Choha

Choha, or Doppo-an Choha, (1703 - 1740) was a japanese haiku poet.

Quotes

 * A raging sea thrown from the deck a block of ice.
 * Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6. Cited in: Eugene Thacker. "Black Illumination: Zen and the poetry of death," Special to the JAPAN TIMES, July 2, 2016.

Quotes about Choha

 * The printmakers made an economical use of the medium in producing Deer in the Snow, and the low-key palette and the bold outline led to a curiously affecting picture, the contrast of the timid animal and the stark drift of snow suggesting a suggesting a sentimentality not normally found in Toyo's work... It is one of those limited-edition books called kubari-hon, private publications, compiled in this case by a coterie of haiku poets to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the death of Doppo-an Choha (1703-1740), whom they revered as their teacher.
 * Jack Ronald Hillier. The Japanese picture book: a selection from the Ravicz Collection. 1991.


 * And then there are those poems so absorbed in the great unknown that death becomes nearly indistinguishable from life. The jisei of Rankei Doryu, who died in 1278, reads:
 * Thirty years and more
 * I worked to nullify myself.
 * Now I leap the leap of death.
 * The ground churns up
 * The skies spin round.
 * The death haiku of Choha, who died in 1740, also evokes this silence.
 * Eugene Thacker. "Black Illumination: Zen and the poetry of death," Special to the JAPAN TIMES, July 2, 2016.