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| again the artist
comes to the studio
with unkempt hair
~ parody of Chiyo-ni
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April is National Poetry Month here in the U.S. I majored in English at University, with a concentration in poetry but I somehow missed out on studying any asian poetry traditions at all! I later discovered various traditions on my own. Fukuda Chiyo-ni (
Kaga no Chiya, 1703-1775) was a buddhist nun, a calligrapher and a painter in addition to being one of the foremost haiku masters of the Edo period in Japan. The poem of hers that I respectfully parodied is this:
again the women
come to the fields
with unkempt hair
3 comments:
I really like the idea of a respectful parody :) I'm also a fan of your unkempt hair.
Beautiful portrait!
I'm glad to have found your blogs - you are a very interesting woman - and you must have lots of energy, dealing with three teenage sons!
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