Literary Influences

Tales of Moonlight and Rain Ueda Akinari Famous for tales of the supernatural “They subtly merge the world of reason with the realm of the uncanny and exemplify the period's fascination with the strange and the grotesque” Collection of 9 gothic tales Spirits, ghosts demons, fiends, goblins, strange dreams, and other manifestations beyond all logic and common sense Ugetsu Directed Mizoguchi Kenji

Oedipus Written by Sophocles Great Greek tragedian Lived through Age of Pericles and the Peloponnesian War. Prophesised to kill father and marry mother Runs away to avoid prophesy Kills father Marries mother Blinds himself

Haiku Japanese poetry Three non-rhyming lines 17 syllables arranged so they follow the pattern 5,7,5 Originally meant as objective description of nature Object: to convey as much as possible in few words Used by Imagists in West in 1912 Became especially popular outside Japan in WWII I am tired and stressed I want to sleep forever and never wake up worker bees can leave even drones can fly away the queen is their slave

Haiku Taneda Santoka: famous haiku poet Abandoned customary form and subject of Haikus Focused on human experience as subject Emphasised qualities of Zen Buddhism in his life Simple life Spirituality Human melancholy

Tanka/Waka Literally translated as “short poem” Basic form of Japanese poetry Used in 6th-14th century in courts Used previously to Haikus 31 syllabols in 5 lines in the pattern of: Sometimes written by 2 poets, challenging each other Too short so often used choka as alternative

Tanka/Waka my fantastic life! rainbows and unicorn piss so much love to give everything, so beautiful too many smiles for one gal Blue violins play melodies in minor keys for unfortunate souls bathing in desires dissolved in downgraded dreams.

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