Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding in Japanese Calligraphy

鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな (nata agete kiran to sureba konome kana)

Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding	nata agete kiran to sureba konome kana	鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな
Shiki	shiki	子規

Translation by R. H. Blyth page 985 Haiku, Volume Four: Autumn-Winter.

Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding (鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding 鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな nata agete kiran to sureba konome kana Block Vertical VB5C

Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding (鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding 鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな nata agete kiran to sureba konome kana Cursive Vertical VC6B

Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding (鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding 鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな nata agete kiran to sureba konome kana Design Vertical VD5B

Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding (鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding 鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな nata agete kiran to sureba konome kana Semi-Cursive Vertical VS5C

Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding 鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな nata agete kiran to sureba konome kana Semi-Cursive Horizontal HS6A

Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding

鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな (nata agete kiran to sureba konome kana)

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