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Breve y reciente historia del haiku en Perú

El Perú parece tener sus propias corrientes literarias entre las que el haiku sopla como una ventis…

Javier García Wong-Kit • June 26, 2023

haiku literature Peru poetry Retama School of Haiku

Taking Root in Communities - Eighty-five Years of History at Rainier Ginsha

A haiku association in Seattle, Rainier Ginsha will begin its 85th year in 2019. Nineteen members o…

Akiko Kusunose • Jan. 14, 2019

haiku literature poetry Rainier Ginsha (organization) Seattle United States Washington

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Sansei

As a younger Sansei/older Yonsei, I've been reflecting a lot on the big sisters and cousins of the …

Janice Iwanaga Yen +2 • Dec. 20, 2018

Discover Nikkei generations haiku Hummingbird Song (poetry) literature Nikkei Uncovered (series) poetry poets Sansei

The haiku that lives among Peruvians

The relationship between Peru and Japan, historical, cultural and fraternal, is full of exemplary c…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Nov. 9, 2018

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Short Form - Haiku and Senryu

This month I thought we’d have a little fun with short form and featuring two creative community me…

Fran Ito +2 • July 19, 2018

Discover Nikkei Fran Ito haiku literature Nikkei Uncovered (series) poetry poets senryu

"Let's cultivate the country of haiku by working in the fields" The spread of haiku culture in Brazil - Takahama Kyoshi and immigrant Sato Nenpaku - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> It heals the turbulent world caused by the fight to win or lose, and spreads to the …

Masayuki Fukasawa • Dec. 5, 2014

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"Let's cultivate the country of haiku by working in the fields" The spread of haiku culture in Brazil - Takahama Kyoshi and immigrant Sato Nenpaku - Part 1

Haiku that crossed the ocean with immigrants When Professor Hosokawa Shuhei (International Research…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Dec. 4, 2014

Brazil generations haikai haiku immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kyoshi Takahama literature migration Nenpuku Sato poetry

1st Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

Yuriko & Carlos

Little Tokyo, 1941 As I walked toward Little Tokyo over the First Street Bridge from Boyle Heights,…

Rubén “Funkahuatl” Guevara • Oct. 20, 2014

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An encounter that was infinitely far away

father-in-law

Drug addict: Medical advances make me weep for old age My wife has passed away and I know the cold …

Hidemitsu Miyamura • Dec. 2, 2013

Brazil families generations haiku immigrants immigration Issei Japan literature migration poetry tanka

Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity

Tanka, Haiku, and Senryu as Documentary Literature: Democracy, Justice, and Dignity in the Poems of the Issei - Part 2/2

Read Part 1 >> 3. American Populism: From Exclusion to Redress Anti-Japanese A 1907 New York Times …

Teruko Kumei • Nov. 20, 2013

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