hello
ive started to write a story based in a ancient japanese universe consisting of clans and ninja tribes.
at the start of each chapter ive added a small samurai haiku to add more flavour to the book.
when i saw the film, although it was poor, i thought that the haiku about the butterfly at the beggining was really effective.
can anyone remember what the lines of text were.
thanks
I don't recall the haiku, but I just felt I ought to mention that it's ninja clans, not tribes. If the ninja even existed in such a capacity.
In any case, if you're short on haiku you really should look into the first great, and possibly the most famous haiku poet in history: Basho Matsuo. Find haiku in Japanese if you can, because things will be lost in translation. For example:
Natsu-gusa ya
tsuwamono-domo ga
yume no ato.
The translations are plentiful, but here's the general idea:
Greenclad fields
are all that remains
of brave warriors' dreams.
Anyway, good luck on the story.
thanks mate
it is right at the begginning of the film, before the training on the bridge
if you could direct me to some japanese haiku websites, i would be grateful
I just checked, but couldn't see a haiku at the beginning of the film. There was a butterfly emerging though, but no poem of any kind. Are there differences between releases, perhaps?
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