The Japanese text comes from Natsume Sōseki. Sōseki zenshū. 29 vols. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2003.
English translations and annotations by Matthew Mewhinney.
No. |
Title |
Date |
1 | Swan Tower, Two Poems - No. 1 | |
2 | Swan Tower, Two Poems - No. 2 | |
3 | Painting Inscription | |
4 | To My Fellow Poet Okuda Upon His Return Home | |
5 | Ode to a Friend at Parting | |
6 | Improvisation | |
7 | Improvisation, Two Poems - No. 1 | |
8 | Improvisation, Two Poems - No. 2 | |
9 | From my Critique of the Seven Herbs Collection - No. 1 | |
10 | From my Critique of the Seven Herbs Collection - No. 2 | |
11 | From my Critique of the Seven Herbs Collection - No. 3 | |
12 | From my Critique of the Seven Herbs Collection - No. 4 | |
13 | From my Critique of the Seven Herbs Collection - No. 5 | |
14 | From my Critique of the Seven Herbs Collection - No. 6 | |
15 | From my Critique of the Seven Herbs Collection - No. 7 | |
16 | From my Critique of the Seven Herbs Collection - No. 8 | |
17 | From my Critique of the Seven Herbs Collection - No. 9 | |
18 | From the Wood Chip Chronicle, 14 Poems (September 1889) - No. 1 | 1889-09 |
19 | From the Wood Chip Chronicle, 14 Poems (September 1889) - No. 1 | 1889-09 |
20 | From the Wood Chip Chronicle, 14 Poems (September 1889) - No. 3 | 1889-09 |
21 | From the Wood Chip Chronicle, 14 Poems (September 1889) - No. 4 | 1889-09 |
22 | From the Wood Chip Chronicle, 14 Poems (September 1889) - No. 5 | 1889-09 |
23 | From the Wood Chip Chronicle, 14 Poems (September 1889) - No. 6 | 1889-09 |
24 | From the Wood Chip Chronicle, 14 Poems (September 1889) - No. 7 | 1889-09 |
25 | From the Wood Chip Chronicle, 14 Poems (September 1889) - No. 8 | 1889-09 |
26 | From the Wood Chip Chronicle, 14 Poems (September 1889) - No. 9 An Impromptu Poem I wrote on the Road from Tōgane to Chōshi. | 1889-09 |
27 | From the Wood Chip Chronicle, 14 Poems (September 1889) - No. 10 | 1889-09 |
28 | From the Wood Chip Chronicle, 14 Poems (September 1889) - No. 11 An Impromptu poem I wrote at a restaurant after my boat reached Mitsubori at dawn. | 1889-09 |
29 | From the Wood Chip Chronicle, 14 Poems (September 1889) - No. 12 While traveling, I think of home. | 1889-09 |
30 | From the Wood Chip Chronicle, 14 Poems (September 1889) - No. 13 Remembering my friends in Tokyo after bidding them farewell. | 1889-09 |
31 | From the Wood Chip Chronicle, 14 Poems (September 1889) - No. 14 I write a poem of self-scorn as coda to my Wood-Chip Chronicle | 1889 |
32 | Untitled (September 20, 1889) | 1889-09-20 |
33 | Maple Viewing on a Mountain Road (November 1889) | 1889-11 |
34 | Untitled (Late August 1890) | 1890-08 |
35 | Untitled (Late August 1890) | 1890-08 |
36 | Miscellaneous Poems at Mt. Hakone, 8 Poems (September 1890) - No. 1 | 1890-09 |
37 | Miscellaneous Poems at Mt. Hakone, 8 Poems (September 1890) - No. 2 | 1890-09 |
38 | Miscellaneous Poems at Mt. Hakone, 8 Poems (September 1890) - No. 3 | 1890-09 |
39 | Miscellaneous Poems at Mt. Hakone, 8 Poems (September 1890) - No. 4 | 1890-09 |
40 | Miscellaneous Poems at Mt. Hakone, 8 Poems (September 1890) - No. 5 | 1890-09 |
41 | Miscellaneous Poems at Mt. Hakone, 8 Poems (September 1890) - No. 6 | 1890-09 |
42 | Miscellaneous Poems at Mt. Hakone, 8 Poems (September 1890) - No. 7 | 1890-09 |
43 | Miscellaneous Poems at Mt. Hakone, 8 Poems (September 1890) - No. 8 | 1890-09 |
44 | Seeing a Friend off, I come to Moto-Hakone, 3 Poems (September 1890) - No. 1 | 1890-09 |
44 | Seeing a Friend off, I come to Moto-Hakone, 3 Poems (September 1890) - No. 2 | 1890-09 |
46 | Seeing a Friend off, I come to Moto-Hakone, 3 Poems (September 1890) - No. 3 | 1890-09 |
47 | Impromptu Poems on the Way Home, 2 Poems (September 1890) - No. 1 | 1890-09 |
48 | Impromptu Poems on the Way Home, 2 Poems (September 1890) - No. 2 | 1890-09 |
49 | I thank Masaoka Shiki for the gift of his photograph, and present in return a poem following the rhyme scheme of the poem he sent to me. (October 24, 1890) | 1890-10-24 |
50 | My Reply to Your Witchery (July 14, 1891) | 1891-07-14 |
51 | In a Boat on Oi River | |
52 | Untitled (March 9, 1894) | 1894-03-09 |
53 | Untitled, 5 Poems (March 1895) - No. 1 | 1895-03 |
54 | Untitled, 5 Poems (March 1895) - No. 2 | 1895-03 |
55 | Untitled, 5 Poems (March 1895) - No. 3 | 1895-03 |
56 | Untitled, 5 Poems (March 1895) - No. 4 | 1895-03 |
57 | Untitled, 5 Poems (March 1895) - No. 5 | 1895-03 |
58 | Untitled (January 9, 1896) | 1896-01-09 |
59 | In May 1896, mysterious mushrooms were growing in Jokei’s courtyard - No. 1 | 1896-11-15 |
60 | In May 1896, mysterious mushrooms were growing in Jokei’s courtyard - No. 2 | 1896-11-15 |
61 | In May 1896, mysterious mushrooms were growing in Jokei’s courtyard - No. 3 | 1896-11-15 |
62 | In May 1896, mysterious mushrooms were growing in Jokei’s courtyard - No. 4 | 1896-11-15 |
63 | In May 1896, mysterious mushrooms were growing in Jokei’s courtyard - No. 5 | 1896-11-15 |
64 | Untitled (December 12, 1897) | 1897-12-12 |
65 | Spring Rhapsody (March 1898) | 1898-03 |
67 | Meditating on a Spring Day (March 1898) | 1898-03 |
67 | Untitled (March 1898) | 1898-03 |
68 | Mustard Blossoms (March 1898) | 1898-03 |
69 | I send this to Shiki on encountering spring while traveling. (1899) | 1899 |
70 | Untitled (1899) | 1899 |
71 | Ancient Parting (April 1899) | 1899-04 |
72 | Untitled (April 1899) | 1899-04 |
73 | Untitled (1899) | 1899 |
74 | Untitled (1899) | 1899 |
75 | Untitled (1899) | 1899 |
76 | Untitled | |
77 | Untitled (July 31, 1910) | 1910-07-31 |
78 | Untitled (September 20, 1910) | 1910-09-20 |
80 | Untitled (September 25, 1910) | 1910-09-25 |
81 | Untitled (September 29, 1910) | 1910-09-29 |
82 | Untitled (October 1, 1910) | 1910-10-01 |
83 | Untitled (October 2, 1910) | 1910-10-02 |
84 | Untitled (October 3, 1910) | 1910-10-03 |
85 | Untitled (October 4, 1910) | 1910-10-04 |
86 | Untitled (October 7, 1910) | 1910-10-07 |
87 | Untitled (October 7, 1910) | 1910-10-07 |
88 | Untitled (October 8, 1910) | 1910-10-08 |
89 | Untitled (October 10, 1910) | 1910-10-10 |
90 | Untitled (October 11, 1910) | 1910-10-11 |
90 | Untitled (October 11, 1916) | 1916-10-11 |
91 | Untitled (October 16, 1910) | 1910-10-16 |
93 | Untitled (October 24, 1910) | 1910-10-24 |
93 | Untitled (October 27, 1910) | 1910-10-27 |
94 | Improvisations on a Spring Day, 10 Poems (May 24, 1912) - No. 1 | 1912-05-24 |
95 | Improvisations on a Spring Day, 10 Poems (May 24, 1912) - No. 2 | 1912-05-24 |
96 | Improvisations on a Spring Day, 10 Poems (May 24, 1912) - No. 3 | 1912-05-24 |
97 | Improvisations on a Spring Day, 10 Poems (May 24, 1912) - No. 4 | 1912-05-24 |
98 | Improvisations on a Spring Day, 10 Poems (May 24, 1912) - No. 5 | 1912-05-24 |
99 | Improvisations on a Spring Day, 10 Poems (May 24, 1912) - No. 6 | 1912-05-24 |
100 | Improvisations on a Spring Day, 10 Poems (May 24, 1912) - No. 7 | 1912-05-24 |
101 | Improvisations on a Spring Day, 10 Poems (May 24, 1912) - No. 8 | 1912-05-24 |
102 | Improvisations on a Spring Day, 10 Poems (May 24, 1912) - No. 9 | 1912-05-24 |
103 | Improvisations on a Spring Day, 10 Poems (May 24, 1912) - No. 10 | 1912-05-24 |
104 | Untitled (June, 1912) | 1912-06 |
105 | Untitled (June, 1912) | 1912-06 |
106 | Untitled (June, 1912) | 1912-06 |
107 | Untitled (July, 1912) | 1912-07 |
108 | With this Poem I Thank Master Yokoyama for his Painting (July, 1912) | 1912-07 |
109 | A Poem to Master Yokoyama for his Lovely Painting (July, 1912) | 1912-07 |
110 | Preface to An Album of One Hundred Poem Strips of Meiji Haiku Masters (July, 1912) | 1912-07 |
111 | Waterfall Viewing at Wondrous Cloud Temple (September 17, 1912) | 1912-09-17 |
112 | An Inscription on My Painting (November, 1912) | 1912-11 |
113 | An Inscription on My Painting (November, 1912) | 1912-11 |
114 | Untitled | |
115 | An Inscription on My Painting of Bamboo | |
116 | Improvisation | |
117 | An Inscription on Bamboo Painted for Amusement | |
118 | An Inscription on My Painting (1914) | 1914 |
119 | Painting Inscription (February, 1914) | 1914-02 |
120 | An Inscription on My Painting (1914) | 1914 |
121 | I take Master Kendō’s Poem Celebrating his 70th year, and the and Seventy Year Goblet, and congratulate him with a poem in the same rhyme scheme. (1914) | 1914 |
122 | I mimic my fellow poet Rinpū (Facing the Wind) with an improvisation from my place of retirement. (1914) | 1914 |
123 | I write a roamer’s song like my fellow poet Engetsu (Round Moon) (February, 1914) | 1914-02 |
124 | An Inscription on My Painting | |
125 | An Inscription on My Painting (November, 1914) | 1914-11 |
126 | An Inscription on My Painting | |
127 | Painting Inscription | |
128 | An Inscription on a Painting by Nishikawa Issōtei (Rustic Abode) | |
129 | An Inscription on My Painting (November, 1915) | 1915-11 |
130 | An Inscription on a Painting by Yūki Somei (November, 1915) | 1915-11 |
131 | An Inscription on My Painting (January, 1916) | 1916-01 |
132 | An Improvisation from my Humble Abode (Spring 1916) | 1916 |
133 | An Inscription on My Painting (Spring 1916) | 1916 |
134 | Untitled (Night of August 14, 1916) | 1916-08-14 |
135 | Untitled (August 15, 1916) | 1916-08-15 |
136 | Untitled (August 15, 1916) | 1916-08-15 |
137 | Untitled (August 16, 1916) | 1916-08-16 |
138 | Untitled (August 18, 1916) | 1916-08-18 |
139 | Untitled (August 19, 1916) | 1916-08-19 |
140 | Untitled (August 20, 1916) | 1916-08-20 |
141 | Untitled (August 21, 1916) | 1916-08-21 |
142 | Untitled (August 21, 1916) | 1916-08-21 |
143 | Untitled (August 22, 1916) | 1916-08-22 |
144 | Untitled (August 23, 1916) | 1916-08-23 |
145 | An Inscription for a Painting on the Third Year of the Dragon (August 26, 1916) | 1916-08-26 |
146 | Untitled (August 26, 1916) | 1916-08-26 |
147 | Untitled (August 29, 1916) | 1916-08-29 |
148 | Untitled (August 30, 1916) | 1916-08-30 |
149 | Untitled (August 30, 1916) | 1916-08-30 |
150 | Untitled (September 1, 1916) | 1916-09-01 |
151 | Untitled (September 1, 1916) | 1916-09-01 |
152 | Untitled (September 2, 1916) | 1916-09-02 |
153 | Untitled (September 2, 1916) | 1916-09-02 |
154 | Untitled (September 3, 1916) | 1916-09-03 |
155 | Untitled (September 4, 1916) | 1916-09-04 |
156 | Untitled (September 4, 1916) | 1916-09-04 |
157 | Untitled (September 5, 1916) | 1916-09-05 |
159 | Untitled (September 6, 1916) | 1916-09-06 |
159 | Untitled (September 9, 1916) | 1916-09-09 |
160 | Untitled (September 10, 1916) | 1916-09-10 |
161 | Untitled (September 11, 1916) | 1916-09-11 |
162 | Untitled (September 12, 1916) | 1916-09-12 |
163 | Untitled (September 13, 1916) | 1916-09-13 |
164 | Untitled (September 13, 1916) | 1916-09-13 |
165 | Untitled (September 15, 1916) | 1916-09-15 |
166 | Untitled (September 16, 1916) | 1916-09-16 |
167 | Untitled (September 17, 1916) | 1916-09-17 |
168 | Untitled (September 18, 1916) | 1916-09-18 |
169 | Untitled (September 19, 1916) | 1916-09-19 |
170 | Untitled (September 20, 1916) | 1916-09-20 |
171 | Untitled (September 22, 1910) | 1916-09-22 |
171 | Untitled (September 22, 1916) | 1916-09-22 |
172 | Untitled (September 23, 1916) | 1916-09-23 |
173 | Untitled (September 23, 1916) | 1916-09-23 |
174 | Untitled (September 24, 1916) | 1916-09-24 |
175 | Untitled (September 25, 1916) | 1916-09-25 |
176 | Untitled (September 26, 1916) | 1916-09-26 |
177 | Untitled (September 27, 1916) | 1916-09-27 |
178 | Untitled (September 29, 1916) | 1916-09-29 |
179 | Untitled | 1916-09-30 |
180 | Untitled (October 1, 1916) | 1916-10-01 |
181 | Untitled (October 2, 1916) | 1916-10-02 |
182 | Untitled (October 3, 1916) | 1916-10-03 |
183 | Untitled (October 4, 1916) | 1916-10-04 |
184 | Untitled (October 6, 1916) | 1916-10-06 |
185 | Untitled (October 7, 1916) | 1916-10-07 |
186 | Untitled (October 8, 1916) | 1916-10-08 |
187 | Untitled (October 9, 1916) | 1916-10-09 |
188 | Untitled (October 10, 1916) | 1916-10-10 |
190 | Untitled (October 12, 1916) | 1916-10-12 |
191 | Untitled (October 15, 1916) | 1916-10-15 |
192 | Untitled | 1916-10-16 |
193 | Untitled (October 17, 1916) | 1916-10-17 |
194 | Untitled (October 18, 1916) | 1916-10-18 |
195 | Untitled (October 20, 1916) | 1916-10-20 |
196 | Untitled (October 20, 1916) | 1916-10-20 |
197 | Untitled (October 21, 1916) | 1916-10-21 |
198 | Untitled, 3 Poems - No. 1 | 1916-10-21 |
199 | Untitled, 3 Poems - No. 2 | 1916-10-21 |
200 | Untitled, 3 Poems - No. 3 | 1916-10-21 |
201 | Untitled, 3 Poems (October 22, 1916) - No. 1 | 1916-10-22 |
202 | Untitled, 3 Poems (October 22, 1916) - No. 2 | 1916-10-22 |
203 | Untitled, 3 Poems (October 22, 1916) - No. 3 | 1916-10-22 |
204 | Zen Master Genjō came to my house with his donation bowl after a gathering at Tokugenji, and stayed for ten days. Before leaving, he bothered me for a painting. As a gift to the Zen Master, I painted bamboo and with an accompanying poem inscription. (October 31, 1916) | 1916-10-31 |
205 | On October, 1916, I complete a painting for Zen Master Genjō. After one day, I look at all the pictures on the walls and excitement suddenly stirs. Next, I pull out my brush and paint a small pine atop two or three stones for Zen Master Keidō. I do not whether or not the Zen Master will accept my gift. (November 1, 1916) | 1916-11-01 |
206 | Untitled (November 13, 1916) | 1916-11-13 |
207 | Untitled (November 19, 1916) | 1916-11-19 |
208 | Untitled (November 20, 1916) | 1916-11-20 |