Haiga

Haiga

Haiga (俳画) is a style of Japanese painting based on the aesthetics of "haikai", from which haiku poetry derives, which often accompanied such poems in a single piece. Like the poetic forms it accompanied, haiga was based on simple, yet often profound, observations of the everyday world. Stephen Addiss points out that "since they are both created with the same brush and ink, adding an image to a haiku poem was... a natural activity." [Addiss. p14.]

Just as haiku often internally juxtapose two images, haiga may also contain a juxtaposition between the haiku itself and the art work. In short, the art work does not necessarily directly represent the images presented in the haiku.

Stylistically, haiga vary widely based on the preferences and training of the individual painter, but generally show influences of formal Kanō school painting, minimalist Zen painting, and Ōtsu-e, while sharing much of the aesthetic attitudes of the "nanga" tradition. Some were reproduced as woodblock prints. The subjects painted likewise vary widely, but are generally elements mentioned in the calligraphy, or poetic images which add meaning or depth to that expressed by the poem. The moon is a common subject in these poems and paintings, sometimes represented by the Zen circle "ensō", which evokes a number of other meanings, including that of the void. Other subjects, ranging from Mount Fuji to rooftops, are frequently represented with a minimum of brushstrokes, thus evoking elegance and beauty in simplicity.

History

Nonoguchi Ryūho (1595-1669), a student of Kanō Tanyū, is sometimes credited with founding the form; though poetry was commonly accompanied by images for centuries prior, Ryūho is said to have been the first poet to regularly include paintings alongside his calligraphy.

Matsuo Bashō, known worldwide as the definitive master of haiku, frequently painted as well, and haiga can be said to have truly become a major form of expression as the result of his works, and those of his students. Like his poems, Bashō's paintings are founded in a simplicity which reveals great depth, complementing the poems they are paired with. Towards the end of his life, he studied painting under Morikawa Kyoriku, his pupil in poetry; the works of both men benefited from the exchange, and a number of works were produced combining Morikawa's painting with Bashō's poetry and calligraphy.

Composing haiku, and painting accompanying pictures, was a common pastime of Edo period aesthetes, who would pursue these activities in their spare time, or at friendly gatherings as a communal form of entertainment. The famous novelist Ihara Saikaku was just one of a great many people not normally associated with either poetry or painting, who took part. By contrast, the "nanga" painter Yosa Buson, widely considered second only to Bashō as a master of haiku, is said to be "the only artist to be included in surveys both of great poets and great painters in Japanese history." [Addiss. p15.]

Unlike other schools of art which maintained a standard set of styles, passed from master to apprentice, the genre of haiga encompassed a variety of artists with different approaches. Some, like Bashō, were primarily poets, accompanying their compositions with simple sketches, while others, like Buson, were primarily painters, devoting more space and centrality of focus to the image. Maruyama Goshun and Ki Baitei were among those who tended to paint portraits of poets and other figures in a relatively quick, loose style which looks somewhat cartoonish to the modern eye. Some haiga paintings, such as those by Morikawa Kyoriku and Sakai Hōitsu, reflect the formal training of the artists, while others, like those by Hakuin Ekaku and Nakahara Nantenbō, reflect the artist's background in Zen.

One overall trend that developed over time, despite this wide variety, was a shift from the circles of literati ("bunjin") painters to the orbit of the Shijō school of the naturalistic painter Maruyama Ōkyo. This move was effected primarily by Maruyama Goshun, and can be seen as well in the works of Yamaguchi Soken. Some later painters, such as Takebe Sōchō, were influenced by "ukiyo-e" styles, and used color in highly detailed works.

Though traditional-style haiga are still produced today, contemporary artists have begun to experiment with the form, coupling haiku with digital imagery, photography, and other media.

Haiga artists of note

*Enomoto Kikaku
*Hakuin Ekaku
*Kaga no Chiyo
*Kobayashi Issa
*Matsumura Goshun
*Matsuo Bashō
*Nonoguchi Ryūho
*Sakai Hōitsu
*Sengai Gibon
*Yosa Buson

References

*Addiss, Stephen. "Haiga: Takebe Sōchō and the Haiku-Painting Tradition". Richmond, Virginia: University of Richmond, 1995.

ee also

Wabi-sabi

External links

* [http://raysweb.net/haiga/ A web site with examples and definitions of haiga]
* [http://www.haigaonline.com/ haigaonline: a journal of contemporary haiga]
* [http://www.uam.ucsb.edu/Pages/Haiga_exhibition.html Haiga: Takebe Socho and the Haiku-Painting Tradition]
* [http://www.haikupoetshut.com/haigandx2.html Haiku Poets Hut, Haiga by the sites author, and in collaboration with poets from around the world]
*Example of contemporary haiga in vertical form [http://haiga-ichthys.blogspot.com]


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