Sanseido released a book "Haiku, Short Song, Cat's Japanese Dictionary to Taste with Senryu" on November 21st, which contains "cat's phrase" and words related to cats. The price is 1,500 yen (excluding tax).


This book is a dictionary that classifies the works of 500 authors of haiku, tanka, and senryu from Edo to Showa by keywords such as the nature and behavior of cats. 2,400 works are posted along with about 800 headlines such as "love cat", "cat return", and "love losing cat".



Historical poets such as Issa Kobayashi, Shiki Masaoka, and Hakushu Kitahara are listed in the cat phrase. A commentary by a cat is also posted in the "Foreword" (hereinafter, some excerpts). Why don't you add your favorite phrases to cat photos and picture letters while thinking about the days of a writer who loved cats?

Red plums and dripping cats on the porch Issa "Washing cats" page 8 "I didn't wash the cats, but I wrote the wet cats on the porch.

Taneda Santoka "Santoka", page 64, "Santoka Taneda, who was said to be a wandering poet, couldn't abandon her cat, and it's hard."

Love and love-losing cats have an appetite Takako Hashimoto "Love-losing cats" page 45 "After all, the owner of a woman is fun.