Chowa

Chowa (1637 - October 17, 1715) was a Japanese haiku poet.

Quotes

• "Kono ikku / shūgihan nashi / kogarashi no."
• "This is one poem / people won't dispute / the winds of winter."
  • Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6

Quotes about Chowa

• ... "Hototogisu!" I waited and repeated, — And day dawned. This is said to have been composed in the early morning after having vainly attempted all night long to write a haiku on this subject, set by her teacher, Rogembo. It seems to me a very fine verse. She has at last identified herself with the hototogisu, and begins to sing like one. A similar verse, in which the bird can be heard, is Hie famous 13th century Cuckoo Song: Summer is icumen in Lhude sing cucu! But the verse attributed to Chiyo-jo seems to derive from one by Chowa, who died in 1715 aged 78.
  • Reginald Horace Blyth. A History of Haiku: From the beginnings up to Issa. p. 1984. p. 222