Welcome to Reeds: Contemporary Haiga, an online anthology
of fine art inspired by the Japanese genre known as haiga or
haiku painting. Here you will find the best of haiga, articles, and interviews from past years of the companion annual hardcopy anthology. It is our sincere wish that you return to these pages many times for both entertainment and inspiration from a form that is attracting new interest among contemporary poet-painters world wide.

New!  Announcing Reeds: Contemporary Haiga 2007, now
available in our bookstore and featuring the work of noted haiga scholar and poet-painter Stephen Addiss.  Be sure to read our interview with Stephen, "The Touch of Hand and Brush," visit his online exhibition, "Still Surprising," and enjoy his haiga appreciation articles listed below.

A Brief History of Haiga

"Two Deer" by Nakajima Kahō (1866-1925)

Color and Seals in Traditional and Modern Haiga

Yomeiride: Haiga as Diary

INTERVIEWS, ARTICLES,  AND ONLINE EXHIBITIONS

New!  "The Touch of Hand and Brush" -- An Interview
with Stephen Addiss

New!  "Still Surprising" -- Haiga by Stephen Addiss

"Every Time"--Haiga by Susan Frame with Jeanne Emrich,
Michael McClintock, Pamela Miller Ness, and Andrew Riutta

"The Art of Sumi-e Painting"-- An Interview with Susan Frame

"Hide and Seek"--Haiga by Gary LeBel

"Unfathomable Mysteries:--An Interview with Gary Lebel

"Echoes in Sand"--A Haiga Portfolio by Raffael de Gruttola
and Wilfred Croteau

"An American Haiga Experience" by Raffael de Gruttola

"Hop-stepping on Stones: Haiga Today" -- An Interview
with Jeanne Emrich by Stephen Addiss

"Haiga and the Art of Digital Rendering" --An Interview
with Kuniharu Shimizu by Jeanne Emrich

"When the Rosellas Fly"--Haiga by Kuniharu Shimizu with
 Collaborators

"The Spirit of Haiga"--An Interview with Ion Codrescu
by Jeanne Emrich

"After a White Cloud"--Haiga by Ion Codrescu

 

The Reeds Bookstore

How to Write Haiku