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Newsletter 2010
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Keywords, non-seasonal haiku topics, all year topics, all season topics, miscellaneous
no season, muki 無季、無期 ...


. SAIJIKI
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................................................................ December 2010

Important things (daiji) Japan

Nada Fighting Festival (Nada kenka matsuri) Japan

Banana ring, to carry things on your head Kenya

Kebesu festival (kebesu sai) Japan

Evening primrose (tsukimisoo) Japan

Chinz, calico (sarasa) Japan

Mochi for the first of december (kawabitarimochi) Japan

. Nairobi Animal Orphanage Kenya

Silk tree (nemu no ki) Japan

Eboshi, formal headwear and seafood kigo Japan

Takebe Socho 建部巣兆 Takebe Soochoo (1761-1814)

Sea bass (suzuki) Japan. Lateolabrax japonicus

Traffic jam (juutai) Verkehrsstau Japan

Crow, raven in the cold (kangarasu) Japan

Umbrella tree (Schefflera actinophylla and Acacia tortilis) Kenya

Monkeys in the cold (kanen, kan en) Japan

Fox (kitsune) Japan. a KIGO list

Marabou Stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus Kenya

Badger, racoon dog, palm civet (tanuki, mujina, anaguma ... ) Japan

Hibernating (toomin) Winterschlaf Japan

Kashima Shrine (Kashima jinguu) - Festivals Japan

"Washing red beans" (azuki arai) Japan.An insect of autumn.

Tokaido 東海道五十三次
The 53 stations of the Tokaido

Manta ray, stingray (aka ei) Japan. Philippines

. ANIMALS in Summer - SAIJIKI

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Mandazi, a kind of doughnuts Kenya

Brick making in Arusha Tanzania

Loach (dojoo) Japan. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus. fish and food

Tropical fish (nettaigyo) Japan

Shoojoo, the Tipster Sprite Shojo Japan. and yugen.

Maggot (uji, ujimushi) Japan

Leech (hiru) Blutegel Japan

Kawai Chigetsu 川井智月 / 河合智月 ?(1634-1718)
Kawai Otokuni 川井乙州, her younger brother

Ochi Etsujin 越智越人 （1655　- 1739) / (1656 - 1730)

Mayuzumi Madoka

Deer in all seasons Japan

Beetles in all seasons (xyz-mushi)

Rhinoceros beetle (kabutomushi) Japan

Koha (Kooha)　香波 "Fragrant Wave" (? - 1897, August 14)

Withered plants in winter Japan

Dropwort (seri) Oenanthe javanica Japanese parsely. Japan

Greenhouse plants, hothouse plants Japan

Cherry trees in winter (fuyuki no sakura) Japan

Pansies in winter (fuyu sumire) Japan

Shiratama Dango dumplings Japan

Pencil (enpitsu) Japan

Matsuo Basho at temple Taimadera

Poetic Haibun from Kenya

Buds of trees in winter kigo Japan

Chrysanthemum kigo for winter Japan

Plum blossoms in winter (fuyu no ume) Japan

Plants in Autumn - SAIJIKI

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Cucumber service (kyuuri fuuji) Japan

Gion Festival (Gion matsuri) Kyoto, Japan

Gentian (rindoo) Gentiana scabra Japan. Yemen. senburi

Retreat for monks (ango) Japan. In Summer and Winter.

Lodging, inn, guest house (hatago) Japan

Conch trumpet plant (horagai soo) Japan. Impatiens textorii. Jewelweed

Shrine Sakaori no Miya and Yamato Takeru Renku. Japan

Suwa Shrine and Misayama Festivals Japan

Nagoya Festival (Nagoya matsuri) Japan

Otsu Festival 大津祭 Otsu matsuri Japan

Socotra Island Yemen

Nijo Castle 二条城 (Nijoo-joo) Kyoto and the Shikidai Hall

Bread from Lahj (khamir lahaji) Yemen

Konishi Raizan 小西来山 1654 - 1716, October 3 or November 16)

Michaelmas and Michaelmas Daisy Europe

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Flame tree (Erythrina fam.) Kenya

Aurora borealis, northern lights, arctic fox's tail, Nordlicht Arctica

Ninja Haiku

Hop, hops, Hopfen (hoppu) Japan. and delicious beer

Kimura Hiroko 木村浩子 (1937 - ) Tanka and Haiga

Fences and hedges (kaki, hei, kakoi, saku) Japan. Kenya.

Shallot (rakkyo) Japan. Allium chinense, Allium bakeri Regel

Home Visit (tsutoiri, tsuto iri) at O-Bon Japan

Kantoo "lantern on a pole" Kanto Lantern Festival in Akita, Japan

Jeevanjee Gardens in Nairobi and Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee. Kenya

Culture day (bunka no hi). Art festival (geijutsusai) Cultural events in Autumn. Japan

Birthday (tanjoobi, tanjitsu)

Shinohara Hosaku (Hoosaku) 1905-1936

Genroku Period Haikai Poets ... Introduction

Sports day (taiiku no hi) Japan. more sport autumn activities

Earthquake Memorial Day (shinsai kinenbi) Japan. Great Kanto Earthquake, September 1, 1923.

Shayo (Shioe Shayoo) Pupil of Matsuo Basho

Benkei festival (Benkei matsuri) Tanabe, Kumano. Japan

Boredom, to be bored (taikutsu) Japan

Tax, taxes (nengu, kemi) Japan. Steuern

Chrysanthemum Festival (chooyoo) Double Nine Day. Japan

Ise Shrine and its kigo Japan. Ise Jingu

February
Fennel (uikyoo) Japan. Foeniculum vulgare. Fenchel

Aronia (kaidoo) Japan. Malus halliana

Orchid, orchids (ran) Japan

Saffron (safuran) Japan. Zephyranthes candida

Sakubei-noodles as offerings (sakubei) Japan
Seasonal feast on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month

Olive, olives (oriibu) Japan. Yemen

Wattle, National Wattle Day Australia

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Nuts, fruits and seeds of trees (konomi) Japan

Calabash (hyootan) Kalabasse Japan. Lagenaria siceraria

Oak trees of Japan (Quercus) and acorns (donguri)

Gardenia (kuchinashi) Japan. Gardenia jasminoides

Bottle gourd (yuugao) Lagenaria siceraria Japan

Banana plant (bashoo), banana fruit (banana) Japan

Ivy and vines (tsuta kazura) Japan. All kinds of creepers

Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament (Nagoya basho) Japan

First parade of the flood prevention brigade
suiboogumi dezomeshiki, Edo, Japan

Paris Festival (Pari sai) Japan. Bastille Day. July 14.

Kimigayo, the Japanese Anthem

Soga brothers burning their umbrellas (Soga no kasayaki) Japan

Matsumae. Crossing over to Matsumae (Matsumae wataru) Hokkaido, Japan

Black Ships Festival (Kurofune Matsuri) Perry Festival, Shimoda and Kurihama, Japan

Murou Saisei (1889 - 1962)

. Christian Celebrations in Japanese Kigo LIST

Saint Mary (seibo maria) Japan

Confucius, Sekiten, Sekisai, Kooshi, Kung Fu ... Japan

God of the rice paddies (ta no kami) Japan

Waterfall (taki) Japan

Sleeve (tamoto, sode) Japan. Sleeve of a kimono or modern wear.

Hawkers for warm things Kenya. Glove, hot coffee, uji maize porridge, scarf, sweater ...

Hieizan, Mount Hiei, Kyoto Japan

Ogiwara Seisensui and the Haiku Magazine "Soun" (Stratus Clouds)

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Spell writing (against mosquitoes and flies) gihoo o kaku Japan

Kyoto, the old capital

Nara, the ancient capital

Mabati - corrugated iron sheets Kenya

Nebuta Festival (Nebuta matsuri) Japan. Aomori

Irish Potatoes Kenya

Potato, potatoes (jagaimo, jaga imo) Japan

Derby (daabii), Japan Derby Japan. Horse race

Misasa Tug-of-war (Misasa tsunahiki) at the Hot Spring Misasa, Japan

Dragon Boat Race, Peron (peeron) Japan

Curie, Madame Curie Memorial Day (Kyurii ki) Japan

Seeing off the insects (mushiokuri) Japan

Pangas, sickles and slashers Kenya

Sickle (kama) Japan

Roadside sanctuaries, wayside shrines (tsujidoo) Japan

Xavier, Saint Francis Xavier, sei Sabieru (1506 - 1552) Japan

John the apostle, Johannes Day (sei yohane no hi) Japan

Christian Celebrations

Marikiti Farmers' Market Nairobi, Kenya

SAIJIKI ... HEAVEN
in all seasons

SAIJIKI ... EARTH
in all seasons

. . . HEAVEN in WINTER - SAIJIKI

Fine weather, fine day (hare, -biyori) in all seasons Japan

The MOON in AUTUMN Japan. All related kigo. A culture walk.

Beanie cap Kenya

Earth in Winter : SAIJIKI

Drying up of rivers, wells and other water (karu) Japan

. JUNE

Arukigami, the God of Wandering with Basho and Issa

. Earth in Autumn SAIJIKI

Visiting (mimai) oblgatory visits during all seasons Japan

Barrel organ Romania

Candles changing (roosoku kae) Japan

Date Masamune (1567 - 1636)

Karuizawa (Karuisawa shuku) and Usui Pass Japan

Higuchi Ichiyo (Ichiyoo) 1872 - 1896

Swamp, marshland, marsh (numa, zawa) Japan

Shearing sheep and goats, shearing time (senmooki) Japan

Gerbera (gaabera) Japan, UK

Rain in summer (natsu no ame) Japan. a KIGO list

Benten, Benzaiten and the lottery at Minoo Japan

Market on the Day of the Rooster (tori no ichi) "Rooster Market". Japan. Tori no Ichi Fair, Kumade bamboo rakes and O-Kame masks

Wind in summer (natsukaze) Japan. A LONG kigo list.

Frost in summer (natsu no shimo) Japan

School life in summer, summer holidays (natsuyasumi) Japan

Presents (seibo, chuugen) in all seasons Japan

Disease and illness in summer
summer cold, heat stroke, prickley heat, diarrhoea, loosing weight in summer, dysentery, cholera, beriberi, malaria, athlete's foot, typhus, sunstroke... KIGO list

Night stories (yobanashi) and diorama toys (tatebanko) Japan

Entertainment in summer Japan. night stalls, street singers and more

Ghost stories (hyaku monogatari) to keep cool Japan

Beer (biiru) Japan. Bier

Mountain climbing (tozan) Japan. Summer ski and more

Enjoy a cool evening breeze (suzumi) Japan. riverbed veranda (kawayuka) and more cool things to enjoy in summer.

Ballet (baree) Japan

Summering (hisho) Japan. a KIGO list. Sommerfrische

Cockatoo Australia. Kakadu, Parrot.

Visit after water damage (mizu mimai) Japan

bonfire to kill insects (mushi kagari) Japan. more KIGO to ward off insects in summer

Bamboo planting (take uu) Japan. an old Chinese custom

Fruit packed in paper bags (fukurokake) Japan

Matsuo Basho and the bell at the bottom of the sea

Indigo (ai) Japan . Polygonum tinctorum. Indigofera

Seaweed harvest in summer Japan. konbu, mo, funori, agar-agar and many more

Peppermint (hakka) Japan

Thunderheads, lightning and rumbling thunder Yemen

Rock (iwa) and stones Japan

Hemp, flax (asa, ooasa, taima) Japan

harvesting rapeseed (natane karu) Japan

Indigo (ai) Japan


. MAY

Planting in Summer Japan

Puppets and Dolls (ningyoo) Japan

Tengu, long-nosed goblin Japan

water fights (mizu arasoi) during a dry spell Japan
giving thanks to a rainfall and more

Wild roses (nobara, ibara) rose hip, Hagebutten Japan, Europa

Water wheel treading (suisha fumu) Japan

rice planting (taue) and humanity kigo Japan

Geta sandals for rice planting (ta-geta) Japan

Sanada cord or ribbon (Sanada himo) Japan

Farmers Work in Summer

Antidote medicine for summer ailments (dokukeshi) Japan

Water (mizu) ... humanity kigo for SUMMER

vendor of seedlings (nae-uri) Japan

Refrigerator (reizooko) Japan
hanagoori 花氷 (はなごおり) "ice flowers" 　

Air conditioning (reiboo) Japan. room cooler

Weeds in Kenya

Mosquito net (kaya), fly swatter (hae-tataki) and more Japan

Basket for rice (meshikago) Japan

Crosscultural Musings

. . . . . My Haiku Trip to Nagi, Tottori and Chizu

Lupinus, lupins, lupines, Lupinie Fam. Fabaceae

Peace Festival (Hiroshima) Japan
atom bomb day (genbaku no hi)

Marathi New Year's Day India. Ugadi, Yugadi, Gudipadva

Yellowfin tuna (thamad) Yemen

Time Memorial Day (toki no kinenbi) Japan

Radio Day (denpa no hi) Japan

White feather (shiroi hane) for donations in May Japan

Guitar (Gitarre, gitaa) Worldwide

Kajo-Cakes for the Kajo-Day (kajoogashi) Japan

Food-related rituals of the Heian Period and their KIGO

Yabusame ... Archery on horseback Japan

Court ritual with hand fans (oogi no hai) Japan

Beggar, begging (kojiki), homeless, poor people (binboonin) Japan. Kanya

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Herman Van Rompuy President of the European Council

Lilac (Flieder) Syringa fam. Germany. Japan (rairakku)

All Saints Kukai, November 2009 Nairobi, Kenya

Cut glass (kattogurasu, kiriko, biidoro, gyaman) Japan

Tin pot (suzu no hachi), tin plate Japan

Rattan chair (too isu) rattan mats ... Japan

Futon bedding in all seasonsJapan
zabuton sitting cushions

Pillow (makura) in all seasons Japan

Cleavers, cleaver weeds (mugura) Galium aparine and others. Japan

Gate (mon, kado) Japan. Temple gate (sanmon)

Aoki Getto (1879 - 1949)

Volcano (kazan) and volcano ash Iceland

Gloves, mittens (tebukuro)

Rhododendron Bhutan

Kigo Category of SEASON ... the complete SAIJIKI

Waiting for spring (haru o matsu) Japan. End of winter ... KIGO list

Morning, daytime, evening, night and KIGO

Clear and cold winter season (sayuru) Japan. a KIGO list

Kung Fu, martial arts Kenya

Yamazaki Naoko in outer space

Tax paying season

BHUTAN SAIJIKI

Kagura Dance Japan

Miroku Bosatsu (Maitreya) Japan

Kichijoten 吉祥天 Kichijooten (Lakshmi, Shri Mahadevi)

Pagoda (too, tou), stone pagoda (sekitoo) Japan

Gigeiten 伎芸天 Daijizai Tennyo

Fugen Bosatsu (Samantabhadra) and the White Elephant

Melancolic wind of autumn (richi no kaze) Japan.

Red plum blossoms (koobai) Japan

Bright autumn weather (aki urara) Japan

Eta and Burakumin the "Untouchables" of Japan

Truffle, truffles (shooro) Japan. Rhizopogon rubescens

Autumn (aki) Japan

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Basil, sweet basil, holy basil, tulsi Serbia, India. (Ocimum spp.)

Ukogi aralia (Acanthopanax sieboldianum Makino) Japan

naked (hadaka, hadanugi) Japan
bare foot, barefoot

Bikaner Camel Festival, Rajastan India

Yamato province in Nara prefecture

Utasebune fishing boat for shrimp Japan

Sufuria .. cooking pot or saucepan Kenya

Pig, pigs Kenya

Eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring (hachijuuhachiya) Japan. Beginning of the tea picking season

Morning (asa) Japan. a KIGO list

Redwing, Red-wing (Turdus iliacus) North America

Otter, fishotter (kawauso) Japan

Foehn wind (feen) Japan. Föhn; Föhnwind

Darkness (yami) dark evening Japan

. . . HEAVEN ... all kigo of this category for SPRING Japan

. . . EARTH ... all kigo of this category for SPRING Japan

Gumboots, rubber boots, Wellington boots Kenya

Tadpole (otamajakushi) Japan

Himalayan Bearded Vulture chicks India
Gypaetus barbatus aureus, a kind of Lammergeier

Shamba, garden plot Kenya

Animals in SPRING mating, breeding ...

Bow and arrow shooting with a small bow (suzume koyumi) Japan

Sake flasks (tokkuri) Japan

Priest, Buddhist priest or monk (oshoo) Japan

Chair (isu) Japan

Ski, skiing a KIGO list

Picknick and outdoors enjoyment Japan

Awano Seiho (1899-1992)

Ash, ashes (hai) and related kigo
and sumi-temae carcoal layout of the tea ceremony

Takita Sakae, actor and wood carver (1950 - )

Akimoto Fujio (1901-1977)

Cookie, bisquits and more cakes and sweets cookies, crackers. Japan

Samekawa Jinja Misogi / Cold Water Ablutions Hokkaido

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Eucalyptus tree Fam. Myrtaceae. Kenya, Australia.

white night of the summer solstice 　(geshi byakuya) Japan

Arima Akito (1930 - )

Hiraizumi Fujiwara Festival Japan, May 1 - 5

Daruma san Bodhidharma and KIGO related to him
First Patriarch of the Chinese Zen lineage

Dumplings of all kinds and all seasons (dango) Japan.

Emotions expressed in spring kigo Japan

Shore life in spring (iso asobi, shiogari) KIGO list
excursion (ensoku), whirling currents (uzushio) ...

Forest work in spring grafting, planting, pruning ...
timber, logs, rafting

School life in all seasons Japan
graduation, examination, teacher, kindergarden ...

Seeds and sowing (tane, tanemaki, nae) Japan. KIGO list

Servants in Edo degawari .. and related kigo

Five Colors (goshiki) a Buddhist concept

Nichiren / Saint Nichiren (1222 - 1282). Japan

Matatu minibus Kenya

Nairobi City Kenya

Anglerfish, "frog fish" (ankoo) Japan. Lophiomus setigerus. Seeteufel

Daruma mikan (Citrus sulcata) Japan

Daruma market (Daruma ichi) Japan

Blizzard (fubuki, fuusetsu) snowstorm Japan

Sleep in spring, sleep in the morning (shunsui, asane) Dream in spring and more ... Japan

Brazier and handwarmer (hibachi) Japan

Home, interior, furniture during all seasons Sliding doors, curtains, heating, lamp light

Cherry blossom viewing (hanami) Japan. Humanity kigo.

Pineapple, Ananas comosus Kenya

Tea leaves picked green tea prepared in spring . Japan

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Usuda Aroo (1879-1951) Aro Usuda

Hachiman and Hachiman Shrine festivals

Kusumoto Kenkichi 楠本憲吉 (1922‐1988)

Kyogen, Kabuki and other performances .. KIGO

Saga ... Arashiyama, Kyoto Spring festivals

Miwa, Omiwa Jinja 大三輪神社 and Mount Miwa三輪山. Mimoro yama 三諸山. Nara

Bonten　梵天 Brahma

Daikokuten, Daikoku 大黒天

Amida Buddha

Dragon (ryuu) Japan

Kannon Bosatsu, Kanzeon, Avalokiteshvara Japan. Guan-yin

Sumiyoshi Jinja .. a shrine for poetry in Osaka Japan. KIGO list

Daikoku, Daikoku Ten, God of Good Luck Japan

Benten, Suiten and water deities KIGO

Plover (chidori) Japan

Nail, nails, fingernails, cutting the fingernails (tsumekiri) Japan

Winter : feeling cold, frostbite, dry skin ... Humans suffering in winter. Japan

Winter : Games and Toys Japan

New Year Auspicious Performances

Gifu Hashima Train Station and Enku Japan

. FIRST THINGS done at the New Year

Mirror and mirror stand (kagami, kagamidai) Japan

Drum (taiko, daiko) Japan. Musical instruments.

Fishing during all seasons (ryoo) KIGO list

New Year begins : all kinds of WORK of farmers, fishers and more KIGO list

Tachibana, mikan and other citrus fruit

Diary (nikki) Japan

Chopping board (manaita, mana-ita) Japan

Haiku meeting (kukai) Japan. First haiku meeting, a New Year KIGO list

Amaryllis (amaririsu) Japan

Chicken and cock (niwatori) Japan

Fukusuke, a symbol for good luck and prosperous business

. . GENDAI .. Modern Haiku .. Translations

Katata (Katada) town at Lake Biwa and Ukimido Hall

Yamaguchi Seison 山口青邨 (1892 - 1988)
and the beach Sabishiro no Hama 淋代の浜

Divers, ama woman divers (ama) Japan
diving as a hobby

Bath (furo, sentoo) Japan. Taking a bath in various seasons

Sho-Chiku-Bai, Pine, Bamboo and Plum Japan. Three Friends of Winter

Sommelier (somurie) for wine, vegetables, fruit and other things Japan

Decorations for the New Year (o-kazari) Japan

Games and Toys for the New Year Japan

Dance, ritual dance performances for the New Year Japan

Moxabustion (o-kyuu, yaito) Japan

Cyclamen (shikuramen) Japan. Alpenveilchen

Hangover (futsukayoi) Japan. Kater

Paper, "pocket paper" (kaishi) Japan. and more about Japanese paper (washi)

Corbicula clams in miso soup (shijimijiru, shijimi jiru) Japan. (Corbicula japonica)

2010, the Year of the Tiger Japan
First Day of the Tiger (hatsu tora) 　



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