{"id":4207,"date":"2005-11-10T10:44:15","date_gmt":"2005-11-10T14:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/11\/10\/this-heron-is-adjourned\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:25","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:25","slug":"this-heron-is-adjourned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/11\/10\/this-heron-is-adjourned\/","title":{"rendered":"this heron is adjourned"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For centuries, Japanese\u00a0haiku poets have been fascinated with the heron, and that <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
interest has spread to haijin around the world.\u00a0\u00a0 The heron is\u00a0a large wading bird with a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
long neck <\/span><\/span><\/span>and <\/span><\/span><\/span>long legs, and it family includes bitterns and egrets.\u00a0 I’ve always liked <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
the logo of the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Haiku Society of America<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0which includes a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>simple\u00a0image of a heron.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\"HSALogo\"<\/a> orig<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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This year, the same heron appears on the cover of HSA’s journal, Frogpond<\/a>,<\/em><\/span> \"\"
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as well as on the HSA newsletter.\u00a0 I decided to learn more about the image, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
and wondered why the Newsletter called it “sumi-e.”\u00a0\u00a0 Here are my findings:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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sumi-e<\/a> is the Japanese art of brush painting.\u00a0 Only black ink is used in sumi-e<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
and four brush strokes are the basis for everything painted in sumi-e.\u00a0 The strokes <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
are called the\u00a0“Four Gentlemen” and correspond with the brush stroke used to <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
paint four plants \u2014 the Bamboo Stroke, the Wild Orchid Stroke, the Chrysanthe-<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
mum <\/span><\/span><\/span>Stroke, and the Plum Branch Stroke.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Stephen Addiss<\/a> of the University of Richmond Department of <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Art and History, painted the HSA’s heron sumi-e.\u00a0 You can see <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
more of his painting in this collection of haiga<\/a>, which was featured <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
in <\/span><\/span><\/span>Simply Haiku<\/em> (March 2004).\u00a0 Prof. Addiss has edited or <\/span><\/span><\/span>written <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
many books on Japanese art — find a list here<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 I’m <\/span><\/span><\/span>pleased to have <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
one of them in my personal collection — <\/span><\/span><\/span>Haiku Landscapes<\/span><\/em><\/a>: In Sun, <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Wind, Rain, And Snow. <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Click here<\/a> for a larger version of Stephen Addiss’ <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>sumi-e heron. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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update<\/strong><\/em> (Nov. 11, 2005):\u00a0 Ed Markowski, our\u00a0 most reliable <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
source of topical haiku (especially with Issa offline), has shared <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
the following pair, along <\/span><\/span><\/span>with an account of the sinking of the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Edmund Fitzgerald, <\/span><\/span><\/span>in\u00a0a Comment<\/a>:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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first time on the river <\/span><\/div>\n
i fish the spot <\/span><\/div>\n
the heron fished <\/span><\/div>\n
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sunset <\/span><\/div>\n
a sunfish thrashes <\/span><\/div>\n
in the heron’s beak<\/span><\/div>\n
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ed markowski<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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\"boy Yes, I’m on vacation this week, and am staying away from <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
the heavy stuff today (so far).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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lingering chill<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
the catkins<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
erect<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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toadstool –<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
sharing tales <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
with my sister<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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seafood restaurant <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
guppies surround <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
the lighthouse<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Yu Chang<\/strong><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
from <\/span>Upstate Dim Sum<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a> <\/span>(<\/span>2005\/II<\/strong><\/span><\/a>)<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\"fpLogoF\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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For centuries, Japanese\u00a0haiku poets have been fascinated with the heron, and that interest has spread to haijin around the world.\u00a0\u00a0 The heron is\u00a0a large wading bird with a long neck and long legs, and it family includes bitterns and egrets.\u00a0 I’ve always liked the logo of the Haiku Society of America,\u00a0which includes a simple\u00a0image of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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}},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4207","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-15R","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4207","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=4207"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12927,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4207\/revisions\/12927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}