Takarai Kikaku
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Takarai Kikaku, 宝井其角 (1661-1707), a.k.a. Enomoto Kikaku, was a Japanese poet and a disciple of Matsuo Bashō.[1] He is perhaps best known for his haiku, possibly in particular the one in this anecdote about him and his master Basho - one day, Kikaku composed a haiku Red dragonfly / break off it wings / Sour cherry which Basho changed this way Sour cherry / add wings to it / Red dragonfly; thus saying that poetry should add life to life, not take life away from life.[2][3]
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- ^ Big City Lit: the rivers of it, abridged
- ^ MBR: Reviewer's Bookwatch, October 2001
- ^ The Conversation Continues - Page 28
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