Former Quote by Lafcadio Hearn

It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe; but in all European…

— Lafcadio Hearn

The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes…

— Lafcadio Hearn

In most of the world, poetry has such a different reputation than it does in Western culture.

— Eliza Griswold

When the poet's sentiments are overly visible, the audience may become uncomfortable. Japanese ritual is the opposite. By writing simply and only about what…

— Naoto Fukasawa

Poems are language turned into art; sound and sense matter; they can be as long or longer than The Odyssey or as short or…

— Campbell McGrath

I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to…

— Lafcadio Hearn

“Look at all the Eastern writers who've written great Western literature. Kazuo Ishiguro. You'd never guess that The Remains of the Day or Never…

— G. Willow Wilson

The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you have in comprehending Western…

— Lafcadio Hearn

I am an admirer of haiku, and I'm a great admirer of Japanese literature in general.

— Richard Flanagan

Poetry has roots, but they are sometimes cut off and still poetry is written.

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

“This book by Dr. Yasuda, while ostensibly about haiku, in reality penetrates deeply into the totality of this living spirit of Japan. It deals…

— Kenneth Yasuda

I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.

— Haruki Murakami