Reiwa 7 Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Let's Submit a Haiku in Remembrance of Basho
To promote haiku, we have installed a haiku submission box within the Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum and are selecting submitted haiku. Thank you to everyone who submitted a haiku.
From the many submissions, we will announce this year's winning haiku.
Winners (honorifics omitted)
◎General Public Division (High school students and above) Selected by Hiroshi Ito, member of 'Koshi'
【Special Selection】
Sasanqua, an open-air bath for just the two of us, my wife and I - Haruyo Yamashita (Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
【Selected Works】
Sunlight filtering through trees, and the wind blowing through, another level up - Nanami Mitsunaka (Tokyo)
Yamadera temple, clear spring water covered by fallen leaves - Hiroyuki Kusuyama (Shibuya Ward, Tokyo)
New greenery, bells of children running through Yamadera temple - Tae Minejima (Chuo Ward, Osaka City)
◎Elementary and Junior High School Student Division Selected by Nami Takeda, member of 'Ginka'
【Special Selection】
Traveling sky, clouds chasing Basho's shadow - Erina Inoue (Sendai Municipal Koriyama Junior High School)
【Selected Works】
Early summer rain, faintly shining ripples - Haruka Shimomura (Tsukuba Municipal Gakuen-no-Mori Junior High School)
Spring morning, light shining on a Buddha statue - Kota Iwasa (Ota Ward Higashichofu Third Elementary School)
Pink petals scattering, spring wind - Minato Ego (Sendai Municipal Oritate Elementary School)
☆Winners will receive a commemorative gift. Look forward to it!☆