COMPARE BASHO AND TOHTA

COMPARE MATSUO BASHO AND KANEKO TOHTA

On a journey, ill--
My dreams roam
Over a wild moor.
- - - Matsuo Basho (1644–1694)

Tr. by Makoto Ueda, Literary and Art Theories of Japan, 171


sleeping well
until the dream's withered moor
goes green
- - - Tohta Kaneko (1919-2018)

Tr. by Richard Gilbert and Kon Nichi Translation Group