← Masaoka ShikiCollected Haikuby Masaoka ShikiHaiku collection by modernizer who refined the traditional formFind on Amazon↗About the authorMasaoka ShikiPoet and critic who modernized haiku and tanka, stripping away conventionality in favor of direct observation (shasei). Despite dying young of tuberculosis, his reforms permanently shaped modern Japanese poetry.More by Masaoka ShikiA Drop of Ink→Selected TankaCollection of five-line poems reflecting personal emotion and nature→Straw Sandals→Selected Haiku of Masaoka ShikiHaiku collection by poet and literary reformer→
