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<blockquote data-quote="Carolina Photo Guy" data-source="post: 40174" data-attributes="member: 1556">I believe this is Rihaku, the Wandering poet.Unfortunately, this is ALSO the name of a very popular sake. A Google search points almost exclusively to the sake and not the poet.Disappointing, because I was really curious about Rihaku the man.Oh well, I'm over it.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Japanese poetry, at its highest art form is the Haiku. To me, Haiku is the most free flowing form of verse anywhere.And yet, this particular shrine seems to be far too structured to honor Haiku. There seems to be an inbuilt contradiction here.So I would like to see this shot from the right at ground level, in grainy B&amp;W, as if taken from the '60s.BWTHDIK?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Carolina Photo Guy, post: 40174, member: 1556"] I believe this is Rihaku, the Wandering poet. Unfortunately, this is ALSO the name of a very popular sake. A Google search points almost exclusively to the sake and not the poet. Disappointing, because I was really curious about Rihaku the man. Oh well, I'm over it. :) Japanese poetry, at its highest art form is the Haiku. To me, Haiku is the most free flowing form of verse anywhere. And yet, this particular shrine seems to be far too structured to honor Haiku. There seems to be an inbuilt contradiction here. So I would like to see this shot from the right at ground level, in grainy B&W, as if taken from the '60s. BWTHDIK? [/QUOTE]

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