Newsletter 2007

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..................................................................... December 2007

Year coming to an end . activities ... ... with many KIGO
preparations for the New Year, toshi yooi
cleaning at the end of the year, kure no sooji
cleaning off soot, susu harai
party to forget the old year, boonenkai
giving Year End presents, seibo iwai
paying the last tax money, nengu osame
"holidays for the Year End", nenmatsu kyuuka
.......... and many many more

Buildings tall and famous, skyscrapers wordwide

Computer and Haiku

Ships, boats (fune) ... Japan. A KIGO list

Pain (itami) Japan

Haiku in Bangladesh

Verbs used in SPRING KIGO ... A long list

Verbs used in Haiku ... Some theory

Poppy flowers (keshi no hana) Japan

Woman, Women and related KIGO

Numbers used in Kigo Japan

Little New Year .. ko shoogatsu (January 15) Japan. Women's New Year (onna shoogatsu, me shoogatsu)

Ancestors New Year (Hotoke Shoogatsu) Japan

Cheese Europe, worldwide

Laughing, Lucky Laugh (fuku warai) First laugh (hatsu warai). first cry (hatsu naki). Japan

Aso, Mount Aso Kyushu, Japan

Trees as haiku topics ... ... and kigo with trees

Inoue Shiro, Haiku Poet 1742 - 1812. Japan

Pissing (shooben) Japan and worldwide

Beech tree / Fagus sylvatica Ireland, Europe

Ogawa Haritsu (1663～1747) . Haiku Poet and Artist

Tomiyasu Fusei (Fuusei) (1885 - 1979)

Faith and prayer, expressed in haiku .. Join the Discussion !

Illness, disease and haiku

MOUSE, Year of the Mouse / Rat ! Japan in 2008


..................................................................... November 2007

Mitsuhashi Toshio (1920–2001)

Snipe (shigi) birds Japan

Sato KorokuHaiku Poet of Japan. (1874 - 1949)

Yugiri Memorial Day (Yuugiri Ki) and the Tale of Genji Japan

Kitamura Kigin Day

Bojo Toshiki 坊城俊樹 (Haiku Poet)

Railway Haiku Train station, Platform ... related words.

Numbers used in Haiku Japan. From ONE to NINE and then onward.

Gioo, Memorial Day for Gio the Dancer (Gioo Ki) Japan

Naito Meisetsu 内藤鳴雪 Memorial Day (Meisetsu Ki), Japan

Mitsuhashi Takajo 三橋鷹女 (1899-1972)

Memorial Days of Famous People ..... WORLDWIDE SAIJIKI

Museum Haiku about Paintings and Painters

. Autumn dusk, autumn twilight (aki no kure) Japan

Autumn deepens (aki fukashi)

Fate, my life circumstances, my life (mi no ue) Japan

Robin, the Bird American Robin (Turdus migratorius) . European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

Millet (awa, hie) Japan. Foxtail millet (awa) and barn millet (hie)

Seven Herbs of Autumn (aki no nanakusa)Japan. Seven Flowers of Autumn, Seven Grasses of Autumn

Platanus (sycamore) Europe, other areas. Momijiba-suzukake (London plane tree)

Election Day, Polling Day Trinidad and Tobago, worldwide

Ishida Hakyo (Ishida Hakyoo) (1913-1969)

Autumn deepens (aki fukashi) Japan. Basho's famous haiku translations

Tatami floor mats Japan

Oden hodgepodge stew Japan

Pampas grass (susuki) during the year Japan



..................................................................... October 2007

Church worldwide

Nio, Deva Kings

Cold weather in autumn, winter and spring . . KIGO LIST

Kasamori Inari Fox God, mud dumplings and the smallpox Japan

Winter Ascetic Practises (kangyoo) Japan

Lamplight in various seasons Japan

Fudo Myo-O, the Wisdom King

Summer clothing .. a KIGO list !
light underwear, short pants, aloha shirts, summer dresses, yukata, you name it ...

Sweet Osmanthus (kinmokisei, ginmokusei ) Japan. Sweet Olive, Tea Olive, Fragrant Olive. (Osmanthus fragrans)

Chill, chill wind worldwide

Canadian Thanksgiving

Arusha Tanzania

Hell’s Gate National Park Kenya

Ashigara Mountain and the Kintaro Legend Japan

Wabi and Sabi (wabi sabi) Japanese Aesthetics of Solitude

Kanji Characters and Studying Haiku

DEFINITIONS ... Trying to define HAIKU ...

Canada Day, July 1

Sugita Hisajo (1890-1946)

Footnotes - for translations and regional haiku

Tachibana Hokushi (1665-1718)


..................................................................... September 2007

Raw fish, sashimi, sushi and .. rice balls (onigiri) Japan

Canadian SAIJIKI Canadiens

Canadian Thanksgiving

Straw sandals (zoori) Japan

Joy, pleasure (ureshisa, tanoshisa)kigo and topic

KIGO HOTLINE
Discussion Forum !!!!!

HAIKU INFORMATION BOARD
Current Events !!!!!


Seasons coming to an end .. relevant kigo for all seasons

Kenyan seasons .. .. .. A discussion !

Basho / Oku no Hosomichi ... 2007

Sky (sora, ten)Japan. Many related kigo.

Star (hoshi), shooting star (nagareboshi), Big Dipper Japan. Many related KIGO !

Sumo Wrestling and related kigo

Eggplant, aubergine (nasu) (Japan. Eggplant Horse decorations (nasu uma) for o-Bon.

Juzudama 数珠玉 "Beads of the Rosary" Job's tears, a plant. and more about the rosary in Japan!

Nikko Rice Eating Ceremony Gohanshiki. Ceremony of eating large bowls of rice.
also: large food portions (yamamori)
also: mountain warden (yamamori)

Bush clover (hagi) Japan

Martyrs’ Day Uganda

Rift Valley Kenya

bamboo blind (take sudare) .. summer sitting room (natsu zashiki), rattan chair (too isu) ... Japanese living in summer heat

Sulfur Butterfly Hawaii

Fuji, Mount Fuji Japan

Kawabata Bosha (Kawabata Boosha, Bousha) (1897-1941)


..................................................................... August 2007

Palanquin, sedan chair (kago) Japan

Pottery Lamp, ceramic lamp (katoo, gatoo) Japan

Suma and Iro-no-Hama Two famous poetry places in Japan

Loneliness (sabishisa) Japan

Hurricane Warning Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, other areas

Cease Fire Day (shuusen kinenbi) Japan. End of WW II

Emancipation Day Trinidad and Tobago

Silk (kinu), silkworm (kaiko) Japan. Many related kigo.
..... Including Mulberry, mulbery (kuwa).

Hydrangea (ajisai) Japan. Hortensia.



..................................................................... July 2007

Banana Kenya. "bashoo" in Japanese

Belgian National Day (Fête nationale de la Belgique)

Swift (Apus apus) Ireland, Europe

Withered fields (kareno, Kudarano) Japan. Fields in winter (fuyu no) and more.

Women's slope (onna-zaka). Slope for men (otoko-zaka) Japan

Cotoneaster
Ireland

Cormorant Ireland

Hazel catkins Ireland

Cornflower Ireland, Europe

YuleIreland

Rubber plantIreland

River mist Ireland

Samhain Festival Ireland

Meadowsweet Ireland

Gooseberry Ireland

Tarweed Ireland

Bog grasses Ireland

Redcurants Ireland, Europe

Bagworm (minomushi - "straw raincoat bug") Japan. Case moth, basketworm

Fleas and lice (nomi, shirami) louse. worldwide

Plums, ripe plums Kenya

Matonge Festival Belgium

Gishi-Sai 義士祭 . Memorial Ceremony for the 47 Samurai, graves of the 47 Ronin at Sengakuji

Bosatsu-Matsuri 菩薩祭 Bodhisattva Festival temple Soofuku-Ji in Nagasaki

Cactus (saboten) Dry areas

Passion Flower (tokeisoo) Japan. Other regions.

Edo, the town before it became Tokyo

Edo Castle and Haiku

Calligraphy (shodoo)


..................................................................... June 2007

Hote Matsuri 帆手祭 Sail-cord Festival. At Shiogama Shrine, Miyagi Pref.

Kappa Memorial Day Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Gaki Memorial Day. Japan

Cucumber (kyuuri) Japan
..... also: see cucumber (namako)

Fuchsia and tyrolean lamp Japan. フクシア, チロリアンランプ　‘Swing Bell’

Lily, Lilies (yuri) . Daylily (kanzoo) and many other types.
including : Licorice, liquorice (kanzoo)

Jasmin (matsurika, jasumin) Japan

Rose (bara) Worldwide

Goose, geese (kari, gan) . Japan, other areas

Forget-me-nots (wasurenagusa)Japan, Europa, Alaska

Bear (kuma)Japan. Bear hunters (matagi), Iomante Festival and many more

Water shield (junsai) Brasenia schreberi. Japan

Demon Hag, Baba Oni .. and Issa

Tsukuba Mountain, First view of Mount Tsukuba (hatsu Tsukuba) Japan

Mii-Dera, Mii Temple Japan

Buddha Statues and Haiku ... Daibutsu and Hotoke

Spring Cleaning . North America, Europe

"We Beat" FestivalTrinidad & Tobago

Matsumoto Koyuu-Ni and Baba Songi

Yasuhara Teishitsu

Miwa Suiu-Jo

Kubota Seifu (1783 - 1848) 久保田成布
..... Kubota Shunkoo 久保田春耕, her husband


..................................................................... May 2007

Yoshida Fire Festival (Yoshida himatsuri, Yoshida chinkasai) 吉田の火祭り
..... Fuji Sengen Jinja no Himatsuri 富士浅間神社の火祭り

Paulownia flowers (kiri no hana) Japan. P. tomentosa. "princess tree"

Scissor-tailed flycatcher North America. State bird of Oklahoma

Tsukuma Festival (Tsukuma matsuri ) Japan. Pot festival (nabe matsuri)...

Europe DayEuropa-Tag

Clover, Alfalfa, Milk VetchJapan

"Bamboo Wife" (chiku fujin) Asia. Bamboo sleeping companion.

Blanket (moofu) Japan. Quilt and more.


..................................................................... April 2007

Well, cleaning the well (ido zarashi) Japan

Earthquake (jishin) Japan, India, worldwide

Wax tree (haze) Japan. Japanese dace, a fish called haze

Peach blossoms (momo no hana) Japan. Genpei momo

Spring Orchids (shunran)Japap. Cymbidium goeringii

Easter Bonnet Kenya

Palm Sunday

Stars and the Night Sky in Kenya, 2007 A Challenge !

Asama Mountain in Shinano and Issa Haiku

Mountain temple (yamadera) Japan. Tempel with mountains (tera yama)

Dawn moon in autumn (ariakezuki) Japan.
moon in the morning, asazuki/moon left over, nokoru tsuki/mist in the morning, ariake gasumi

bedtime quilt, night quilt, padded kimono, yogi, kaimaki Japan

Chigo (temple acolytes) Japan

Chinese Medicine (kanpo, kampo) Japan. Koojusan

Perilla, beefsteak plant (shiso) Japan

Castle (shiro) Mountain Castle (yamashiro)Japan

"Dragon Jewel", dragon berry (ryuu no tama, Ophiopogon japonicus) Japan. Snakebeard, Mondo grass


..................................................................... March 2007

Wisteria (fuji) Japan. wisteria trellis, fujidana and more kigo

Willow robes (yanagi goromo, aoyagi) Japan. and more related spring cloths kigo (haru goromo)

Willow tree (yanagi)Japan. Many kigo throughout the seasons

Hassaku Harvest Festival, Hassaku sai, Hassaku no Iwai Japan
with many related kigo

Hassaku orange (hassaku kan) Japan

Moxabustion on the second day (futsuka no kyuu)Japan. February and August.

Jeepney Philippines

Maple Syrup North America

Sugar Moon / Sap Moon Full Worm - March Moon. Maple Moon.
North America and Canada. Making Maple Syrup.

Hosomi Ayako 細見綾子(1907～1997)

Today (kyoo), tomorrow (asu)Japan. This morning (kesa)

Ati-Atihan Festival Philippines

Spring at the beach (haru no umi) Japan. Related kigo:cherryblossom shrimp, sakura ebi.crabs of spring, shiomaneki. firefly squid, hotaru ika. gathering shellfish at low tide, shiohigari. poles for growing seaweed, norisoda.

Dog (inu)Japan. Various related kigo

Ego and Haiku Riddles and Haiku

The Gods of Japan and Haiku (kami to hotoke)

Octopus (tako) Japan. Also squid (ika)

Origami, folding paper Japan, worldwide

Beans and Peas (mame) Soybeans, Adzuki beans, broad beans (daizu, azuki, edamame, soramame)

Yin and Yang, Duality, Judgement a worldwide haiku topic

Genji Monogatari, The Tale of Genji 源氏物語 Japan

Form One entrants and monolisationKenya

Torch Fire Festival (Otomatsuri) Japan


..................................................................... February 2007

Beaver (Castor canadensis) Canada, North America

Whipbird ~ Psophodes olivaceus Australia

Jouvert (Carneval) Trinidad and Tobago

Morning star (myoojoo), evening star, venus Japan, worldwide

Love and Kigo

Gambling (bakuchi) Japan

Warrior (tsuwamono) Japan

Sun (dinesh)　India

First Fire Brigade Parade (dezome shiki) Japan

Fire (kaji) Worldwide. Bushfire, wildfire, lookout for fire (hi no ban) and many other related kigo

My country, my province (waga kuni)Japan

"First spring" (hatsu haru) ... New Year in Japan

First shrine visit (hatsu moode) Japan.

First third of the year (joogen) Japan. Middle (chuugen), last (kagen) third.

January 20 Celebration (hatsuka iwai)

God of the Year (toshi toku jin) Japan. Toshigami and many more

Auspicious direction of the new year (ehoo) Japan. and many more

Beating the moles (mogura uchi) Japan

Tree fertility ritual (narikizeme) Japan

Okera Festival (okera mairi) Japan. Kyoto.

Fire Festivals

NEW Saijiki for Japanese Festivals and Ceremonies

World Kigo Database Archives WKD 04


..................................................................... January 2007

First Haiku in 2007 ... Please add yours !

Kumbh Mela, Kumbmela, Kumbha Mela FestivalIndia

Mandarin Ducks (oshidori) Japan. Duck (kamo)

Pelican Australia, Kenya

Flamboyant Tree (Delonix regia) Kenya

Tipu tree (Tipuana tipu) Kenya

Parade of the bands Trinidad and Tobago

Three Kings Day , Epiphany Europe, Christian communities

IRELAND, IRISH SAIJIKI

... Water in various kigo

Water clears, clear water (mizu sumu) Japan

Storm, Gale in Europa

Suzuki Masajo

Shrine day (shanichi) Japan. For the God of the Earth (tsuchi no kami)

Laughter, laughing, first laughter (hatsu warai) Japan. Ebisu.
..... First smile

Chidambaram Dance Festival India, Tamil Nadu. Shiva dance Festival

St. Stephen’s Day Europe, christian communities

Short Rains, a Haiku Season in Kenya

Winter Solstice in Ireland

Frangipani, PlumeriaAustralia, India

Year's End Fair (toshi no ichi) Japan

Bird droppings (tori no fun)

My country, my province (waga kuni)

Global warming, climate changes

Flower heart (hana gokoro)

Plum Blossoms Fragrance (ume ga ka)

New Year's Soup (zooni)

BeachWorldwide. Surfing.

Hermit, Mountain hermits, sennin 仙人

Sensei, a Japanese Haiku Teacher . and how about the situation outside Japan.


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