).
Author: Taneda Santoka
Translator: Anthony Opal
Booklet, 12 pp, 7 x 5.25 in
Language: Japanese / EnglishISBN: 978-1-7375909-3-4
Published: April 28, 2022