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Haiku: Japanese Art and Poetry Boxed Notecard Assortment

$18.95

Published with: the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

Purest of poems, a haiku contains in its 17 syllables a seasonal allusion as well as a distinct pause or shift. Cherry blossoms and swallows mean spring; red maple leaves and deer convey autumn. Nature and its ephemeral beauty—this is haiku. Japanese woodblock artists have often drawn their water from the same wells of creativity used by haiku poets. A pleasure boat on a moonlit lake, a dozing bird beside a turning leaf—it should surprise no one that Bashō, greatest of haiku poets, was an accomplished painter. Paired here are haikus old and new, with prints from the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries. Contains five each of the following notecards: Water Lilies, c. 1930s, by Nishimura Hodō Blue Birds at Night, early 20th century, by Watanabe Seitei (Shōtei) Monkey Bridge in Kai Province, #13 from Famous Views of the Sixty-Odd Provinces, 1853–1856, by Andō Hiroshige Spring Rain at Matsushima, 1936, by Tsuchiya Kōitsu
• 20 blank notecards (5 each of 4 designs) with envelopes in a decorative box
• Printed in full color on recycled paper with soy based inks
• High-quality 250 gsm card stock
• Soft white envelopes
• Pomegranate’s notecard sets feature exclusive selections of art from museums and artists around the world

Published with the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

Box size: 5.375 x 7.375 x 1.5 in.
Card size: 5 x 7 in.

ISBN 9780764964633

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Linda B.
beautiful art and verse

beautiful art and verse

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