Fine Japanese Calligraphy

The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding

鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな (nata agete kiran to sureba konome kana)

Lifting up the hatchet,
To cut it down,
It was budding
nata agete
kiran to sureba
konome kana
鉈あげて
きらんとすれば
木の芽かな
Shiki shiki 子規

Translation by R. H. Blyth page 985 Haiku, Volume Four: Autumn-Winter.

鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな — Semi-Cursive
Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding Semi-Cursive Horizontal
鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな — Block
Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding Block Vertical
鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな — Cursive
Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding Cursive Vertical
鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな — Design
Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding Design Vertical
鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな — Semi-Cursive
Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding Semi-Cursive Vertical