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| Kawamura Bunpo: Rabbits (detail), from Handscroll of Japanese Subjects Painting, ink and colours on paper, c.1807 |
"In a new book from the British Museum exploring the form's long tradition of focus on animals, haiku from some of the greatest exponents - Basho, Buson and Issa - sit alongside exquisite prints of the creatures they describe."
even the rabbit
droops one of her ears -
midsummer heat!
Akutagawa Ryunosuke
