Night (yoru, yo)

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Night (yoru, yo)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Various, see below
***** Category: Season and see below

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Explanation


Every day we experience the night, but some are so special they are kigo for haiku !
Let us look at them here.

The word NIGHT / YORU , just like that, is a topic for haiku.


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SPRING


haru no yo 春の夜 night in spring
..... yowa no haru 夜半の春（よわのはる）midnight in spring


haruzukiyo 春月夜（はるづきよ）spring night with (full) moon


oborozukiyo 朧月夜 (おぼろづきよ) spring night with a misty moon


. . . . SPRING
the complete SAIJIKI


春の夜に尊き御所を守る身かな
. haru no yo ni tootoki gosho o moru mi kana .

Yosa Buson - at the Imperial Palace in Kyoto


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SUMMER


natsu no yo 夏の夜 (なつのよ) night in summer
yowa no natsu 夜半の夏（よわのなつ）midnight in summer

nettaiya 熱帯夜 tropical night
when temperatures are above 25 degrees centigrade all night
These are the hot and humid nights of the Japanese summer.


. mijika yo　短夜 short night 　


atsuki yo 暑き夜（あつきよ）hot night


evening cool, yuusuzu, yūsuzu 夕涼
night cool, cool of the night, yaryoo 夜涼, ryooya　涼夜
cool at day's end, banryoo, banryō 晩涼


"night is like autumn", autumnal night,
... yoru no aki 夜の秋 (よるのあき)


. yobanashi 夜話 "night story" 　
and
tatebanko 立版古 (たてばんこ) diorama toys



. yosuzumi 夜涼み（よすずみ）
to enjoy a cool night breeze
sommerliche Abendkühle




. . . . SUMMER
the complete SAIJIKI



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AUTUMN


. cold at night, yosamu 夜寒 (よさむ)
night chill
yo samusa 夜寒さ（よさむさ）, yo o samumi 夜を寒み（よをさむみ）


aki no yo 秋の夜 (あきのよ) autumn night
..... shuuya 秋夜（しゅうや）
yowa no aki 夜半の秋（よわのあき） midnight in autumn


. yonaga 夜長、夜永 long night 　


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. tsukiyo 月夜（つきよ） (full) moon night

The three full moon nights in the three autumn months were especially inspiring for the haiku poets !

hatsuzukiyo 初月夜（はつづきよ） first autumn night with a full moon
kigo for early autumn

asazukuyo, asazukiyo 朝月夜（あさづくよ）morning after a moon night
yoizukiyo 宵月夜（よいづきよ） evening of a moon night
(usually the sickle moon on the 2nd or 3rd day of the moon cycle.) "moonlit night"
yuzukiyo 夕月夜（ゆうづきよ）evening of a moon night
zukiyogarasu 月夜烏（つきよがらす）crow at a full moon night

hoshizukiyo 星月夜 ほしづきよ (hoshizukuyo ひしづくよ) stars at a full moon night

tsukiyotake 月夜茸 (つきよたけ)moonlight mushroom (a type of mushroom)
Omphalotus guepiniformis


菊に出て奈良と難波は宵月夜　
. kiku ni dete Nara to Naniwa wa yoizukiyo .
Matsuo Basho


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Tanabata : Star Festival Night


. . . . AUTUMN
the complete SAIJIKI


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WINTER


yukizukiyo 雪月夜（ゆきづきよ）night with snow and (full) moon


. toshi no yo 年の夜 (としのよ) (last) night of the year 　　
joya 除夜（じょや）、toshiya 年夜（としや）、toshi no ban 年の晩（としのばん）
toshi hitoyo 年一夜（としひとよ）
joseki 除夕（じょせき）



fuyu no yo 冬の夜 (ふゆのよ) winter night
yowa no fuyu 夜半の冬（よわのふゆ）midnight in winter


shimoyo 霜夜 (しもよ) night with frost



. . . . WINTER
the complete SAIJIKI


鋸の音貧しさよ夜半の冬
nokogiri no oto mazushisa yo yowa no fuyu

the sound of a saw
and this poverty -
midnight in winter

. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .

. Saw and sickle in haiku .


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NEW YEAR


. joya no kane 除夜の鐘 striking the bell
on December 31 　



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yo mo sugara　夜もすがら ... throughout the night
all night long, all through the night

a phrase used already in the old poetry books, like the Manyo-Shu Poetry collection.

ぬばたまの夜はすがらにこの床のひしと鳴るまで嘆きつるかも

reference : The making of Shinkokinshu .


名月や池をめぐりて夜もすがら
meigetsu ya ike o megurite yo mo sugara

harvest moon -
I walk around the pond
all night long

Matsuo Basho, Koshoo 孤松
at Basho-An, where he also wrote the famous "old pond" haiku.
source :　www2.yamanashi-ken.ac.jp


meigetsu ya ike o megurite yo mo sugara

Ah, lua de outono —
Andando em volta do lago
Passei toda a noite.
source :　infinitomutante.blogspot.com


The autumn full moon:
all night long
I placed round the lake.
(© R.H.Blyth)


Under a harvest moon
circling my pond
the night comes to an end.
(© Thomas McAuley)

. Translation into Russian .

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時鳥江戸三界を夜もすがら
hototogisu Edo sangai o yo mo sugara

the cuckoo serenades
all of Edo
all...night...long!

Kobayashi Issa
Tr. David Lanoue


わが友よ粉をかぶりて夜もすがら
津沢マサ子

夜もすがらさざめき合へり軒氷柱
西沢和子

柿うるる夜は夜もすがら水車
三好達治

source : weblio


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終宵（よもすがら）秋風聞やうらの山
yo mo sugara akikaze kiku ya ura no yama

all night long
we hear the autumn wind -
mountain in the back

Sora (in Oku no Hosomichi)


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HAIKU


midnight . . .
the whiteness of snow
and moonlight

Gabi Greve, March 30, 2010


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春の夜は 桜に明けてしまひけり
haru no yo wa sakura ni akete shimai keri

this spring night
came to an end while we enjoyed
cherry blossoms

Matsuo Basho　松尾芭蕉


A lovely spring night
suddenly vanished while we
viewed cherry blossoms
source :　thegreenleaf.co.uk


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source :　blp4031

net taiya is a pun with "hot tire" 熱タイヤ～!


煙草の煙が目と心に染みる熱帯夜
tabako no kemuri ga
me to kokoro ni shimiru
nettaiya

cigarette's smoke
irritates my eyes and nerve
tropical night

source : takkerollingstone




tropical night air
shapes coconut flavored dreams
resting on my lips

source : Mia Rose Haiku Poems

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I shout
"No Nuclear Plants" -
tropical night

I participated in the demonstration in front of prime miniter's house in Tokyo last night. It was very humid and hot night. We had been shouting it for two hours, including men, women, young,old, Japanese, foreigners, Buddhists, Christians, whites, coloreds etc. This demonstration is held every Friday.
Ten thousands of people join it like a festival !

- Shared by Taro Aizu -
Joys of Japan, August 18, 2012



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cold moon night ~
the teahouse’s warmth
in a winter tea bowl

Elaine Andre
facebook, December 2011


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Related words


. Morning (asa)　


. Noon, daytime (hiru) 　


. Evening (yuube, yoi)　


. Night (yoru)　


. . . . . . Seasons Ending

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