[vernotixas]

Here are haiku that tell you their characters.

織田信長　Oda Nobunaga
If a bird doesn't sing, kill it.
鳴かぬなら 殺してしまえ ホトトギス

豊臣秀吉　Toyotomi Hideyoshi
If a bird doesn't sing, I'll make it to sing.
鳴かぬなら 鳴かせてみせよう ホトトギス

徳川家康　Tokugawa Ieyasu
If a bird doesn't sing, I'll wait until it sings.
鳴かぬなら 鳴くまで待とう ホトトギス

I think my character is in between Hideyoshi & Ieyasu.
Probably, more similar to Ieyasu type.

[elalmhicabalp]

I'd like to make it sing, but I guess I'd prefer to wait until it sings. But honestly, I think Ieyasu was very lucky that Hideyoshi died before he could raise his successor properly.

[RokgroofeTeme]

Transient is life,
As snow in a microwave,
So cold then so gone.

[leahjhburton]

Somehow that reminds me Matsuo Basho's haiku

「夏草や兵どもが夢の跡」

[User-Luser]

I was more Nobunaga

[Niiinioa]

I want to be a farmer and here is my haiku:

If I don't grow rice
you'll be dead of hunger.

[HotboTgameR]

Date Masamune forever! Oh wait, he isn't on the list...

[Kinds Of Pain Meds]

Somber poetry
Numbs the mercurial mind,
"Take the piss!", I say.

[Janarealiti]

[quote]I was more Nobunaga

[varrozans]

I want to be a farmer and here is my haiku:

If I don't grow rice
you'll be dead of hunger.

Grow rice! a loooot, Please!!!
I love rice♡
Nice 川柳 senryu!

[adolfadsermens]

Date Masamune forever! Oh wait, he isn't on the list...

That'll be no problem!!
I think many people like Date Masamune too.
I tried to find his bird haiku and found this by web.

「鳴かぬなら　それでもよいぞ　ホトトギス」伊達政宗
If a bird doesn't sing, that would be alright then.

[Imiweevierm]

That'll be no problem!!
I think many people like Date Masamune too.
I tried to find his bird haiku and found this by web.

「鳴かぬなら　それでもよいぞ　ホトトギス」伊達政宗
If a bird doesn't sing, that would be alright then.

He is one of my most admired samurai, thank you for finding the haiku

[Aizutox]

Sorry for double posting, but would anyone kindly tell me where to get all these bird haiku? I searched all over the internet but failed to find them.

[jagxj12]

I would still be a whitey, and so probably dead.

[aburva.org]

Sorry for double posting, but would anyone kindly tell me where to get all these bird haiku? I searched all over the internet but failed to find them.

I found some but those are written in Japanese, this is the only one in English.
http://www2.kanawa.com/japan/figure7.html

[Salliter]

I'd like to know about which one of busho types is the highest % of kendo-ka living out side of Japan.
So if you don't mind, could you simply answer my question?

Also it's been very fun to see your own haiku (俳句）and senryu（川柳）.