Icons Exploring Nature in Japanese Prints A new exhibition at Oregon’s Portland Art Museum shows how a cheap, popular art form produced enduring masterpieces Maki Haku, ‘Fuji san-12’ (1989).

Unit Title:Reading and Writing Haiku Based on Traditional Japanese CriteriaAuthor:Caroline Smith Teacher of English and Advanced Placement Literature and ...

These Japanese cities may inspire your next haiku Turns out haiku doesn’t need to have three lines—and other things you might learn on a tour of Japan’s historic poetry sites.

Hankering to commit a poem or two? These days, haiku practice is where involvement with poetry writing often starts. The form looks so appealingly simple: Three lines consisting of five syllables, ...

Cut + Paste showcases seventeen Japanese artists who pushed the limits of printmaking and photography. By combining techniques, these artists created multilayered images that challenge distinctions ...

LONG BEACH >> In the Royal Salon on the Queen Mary this week, they’ve come from far and wide to celebrate an ancient Japanese art form, one preserved by serious poets and jokesters alike: haiku.

Many English speakers first encounter the haiku in school, learning that it is a poem of 17 syllables, divided into lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. And Japanese people are also likely to ...