On Jan. 16, Utakai Hajime, the annual New Year's poetry reading, was held at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.〔【出典】Catch a Wave, 2013年2月8日号◆【出版社】株式会社浜島書店 〕
「また、俳句が自然の美しさを素直に詠むのに対し、川柳は、滑稽・風刺・笑いを特徴とします。
Mr. Yamamoto adds that, "Haiku is a sublime expression of the beauty of nature; senryu is characterized by humor and irony.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1998年3月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT137010", "2406698"
「俳句と川柳の最も大きな違いは、俳句が自然を詠むのに対し、川柳は人間を詠むということでしょう。
"The greatest difference between haiku and senryu is that the former concerns itself with natural subject matter, while the latter deals with people.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1998年3月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT137010", "2177951"
She is one of the few female who bravely lived in the time by openly talking about sex when there was no freedom of speech for women or by protesting the war under the military oppression through writing poem.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1998年11月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT145036", "2443615"
Yamazaki began with a haiku about being in space and the ministers replied with haiku describing their desire to go into space."MB004538", "2572663"
彼女は、女学校時代から文学に親しんでおり、晶子には短歌を詠む才能があった。
She had taken an interest in literature since attending a women's school and was talented in creating tanka.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2006年3月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT233022", "2443171"