{"id":7853,"date":"2007-08-10T16:20:14","date_gmt":"2007-08-10T21:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/08\/10\/fkas-2007-ito-en-oi-ocha-winners\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:45","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:45","slug":"fkas-2007-ito-en-oi-ocha-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/08\/10\/fkas-2007-ito-en-oi-ocha-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"f\/k\/a&#8217;s 2007 ito en oi ocha winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/08\/itoencontest.jpg\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itoen.com\/resources\/OiOcha.cfm\"> Oi Ocha<\/a> is &#8220;The most popular green tea beverage in Japan,&#8221; and its parent company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itoen.co.jp\/eng\/companyinfo\/creating.html\">Ito En, Ltd.<\/a> has been sponsoring the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.itoen.com\/tea\/index.cfm?sp=haiku\">ITO EN Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest<\/a>\u201d every year since 1989.  Ito En says:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This contest has contributed to the rejuvenation of haiku, a Japanese traditional short poem only seventeen characters in length. Endorsed by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture and Science,<\/li>\n<li>this contest features haiku promoting free expression . . . What makes this contest unique is the acceptance of both &#8220;New Style&#8221; haiku and traditional haiku. To encourage as much participation as possible, any themes can be chosen, and &#8220;New Style&#8221; haiku do not have to include kigo (words symbolizing one or more of the four seasons). Moreover, &#8220;New Style&#8221; haiku, whether in Japanese or English, do not need to follow the 5-7-5-syllable format\u2014the most common taught outside of Japan.<\/li>\n<li>Last year, the seventeenth contest drew over 1,650,000 entries and different haiku (the most entries ever).<\/li>\n<li>The award-winning haiku are not only compiled and printed in an annual ITO EN publication entitled <em>Jiyu Gatari <\/em>(<em>Free Expression<\/em>) but also printed and appear on Oi Ocha brand products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/08\/oiochabottle.jpg\" \/> At least four of <em>f\/k\/a<\/em>&#8216;s Honored Guest Poets had winning haiku in Ito En <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itoen.co.jp\/new-haiku\/en\/17\/index.html\">17th Contest<\/a> last year &#8212; Andrew Riutta, Roberta Beary, Ed Markowski and Jim Kacian.    The winners in this year&#8217;s 2007 ITO EN Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itoen.co.jp\/new-haiku\/18\/\">#18<\/a> &#8212; have been announced.  Congratulations to Roberta, Ed and Jim, who have repeated their success.  [If other <em>f\/k\/a<\/em> family members have also won, I hope they will let <em>haikuEsq<\/em> know.]  You can find their winning poems, with Japanese translations <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itoen.co.jp\/new-haiku\/18\/gaikokugo.php\">here<\/a>.  Because few of our readers outside of Japan will get to see the winning haiku  in the 2007 <em>Free Expression<\/em> anthology or on Oi Ocha tea products, we&#8217;re presenting the poems by our Honored Guests for your entertainment and edification &#8212; and to urge you to submit poems for the 19th Contest.   [Need more incentive?  Ed  and Jim each won <em>Y<\/em>30,000 in prize money last year for their Judge&#8217;s Award poems; Roberta&#8217;s Sponsor&#8217;s Award comes this year with <em>Y<\/em>20,000 in prize money.]<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>rolling thunder<br \/>\nthe deeper darkness<br \/>\nof distance<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/jim-kacian-archive\/\">Jim Kacian<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>just enough moon<br \/>\nfor this firefly to land<br \/>\non my finger<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/roberta-beary-archive\/\">roberta beary       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/08\/oiochabottlen.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p> hunting stories<br \/>\nthe old cat yawns<br \/>\n&amp; walks away<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/ed-markowski-archive\/\">Ed Markowski<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/08\/itoencontest.jpg\" \/>  Here are Jim and Ed&#8217;s Judge&#8217;s Award winners from last year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itoen.co.jp\/new-haiku\/en\/17\/index.html\">17th  Ito En Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>     Lightning\u2014<br \/>\nthe fly resettles<br \/>\nin the same spot<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. by jim kacian<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>factory entrance<br \/>\nmoths spin round &amp; round<br \/>\na bare light bulb<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. by ed markowski<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oi Ocha is &#8220;The most popular green tea beverage in Japan,&#8221; and its parent company Ito En, Ltd. has been sponsoring the \u201cITO EN Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest\u201d every year since 1989. Ito En says: This contest has contributed to the rejuvenation of haiku, a Japanese traditional short poem only seventeen characters in length. 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