Haiku 2018 Wall Calendar: Japanese Art & Poetry

The Japanese haiku contains in its seventeen sound characters a reference to a season as well as a distinct pause or interruption. These seasonal allusions emphasize the essence of haiku: nature and its ephemeral beauty. This calendar pairs a dozen haiku rendered in English with Japanese calligraphies and transliterations with exquisite Japanese woodcuts from the collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canada.