{"id":4124,"date":"2005-10-02T20:26:19","date_gmt":"2005-10-03T00:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/10\/02\/discovering-everyday-issa\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:32","slug":"discovering-everyday-issa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/10\/02\/discovering-everyday-issa\/","title":{"rendered":"discovering “everyday issa”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sakuo Nakamura<\/FONT><\/A>, a fellow fan of <\/FONT>Kobayashi Issa<\/FONT><\/A> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>and his <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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translator <\/FONT>David G. Lanoue<\/FONT><\/A>, contacted me a few days ago, <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>happy to learn<\/FONT><\/A> that Dr. Lanoue is safe after having to flee <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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New <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>Orleans and Hurricane Katrina.  It took several emails <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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before <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>Sakuo informed me about his own weblog, called <\/FONT>Everyday Issa<\/A><\/FONT><\/EM>.   <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
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Sakuo, I have learned, is an accomplished haiga<\/A> artist.  Haiga is <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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the combination of an image (painting, drawing, photo, or digital) <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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with a haiku.  HaigaOnline<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A> has featured Sakuo’s work and says: <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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“Sakuo-san is a retired chemist whose hobbies are painting, haiku <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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and billiards. His ongoing project is painting haiga from the Haiku-a-<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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Day<\/EM> feature of David Lanoue’s Haiku of Kobayashi Issa<\/EM> website.”   <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
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<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
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<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
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 <\/FONT>going with Buddha<\/FONT><\/A>  \"SakuoSurviving\"<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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  <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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David’s English<\/STRONG><\/EM><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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translation <\/STRONG><\/EM><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>of Issa<\/STRONG><\/EM>  <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>                             <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/SPAN>
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<\/STRONG>surviving
and surviving…
how cold it is!<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
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<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
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Sakuo’s Renku<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT>

<\/FONT>on the frozen way
going with Buddha<\/FONT><\/EM><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
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Sakuo has been taking a daily Issa haiku translated by David Lanoue, <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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translating it back into modern Japanese, painting a related picture, and <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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then writing a linked verse (called renku<\/A>) of his own.  Then, he posts <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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his work on everyday Issa<\/EM>.  See the original <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>version of “going with <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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Buddha,” by clicking here<\/A>.  Even better, spend <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>some time at Sakuo’s <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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delightful weblog<\/FONT><\/A> and return frequently.  I certainly shall.<\/FONT>   <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
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Who never know who you’re <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>going to meet online <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>and where it will take <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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you.<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
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<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
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\"buddha\"<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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                                                                                                    \"LanoueSelf\"<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
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<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
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<\/FONT> <\/DIV><\/DIV><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sakuo Nakamura, a fellow fan of Kobayashi Issa and his translator David G. Lanoue, contacted me a few days ago, happy to learn that Dr. Lanoue is safe after having to flee New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina.  It took several emails before Sakuo informed me about his own weblog, called Everyday Issa.     Sakuo, I have learned, is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-14w","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12999,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124\/revisions\/12999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}