Travel diaries as a therapeutic tool: My interior road to noh, waka, haiku, and renga

Abstract

In 2006, after returning from my trip to Japan to study Noh with my Master Teacher, I completed a haibun (travel diary) inspired by Basho who originally created it as a special form of literature. I edited my haiku poetry and notes written during my trip into a travel diary including photos. I made it available at Ilmatar Institute's web site for a while. This current travel diary is substantially shortened and edited version capturing only some parts of my trip, but more importantly it documents my inner learning about the ancient Japanese literature of Noh plays, waka, haiku, and renku. A half kazen renku created by a renku group in Tokyo, Japan, lead by a Renku Master, Shokan, is included in the end. The renku stanzas were originally created both in Japanese and English and translated into English by Shokan during the session. Familiarity with Basho's haibun is recommended. The concept of haibun with this example is introduced here as a useful form of literature for both poetry therapists and poetry therapy groups.

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