A Study of “Rose” expressed in the Haiku of Nakamura Kusadao : Focusing on the confluence of ‘Nature’ and ‘Oneself’

This paper examines the expressive techniques and the charateristics of Kusadao's haiku world based on the most frequently used seasonal word (kigo), rose. Based on ‘Poem of Flower and Bird’, he condensed the content into haiku and settled it within the haiku form. He projected his inner world onto the subject of the rose, constructing an expressive system that fused the rose and himself. The rose was an object representing the totality of life becoming one with himself. Within the context of family or his own relationships, the rose became a mother, a daugher, and himself. For him, haiku was a intensely personal space. Kusadao's haiku is generally difficult. Nevertheless, he opened a new direction for haiku as modern literature centered on humanity and life.