{"product_id":"haiku-japanese-art-and-poetry-boxed-notecard-assortment","title":"Haiku: Japanese Art and Poetry Boxed Notecard Assortment","description":"\u003cp\u003ePurest of poems, a haiku contains in its 17 syllables a seasonal allusion as well as a distinct pause or shift. Cherry blossoms and swallows mean spring; red maple leaves and deer convey autumn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNature and its ephemeral beauty—this is haiku. Japanese woodblock artists have often drawn their water from the same wells of creativity used by haiku poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pleasure boat on a moonlit lake, a dozing bird beside a turning leaf—it should surprise no one that Bashō, greatest of haiku poets, was an accomplished painter. Paired here are haikus old and new, with prints from the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries. Contains five each of the following notecards: Water Lilies, c. 1930s, by Nishimura Hodō Blue Birds at Night, early 20th century, by Watanabe Seitei (Shōtei) Monkey Bridge in Kai Province, #13 from Famous Views of the Sixty-Odd Provinces, 1853–1856, by Andō Hiroshige Spring Rain at Matsushima, 1936, by Tsuchi • 20 blank notecards (5 each of 4 designs) with envelopes in a decorative box • Printed in full color on\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pomegranate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55638609592705,"sku":"0585","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0288\/5677\/8800\/files\/ceeae38111fc4b1ccbc271b9a0669b47141f1db9675c535ff1862b6bb630f900.jpg?v=1778185520","url":"https:\/\/www.masato.co.uk\/ja\/products\/haiku-japanese-art-and-poetry-boxed-notecard-assortment","provider":"Masato Jones","version":"1.0","type":"link"}