Shiki and his Garden

By Sandra Simpson Head note: ‘Shiki’ was the pronunciation of the characters most commonly used to form the name of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus), but the same characters could also be pronounced ‘hototogisu’.ホトトギス also 時鳥, 杜鵑, 不如帰 1 Even in a little...

Under the Basho

Under the Bashō Under the Bashō has resumed publication after a break last year, and takes many forms of Japanese genre poetry, including haiku, tanka, haibun and haiga.Submit: Until November 15, full details from the website. View...