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Fish (sakana 魚, Japan)

***** Location: Worldwide
***** Season: See below
***** Category: Animals

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Explanation


The word FISH (sakana　魚 ) just like that is not a kigo.

Many of you have asked about the fish in haiku. I will make a list here of the fish that appear in the Japanese Saijiki and the ones we added so far worldwide.

Please add your fish haiku, haiga and info
in the comments to this BLOG.




fish under water -
the illusion of words
we think we know

http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/05/illusions-with-fish.html

© Gabi Greve

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SPRING

All Spring
spanish mackerel, sawara 鰆
snipe fish, sayori　さより
sand lance, ikanago いかなご
pond swelt, wakasagi　公魚
Toyama squid, firefly squid, hotaru ika 富山蛍烏賊

Snapper in Australia (Pagrus auratus)


Early Spring

whitebait / icefish, shirauo 白魚
Salanx microdon


Late Spring

young sweetfish, trout, junge Forelle, waka-ayu 若鮎
Plecoglossus altivelia
small sweetfish, ko-ayu 小鮎
baby sweetefish, ayu no ko 鮎の子
sweetfish swimming upstream, nobori-ayu 上り鮎


red sea bream, sakuradai 桜鯛
Sparus species and sometimes also applied to "red snapper" Lutianus species.
Literally the name means "Cherry Blossom Bream", because of the delicate pink meat.
During the Flower viewing season, they are called
Cherry blossom-viewing sea bream, hanamidai 花見鯛

blossom cuttlefish, hana-ika 花烏賊
blossom squid. BLOSSOM here refers to the cherry blossoms.
sakura-ika 桜烏賊


herring, Hering, nishin 鰊
.. Rollmops

Crappie (Pomoxis), North America

Smelt, Osmerus mordax Fish in America, kyuuri uo (Japan)


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SUMMER

All Summer

Bonito, katsuo 鰹
"pine fish" katsuo 松漁
"fish with firm meat" katsuo 堅漁
first bonito, hatsu-katsuo, hatsugatsuo　初鰹
fishing for bonito, katsuo-zuri 鰹釣
boat for fishing bonito, katsuobune 鰹船


cherry salmon, yamame 山女Oncorhynchus masou;
Literally "mountain lady", "Mountain Maiden".
Cherry Salmon, yamameuo 山女魚
fishing for cherry salmon, yamame tsuri 山女釣
..... A great hobby of many anglers, seen commonly at the local rivers.

trout, sweetfish, ayu 鮎
Plecoglossus altivelia; Forelle
annually coming fish, nengyo 年魚
fragrant fish, koogyo 香魚 (best when roasted near a fire)

flying fish, tobi-uo 飛魚
.....................tobi no uo, とびの魚
swallow-fish, tsubame-uo つばめ魚
..... Flying fish are a delicacy as raw sashimi in many costal areas.


goldfish, kingyo 金魚
Carp (higoi, koi) family Cyprinidae fish


mackerel, saba 鯖
horse mackerel, aji 鯵
bull trout, iwana 岩魚
catfish, namazu 鯰
killifish, medaka メダカ、めだか

eel, unagi, 鰻、うなぎ, Aal
..... (see also below in Winter)

see eal, conger, anago　穴子

conger eel, hamo 鱧
..... Hamo sashimi, a speciality of the Kyoto area in Summer. It is hacked very finely because of the many small bones and takes an experienced cook to prepare it properly.

smelt, kisu　キス
http://www.jf-net.ne.jp/jf-net/syun/sakana/kisu/kisu_top.html
http://www.suisan.n-nourin.jp/oh/nfish/daihyo/kisu.html

Manatee North America



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AUTUMN

All Autumn

Salmon (sake) Japan , shake, King salmon, cherry salmon (yamome), shad, steelhead trout, Spring King Salmon Derby, coho (silver) salmon start to run, Golden North Salmon Derby (Alaska)

trout coming downstream, descending sweetfish, ochi-ayu 落鮎
Plecoglossus altivelis
..... kudari-ayu 下り鮎
autumn sweetfish, aki no ayu 秋の鮎
rusty sweetfish, sabi-ayu 錆鮎
muted sweetfish, bitter sweetfish, shibu-ayu 渋鮎

goby, haze 鯊 はぜ
nice weather for haze fishing, haze-biyori 鯊日和
goby in autumn, haze no aki 鯊の秋
goby tide, haze no shio 鯊の潮

gray mullet, bora 鯔
sea bass, suzuki　鱸
sardine, iwashi 鰯

Late Autumn

reddened carp, momijibuna 紅葉鮒
Literally: Carp like red leaves.

Saury Fish (sanma, Japan) Pacific Saury. Cololabis saira


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WINTER

All Winter
tuna, maguro　鮪
shark, same　鮫
cod, tara 鱈
round herring, urume　ウルメ

angler fish, ankoo 鮟鱇
..... especially liked for its raw liver (ankimo)

whales, kujira 鯨

Globefish, Blowfish (fugu 河豚)

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eel (capitone) in Italy
The capitone is offered during the Christmas eve dinner which only consists of fish courses.

on the table cloth
the capitone waits
for its turn

Moussia, Italy

Roast Eel, Capitone Arrosto
This is a classic Christmas Eve dish from Altamura, in northwestern Puglia, Italy.
I remember in Germany we also have eel as a favorite winter fish, because of its fat.
In Japan, as we saw above, the eel is eaten in the middle of the summer heat.

Gabi Greve

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sea bream waffles, taiyaki　鯛焼き


This is a sweet, a kind of waffle filled with sweet red bean paste and sold at streat stalls, especially during the cold winter days. It has the form of a sea bream, hence the name.
The TAI itself is an auspicious fish, because its word tail, so to speak, is the same as the end of the word MEDETAI, auspicious. It is eaten at special ceremonies and the New Year.

..... fishing for tai with a large net, taiami 鯛網
kigo for late spring.

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NEW YEAR


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Things found on the way

　俳句・魚の歳時記

園部　雨汀　著
　博友社　刊
ISBN;　4-8268-0107-6
http://homepage2.nifty.com/ALABAMA/book/Book-150/B-108-saijiki.htm

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Fish as a non-seasonal topic

Many contributions might even considered senryu.

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Milkfish (Chanos chanos) PHILIPPINES SAIJIKI

Tawilis (Sardinella tawilis) PHILIPPINES SAIJIKI


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fish out of water
groping for newer ideas
of survival

shoma, India

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blue and silver fish --
but for the ferry wait
unnoticed

In Norway last summer, having left the bus and waiting for the ferry across a splendid sunny fjord, I had leisure to look deeply into the clear waters at the landing stage.
Once my eyes had got used to the shadows, I noticed tiny blue and silver fish living their lives below, undisturbed by us and by the occasional traffic.

Photo and Haiku © Isabelle Prondzynski, 2005

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SLEEK DARTING FISHES
a rengay

sleek darting fishes
weave in and out of my dreams
sunlight caresses

three naked children run
from real and imagined crabs

in aquamarine rock-pools
reflections flicker - are gone
seaweed gently swirls

sea breeze
mum on an airbed
floats out with the tide

the horizon tilts;
on-shore fishermen pause

ocean’s edge
teenagers promenade
casting their spells

frances ryan
paul t conneally

started: 7th June 2000
completed: 10th June 2000

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Goldfish approaches
its reflection and returns:
almost Winter.

Kami
http://kamihaiku.blogspot.com

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fish seller . . .
she arranges them
all in a row

Kala Ramesh , India

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how quickly
you move through the shallows
insensitive fish

gerry

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From Zhanna P. Rader

Под тонким ледком
играет краснопёрка –
любопытство пса.

Red-finned fish
plays under a thin ice -
the dog's curiosity.

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Fighting the currents,
brook trout reach the gravel bed -
their mating dance.

Борясь с течением,
форель достигает мелководья -
её свадебные танцы . . .

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Scuba-diving...
The fish nibble
at my skin.

В воде с аквалангом. . .
Рыба щиплет мне
кожу.

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Rippling bay -
striped mullet leap
from the water.

В заливе рябит -
полосатая кефаль
выпрыгивает из воды.

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Black heron's wings
become an umbrella -
fish seek the shade.

Крылья чёрной цапли
раскрываются зонтами -
рыба спешит в их тень.

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Lakeside campfire –
the aroma of fish soup
gathers the family.

Костёр на озере -
аромат ухи
собирает всю семью.

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Office lunch –
a hawk comes to the window
with a fish

(Canadian Zen Haiku canadien, vol. 2, #4, 2004)

Обед на работе –
ястреб прилетает с рыбой
и садится на окно.

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На ныряльщице
модный купальник -
рыба пучит глаза.

A snappy swimsuit
on the woman diver -
the snappers just stare.

(World Haiku Review, 2005, #1)

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Night ebbing tide -
a man on the pier fishes
for large snook.

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because you caught it,
I slice the fish's belly;
the sundeck reddens

silver streaked sky --
we surfcast for striped bass
off the Atlantic

hortensia anderson
nyc, ny, usa

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GEERT VERBEKE
http://users.skynet.be/geert.verbeke.bowls


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Tilapia from the Philippines

The tilapia is a freshwater fish that is considered to be one of the healthiest fish to eat. It has soft white meat that is not wild in taste, but delicate. And it has a lot of bones. It is usually baked and eaten with rice. It looks like a cross between a big mouth bass and a blue gill.

those eyes!
a tilapia
stares at me
from the wet slab
with no tomorrow

robert wilson



Hungry tilapia
gamely bites the bait
of the fishing rod.

Willie Bongcaron, Manila, April 2008


These fish are also found in China and Africa.

The Genus Tilapia

is endemic to warm waters throughout the world. The aquaculture, or fish farming, of Tilapia is recorded in human history as far back as ancient Egypt. Tradition holds that the Tilapia was the fish that Jesus used to feed the five-thousand on the Sea of Galilee - thus one of its common names, "St. Peter's Fish." Tilapia is also referred to as "The Wonder Fish" and "Nile Perch."

Read more at the Morning Star Fishermen
http://www.morningstarfishermen.org/fish.html


KENYA
Where Kenya is concerned, Tilapia and Nile Perch are two of the mostcommon fish, both living and fished in Lake Victoria -- and indeed,both exported to Belgium for consumption here. They are bothdelicious!

In Kenya, there would seem to be no particular season linked witheither or both of these fish, as they are available and good to eatall year round. However, they could be a non seasonal topic, sincethey play a major economic role in the lives of the people near LakeVictoria. Indeed, even those frying them in the street stalls of Nairobi, hail from Western Kenya and are "fish" people.

Isabelle Prondzynski

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Tilapia in the Philippines

On January 11, 2008, the Cagayan Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) stated that tilapia production grew and Cagayan Valley is now the Philippines’ tilapia capital. Production supply grew 37.25% since 2003, with 14,000 metric tons (MT) in 2007. The recent aquaculture congress found that the growth of tilapia production was due to government interventions:
provision of fast-growing species, accreditation of private hatcheries to ensure supply of quality fingerlings, establishment of demonstration farms, providing free fingerlings to newly constructed fishponds, and the dissemination of tilapia to Nueva Vizcaya (in Diadi town).
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !

PHILIPPINES SAIJIKI


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Related words


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***** Mermaid Parade, N.Y., USA

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