Chinese and Japanese Literature

Chinese and Japanese Literature

Poetry Guide

T’ang Dynasty – Lyric Poetry

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Poem / Author / Mood(s) / Message(s) / Theme(s)
“Spring Thoughts” / Li Po
“Conversation Among Mountains” / Li Po
“Taking Leave of a Friend” / Li Po
“Loneliness” / Tu Fu
“Dreaming of Li Po” / Tu Fu
“Night in the House by the River” / Tu Fu
“Madly Singing in the Mountains” / Po Chü-i
“I climb the road to Cold Mountain” / Po Chü-i
“Here is a tree older than the forest itself” / Po Chü-i

Japanese Tanka

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Tanka / Author / Alliteration / Assonance / Theme(s) & Message(s)
“A flower of waves” / Lady Ise
“The sight of the flowers” / Oshikochi Mitsune
“Though I go to you” / Ono no Komachi
“Doesn’t he realize” / Ono no Komachi
“Unseen by men’s eyes” / Ki no Tsurayuki
“Now that the blossoms” / Ki no Tsurayuki
“One lone pine tree” / Saigyo
“Drops of dew” / Saigyo

Japanese Haiku

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Haiku / Author / Imagery / Tone / Theme(s) & Message(s)
“After bells had rung” / Matsuo Basho
“A cuckoo calls” / Matsuo Basho
“Moonlit
flower-field” / Matsuo Basho
“How still it is!” / Matsuo Basho
“Under a helmet” / Matsuo Basho
“We cover fragile bones” / Uejima Onitsura
“A drift of ashes” / Uejima Onitsura
“A snowy mountain” / Kobayashi Issa
“Everything I touch” / Kobayashi Issa
“Such a moon—” / Taniguchi Buson
“Avoiding fishnet” / Taniguchi Buson
“Calmly Fuji stands” / Taniguchi Buson
“A red moon goes down” / Taniguchi Buson