NM Paintings 2021 > Basho's Northern War Hymn

Basho's Northern War Hymn - Cricket Crying to Stop Winter
ink, acrylic, and tempera on paper
27" x 38"
April 2021
detail - Basho's Northern War Hymn - Cricket Crying to Stop Winter
ink, acrylic, and tempera on paper
27" x 38"
April 2021
Basho's Northern War Hymn - The Emptied Helmet
ink, acrylic, and tempera on paper
38" x 26.5"
April 2021
detail - Basho's Northern War Hymn - The Emptied Helmet
ink, acrylic, and tempera on paper
38" x 26.5"
April 2021
Basho's Northern War Hymn - Soldier Time Marching Away
ink, acrylic, and tempera on paper
36" x 46"
April 2021
detail - Basho's Northern War Hymn - Soldier Time Marching Away
ink, acrylic, and tempera on paper
36" x 46"
April 2021
Study #1 for Basho's Northern War Hymn
ink, acrylic, and tempera on paper
24" x 18"
April 2021
detail - Study #1 for Basho's Northern War Helmet
ink, acrylic, and tempera on paper
24" x 18"
April 2021
Study #2 for Basho's Northern War Hymn
ink, acrylic, and tempera on paper
24" x 18"
April 2021
detail - Study #2 for Basho's Northern war Hymn
ink, acrylic, and tempera on paper
24" x 18"
April 2021


MATSUO BASHO

I am awe-struck
To hear a cricket singing
Underneath the dark cavity
Of an old helmet.

(trans. Nobuyuki Yuasa)


How sad
under the old war helmet
a cricket

(trans. David Young)



How piteous!
Beneath the warrior’s helmet
A cricket cries.

(trans. ?)