Carp streamer for the Boy's Festival
Keigetsu (1876-1963) |
The WHC Parade of Life kukai was organized by
Paul Conneally, WHC Education & Regional Director, as part
of the Bristol
City Museum and Art Gallery's (England) exhibition of Japanese
woodblock prints called "Parade of Life". Co-sponsors
for the exhibit and kukai were " Poetry
Can" as part of the Bristol
Poetry Festival and Japan2001.
Four Japanese prints representing spring, summer, autumn and
winter were presented. The overall winning haiku is by an'ya:
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first koinobori
the house of eight girls
sings loudest
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Entries were judged by Stephen Addiss and Susumu Takiguchi.
The prize for the overall winner, An'ya Petrovic, was Steven
Addiss' book, "A Haiku Menagerie - Living Creatures in
Poems and Prints," Weatherhill, 1992, ISBN 0-8348-0248-1.
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on the Prints to see the winning haiku
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