This bilingual (German/English) publication supports the exhibition Haiku & Haiga - Augenblicke in Wort und Bild - Japanische Rollbilder aus vier Jahrhunderten (Haiku & Haiga - Moments in Words and Images, Japanese Paintings from Four Centuries), to be held in Museum Schloss Moyland in Bedburg-Hau, Germany, in 2006. Aimed at two groups of readers: lovers of Japanese prints and paintings and haiku aficionados, the selection of beautiful Japanese scrolls shows the poetic power of the combination of word and image. The texts on all 78 exhibited objects are published in Japanese (in kanji and in transcription) as well as in German/English translation, supplemented with comments. It includes contributions by specialists such as Prof. Eckkehard May and Dr. Anna Beerens, with all haiku translations contributed by renowned specialists.

Ron Manheim is an art historian and deputy artistic director of the Museum Schloss Moyland, Germany, where he co-organized earlier the major exhibition "Seen with a Brush - Japanese Drawing and Painting from the 17th to the 20th Century. The Gerhard Schack Collection."