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Tulip (chuurippu, Japan)
***** Location: Japan, worldwide
***** Season: Late Spring
***** Category: Plant
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Explanation
Tulips チュウリップ . Other Japanese names are
Ukonkoo ウコンコウ、 鬱金香
Botanyuri 牡丹百合
Tanigami Konan (1879-1928)
The area of origin is Asia Minor, but now they are grown worldwide. In the 16. century they came to Europe via Turkey and caused quite a stirr.
When the Austrian Ambassador to Turkey saw the first tulips there, he asked his translator for the name of this flower. "They are called like the cloth the turks wear around their head, a turban (tulipan). "
Alexandre Dumas even wrote a novel called the Black Tulip (see below).
Tulips were introduced to Japan during the late Edo period and became widespread during the Meiji period. Now they are grown mostly in the provinces of Niigata and Toyama.
In Europe, best known is maybe Holland for its tulip fields.
The stem is usually tall and the flower has six petals, three inner ones and three outer ones called "sepal". There are now many varieties in many colors.
For a haiku, you can talk about the flowers in a park, garden or pot on your veranda. They are usually quite bright without any shadow.
Gabi Greve
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Look at more Japanese tulips here:
http://www.hana300.com/tulip01.html
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source : musa
Origami folded paper tulips
made by Daruma
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Worldwide use
Holland
Look at a great collection from Holland.
Tulipa 'Orange Favorite'
Parrot tulips are always fabulous.
http://www.tulipworld.com/
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Things found on the way
The text of the Black Tulip, by Alexandre Dumas
http://www.literature.org/authors/dumas-alexandre/the-black-tulip/
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HAIKU
tulip petals
falling one by one -
a mother's death
Look at more tulip haiku by Gabi Greve
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/04/tulips.html
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little girl tulip
shyly holds at start of life
her virginity
Fedde Harwig
http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/PH_detail?photo_sn_in=1131
More tulip haiku in the Haiku Photo Gallery
http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/PH_detail?photo_sn_in=1426
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a sole white
in a sea of red
tulip envy
Mary Angela Nangini
Look at the photo and more haiku here
http://www.haikupoetshut.com/vishaiku12a.html
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one last look
through the bamboo window
next year's tulips underground
autumn-
planting tulip bulbs
gardener's worn hands
Patricia Prime
http://www.asahi.com/english/haiku/040921.html
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sudden chill --
a tulip bud
half-opened
April sleet --
tulip leaves and petals
brittle from frost
tulips garden --
with rotten leaves necklaces
the first spikes
Origa (Olga Hooper)
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lonely road
suddenly a clump of white tulips
among dry bushes
- Shared by Sandip Sital Chauhan
Joys of Japan, March 2012
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Related words
***** planting tulip bulbs
kigo for all autumn
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2015 Tanto Tulip Festival - Hyogo
Tanto town is the only tulip-bulb-producing district in Hyogo Prefecture, and although it’s past its golden age due to a decline in farming, the region is still actively proud of its history. The first festival was held in 1992, and now the number of tulips used is up to 1 million, showcasing 300 varieties.
- source : www.japantimes.co.jp
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Tiles of carnelian, lapis, and jade,
The muralist sees his picture
One centimeter at a time.
Every piece alone is precious;
Together they make a priceless whole.
mosaic
365 Tao
daily meditations
http://www.duckdaotsu.org/115/mosaic.html
with TULIP Photo by Gabi
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one regal tulip
coronets its two-inch stem—
bulbs planted too late
Michael R. Collings
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