The gate shuts
with a loud groan
The temple sleeps
(Tr. Alex Fyffe)
https://soundcloud.com/naviar-records/sets/haiku-497-the-gate-shuts-with
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PETERUlxXSI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTZVT-r8yJI
Hōsai graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University, where he studied law. He got off to a good start but decided to give up his home, family, and business to jump from one militant religion of Japan to the other.
Just like Taneda Santoka, Hōsai abandoned the traditional verse form of his time and mostly looked at the austere confines of his life for inspiration.
Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
Deadline: 19th July 2023
Haiku by Hosai Ozaki https://allpoetry.com/Hosai-Ozaki
Picture by Julia Karl https://unsplash.com/photos/DzPZD5atXPc