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Shikishi collection honoring the tenth anniversary of the Haiku Society of America, 1978
HAIKU MS 253-254
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Title:

Shikishi collection honoring the tenth anniversary of the Haiku Society of America, 1978

Creator/Contributor:

Akao, Tōshi, 1925-1981

Creator/Contributor:

Awano, Seiho.

Creator/Contributor:

Azumi, Atsushi, 1907-

Creator/Contributor:

Hirahata, Seitō, 1905-

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Hoshino, Tatsuko.

Creator/Contributor:

Hosomi, Ayako, 1907-

Creator/Contributor:

Iida, Ryūta, 1920-

Creator/Contributor:

Ishihara, Yatsuka, 1919-

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Kaneko, Tōta, 1919-

Creator/Contributor:

Katō, Shūson, 1905-

Creator/Contributor:

Minayoshi, Sōu, 1902-

Creator/Contributor:

Mizuhari, Shūōshi, 1892-

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Mori, Sumio, 1919-

Creator/Contributor:

Nagata, Kōi, 1900-

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Nakamura, Kusatao, 1901-1983

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Nakamura, Teijo, 1900-

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Nozawa, Setsuko, 1920-

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Ōno, Rinka, 1904-

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Sato, Hiroaki, 1942-

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Sawaki, Kinʾichi, 1919-

Creator/Contributor:

Takaha, Shugyō, 1930-

Creator/Contributor:

Takayanagi, Shigenobu, 1923-1983

Creator/Contributor:

Tomiyasu, Fūsei, 1885-

Creator/Contributor:

Yamaguchi, Seishi, 1901-1994

Creator/Contributor:

Yamaguchi, Seison, 1892-

Creator/Contributor:

Haiku Society of America

Creator/Contributor:

American Haiku Archives

Abstract:

These 24 shikishi, or poem cards, were a gift from the Museum of Haiku Literature in Tokyo to the Haiku Society of America in honor of the Society's tenth anniversary, celebrated in 1978. Twenty-four of Japan's most renowned poets composed the haiku and calligraphed the shikishi which were presented by Kenkichi Yamamoto and Sumio Mori during a lecture at Japan House in New York City on Sept. 17, 1978. Hiroaki Sato translated the haiku, sometimes providing more than one version. These were published in "A Haiku path: the Haiku Society of America, 1968-1988" and as "Haiku selected for shikishi" by the Ikuta Press.
Each calligraphic poem is on a 24 x 27 cm. board; some boards are colored and/or embellished with gold foil and each is signed with the poet's seal. Each board is wrapped in a standardized folded paper envelope and included in each envelope with the shikishi is a copy of the translation of the haiku provided by Hiroaki Sato. A photocopy of the shikishi and the translated haiku is provided outside the envelope. Each envelope arrived within a paper bag; these have been removed and a single example retained for reference. A "gift card" which was intended for display accompanied the collection.
The collection includes haiku by the following: Tōshi Akao, Seiho Awano, Atsushi Azumi, Seitō Hirahata, Tatsuko Hoshino, Ayako Hosomi, Ryūta Iida, Yatsuka Ishihara, Tōta Kaneko, Shūson Katō, Sōu Minayoshi, Shūōshi Mizuhari, Sumio Mori, Kōi Nagata, Kusatao Nakamura, Teijo Nakamura, Setsuko Nozawa, Rinka Ōno, Kinʾichi Sawaki, Shugyō Takaha, Shigenobu Takayanagi, Fūsei Tomiyasu, Seishi Yamaguchi, Seison Yamaguchi.

Date:

1978 (issued)

Contents:

253: Gift card, correspondence, Akao - Mizuhara. -- 254: Mori - Yamaguchi, paper bag.

Subject:

Haiku Society of America. -- Anniversaries, etc
Haiku -- Translations into English
Calligraphy, Japanese -- Specimens

Note:

From the American Haiku Archives.
Shikishi collection honoring the tenth anniversary of the Haiku Society of America
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.

Physical Description:

print
78 items : ill.

Language:

Japanese
English

Identifier:

HAIKU MS 253-254

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.