Day 7

Day 7

Mar 20, 2023 | MK Diary

16 July 2023 SundaySunnyTop of 35 After breakfast with bread from Bring, I left the studio at 9 am to spend the day in Shiroishi with Adachi Mayumi-san (59), who was introduced to me by Reiko White from Sydney. Mayumi-san was born in Shiroishi, had a career in early...
Day 8

Day 8

Mar 1, 2023 | MK Diary

17 July 2023 Monday Sunny Top of 35 After breakfast we worked at our respective desks writing until Intan’s friends Terazaki Keitaro and Ito Rina from Tokyo arrived at 10 am. Intan came to the studio too, and the three went to Sendai. Martin and I drove over the...
Day 9

Day 9

Feb 20, 2023 | MK Diary

18 July 2023 Tuesday Cloudy Top of 32 I woke up to two emails from poet Nishida Tomo-san. In her first email, time stamped at 00:29 am, she asked whether I had seen the stone haiku monument at the park by Shiroishi Castle with Matsuo Basho’s haiku about kamiko...
Day 10

Day 10

Feb 1, 2023 | MK Diary

19 July 2023 Wednesday Rainy Top of  26 Intan left early in the morning from the Togatta Onsen bus stop for Sendai. She said that she was going to Aomori, then Morioka, then to Tokyo, where she was exhibiting her work, then to the Kansai region before returning to...
Postscript on MK Diary

Postscript on MK Diary

Jan 22, 2023 | MK Diary

The MK Diary was inspired by the Sora Tabi Nikki (曾良旅日記), a memorandum by Kawai Sora of his travels with Matsuo Basho on the journey to Oku-shu and Hoku-riku, which resulted in Basho’s famous haibun Oku no Hosomichi. Kawai Sora was a poet, a student of...