The Matsuyama Declaration was announced in September 1999, reviewing the prospect of world

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in the 21st century, and the shape that the haiku must then take. The declaration was first drafted by the Coordination Council of

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(headed by

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) in

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on July 18, 1999. The declaration was officially announced at the Shimanami Kaido 99 International Haiku ConventionKaido 99 International Haiku Convention
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to the entire world by the Shiki team in the Matsuyama Information Handling Chamber, and was also broadcast on BS Forum “Declaration of Haiku Innovation” on October 2, 1999.
“The Matsuyama Declaration: An Annotated Analysis,”
by Michael Dylan Welch, appeared on the Graceguts website in 2016, offering detailed responses and analysis of the document’s points of view as a road-map for international haiku in the 21st century.

The Matsuyama Declaration consists of the following 7 parts: * 1. Matsuyama - The Place * 2. The Spread of

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Throughout the World * 3. Why Did Haiku Spread Throughout the World? The Heart of Haiku * 4. The Problems of Teikei (fixed form) and ''

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'' (

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words) * 5. The "Shadows" and "Echoes" in the Works of the Leading

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s of the World * 6. Trends Toward

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, Universalization and Localization of Haiku * 7. Let's Give Poetry Back to the

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/ A World Poetry

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in the 21st Century

Composers

The Matsuyama Declaration was made by the following people: *

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, former Minister of Education of Japan * Toru Haga, president of

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* Makoto Ueda,

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* Sakon Soh,

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* Tohta Kaneko, president of the Modern Haiku Society *

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, French Oriental Language Research Institute

References

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External links

TIME WorldBreaking the Rules of HaikuAbout The World Haiku ClubToward an Aesthetic for English-Language Haiku by Lee Gurga
Proclamations Manifestos 1999 in Japan Haiku September 1999 events in Asia 1999 documents

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