Haiku: The Heart of Japan in 17 Syllables

Haiku: The Heart of Japan in 17 Syllables

Haiku--history and criticism

Haiku--explication

Haiku--appreciation

Haiku, Japanese

Haiku poet Madoka Mayuzumi delivered a special lecture at the Fifteenth Symposium on Japanese Language Education in Europe, held in late August 2010 at the University of Bucharest in Romania. Mayuzumi, appointed by Japan’s Agency of Cultural Affairs as a special advisor for cultural exchange, was invited to speak by the Tokyo Foundation, which provided assistance for the symposium and which has also been supporting Japanese language education at the University of Bucharest for many years through the Nippon Foundation Fund for Japanese Language Education Program.

Mayuzumi, Madoka

http://www.tokyofoundation.org/en/articles/2010/haiku

The Tokyo Foundation

2010

All rights reserved. This essay is republished here with the kind permission of the author and The Tokyo Foundation.

pdf

eng

article