Taneda Santoka - Definition and Overview

Taneda Santoka (種田山頭火, December 3, 1882 - October 11, 1940) is a Japanese author and haiku poet. He is know for his free-verse haiku.

Resources

• Taneda Santôka, For All My Walking, translated by Burton Watson, Columbia University Press, © 2003 ISBN 0-231-12516-X cloth ISBN 0-231-12517-8 pbk [102 pp. 245 haiku plus diary entries]
• John Stevens, Mountain Tasting : Zen Haiku by Santoka Taneda, Weatherhill © 1980 ISBN 0834801515 [130pp. 372 haiku] emphasizes the Zen aspect of Santoka's life.

External links

• e-texts of Santoka's works (http://www.aozora.gr.jp/index_pages/person146.html#sakuhin_list_1) at Aozora bunko
• Weeds, Falling Rain (http://www.beyond-the-pale.co.uk/santoka.htm) a selection of Zen Haikai by Santoka Taneda, translated by Okami
• Santoka - a biography and poems (http://www.cc.matsuyama-u.ac.jp/~kametaro/santoka1.html)
• Fire on the Mountain: The Selected Haiku of a Wandering Zen Monk Taneda Santoka (http://gaku2003.hp.infoseek.co.jp/AOZORA/FIRE.html#ANK2) translated by Hisashi Miura and James Green