Theory

Glossaries and Definitions

Glossaries of Japanese terms

Several definitions of the haiku. (Jan 4th,2008)

Style

About Haiku Metric :

A very complete article about the onji problem : see the page Studies and researchs

Techniques

Haiku Techniques - Jane Reichhold (April 9th,05)

Manifesto of the haiku poetry in italian language - Cascina Macondo
Un very interesting tex because it shows how a group can define its writing rules and create its own definition of what is an haiku. PDF file in English , original in Italian
Their site is also one of more structurated of Italy (June 5th,05)

Saijiki

http://www.threeweb.ad.jp/logos/saijiki/index.html
Un recueil TRES complet des allusions saisonnières par Seegan MABESOONE à Nagano, Japon. Illustré de centaines d'exemples japonais. (en français)

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/haiku/saijiki/full.html
A dictionary of Japanese season words by themes, with explanation and examples. University Virginia Library.

http://www.ahapoetry.com/aadoh/adofinde.htm
A Dictionary of Haiku Classified by Season Words with Traditional and Modern Methods by Jane Reichhold.

http://www.big.or.jp/~loupe/saiji/fshtml/index.shtml
Un relevé des mots de saisons par Ryu Yotsuya (Japon) En construction. (en français)

http://www.blue-dahlia.org/events/seindex.htm
A calendar of seasonal events in Japan

http://www.kyoshi.or.jp/12month/12month.htm
KYOSHI Memorial Museum : The months of the Japanese year

http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/pages/idio/idiophonics.html
A very nice collection of the seasonal sounds of Japan.

http://www.thejapanpage.com/html/book_directory/Detailed/279.shtml
Haiku World, An International Poetry Almanac de William J. Higginson.

http://www.silloge.com/haiku/ha-023.htm
An Italian saijiki (in Italian)

http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~japonism/saijiki.html
Flowers used as seasonal markers

http://www.youngleaves.org/poetry/The%20Yuki%20Teikei%20Haiku%20Season%20Word%20List.htm
Yuki Teikei Haiku Society (USA et Canada) Japanese and English translations

http://home.gci.net/~alaskahaiku/saijiki.html
An Alaska Saijiki - Billie Wilson and Cindy Zackowitz

http://renku.home.att.net/seasons.html
The Traditional Seasons of Japanese Poetry (W. Higginson)

http://renku.home.att.net/500ESWd.html
The five Hundred essential Japanese season words (W. Higginson, Kris Young Kondo)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCworldkigo/(Feb 13th, 05)
An on-going global project of what we term as "world kigo", where we discuss and compile local kigo words from different parts of the world to build up a database gradually.

http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/ (May 22th, 05)
The international kigo database of the WHC.

http://www.explore-reading.com/literature/K/Kigo.html (June 5th,05)
Dictionary of Literature - Un explication assez complète du kigo

Articles about season words

http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~beck/kametaro/seasonwords.html
The importance of season words in haiku