Haiku is seasonal, and so we have recently added a spring haiku design with a lovely little frog. Based on what is one of the most well-known of the minimalist Japanese poems, our original design is adapted from a haiku by famous Japanese poet Basho:

“An old pond … A frog jumps in! Splash!”

古池や蛙飛び込む水の音
furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto

On t-shirts and ribbed knits, this fresh new design just seems to sing out “spring is here!” On pillows, they make for a wonderful fresh match to last year’s dragonfly haiku design written by the poet Issa (which is still available and still popular!)

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