2/16/2006

Nozaki Pilgrimage

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Nozaki Pilgrimage (Nozaki mairi)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Spring
***** Category: Observance


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Explanation

Nozaki Mairi 野崎参り、野崎まいり、野崎参

Festival at Daitoo Town (close to Osaka, on the way to Nara) at the temple Jigen-Ji 慈眼寺, also called Kannon Temple at Nozaki, Nozaki Kannon 野崎観音.

Another kigo refers to the small boat, which was used during the Edo period to reach this temple
Nozakibune 野崎船.

The temple belongs to the Sootoo-Sect (Soto) of Zen and this festival is held every year from the first to the 10th of May. (It is a kigo of spring according to the lunar calendar, when the festival was held in April.)

The temple is quite famous and this festival has been the stage of novels and even appears in Joruri (Japanese puppet play) in the tragical suicide story of O-Some and Hisamatsu
and in Rakugo (traditional comic storytelling).

The most important statue of this tempel is a Kannon with 11 heads.
During the festival days, thousands of worshippers attend and the stalls and vending stores are full of people. Some walk along the river whilst talking bad about their fellow human friends, a custom of this festival, which is also called the "Badmouthing Festival" warukuchi matsuri 悪口祭り.

At the temple a memorial service is held to express thanks to all things you are linked to in this world, wheather you know of them or not, Muen-Kyoo Hooyoo 無縁経法要.

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Here is a map of the temple compounds. Click on any building to see the photo.
http://www.nozakikannon.or.jp/nozaki/ni.htm


Look at this page with more photos and explanations in English


http://www.kulawanka.ne.jp/Kulawanka/shuzai/961201/indexe.html

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Nozaki Kannon, a place for pilgrims



An Indian monk who came to Japan around 750 told the Japanese monk Gyooki (Gyoki) that the area around Nozaki looked very much like the Deer Park near Benares, where Shakyamuni Buddha held his first sermon.
When Gyooki heared this, he made a statue of Kannon Bosatsu with eleven heads from a with birch tree, which is the object of our veneration today.

野崎観音は、福聚山慈眼寺といい曹洞宗のお寺です。天平勝宝年間(749年~757年)来朝した婆羅門僧正(インド僧)が「野崎の地は釈迦が初めて仏法を説いた鹿野苑(ハラナ)に良く似ている」と行基菩薩に申されました。それを聞いた行基は、白樺で観音様のお姿(十一面観音)を彫みこの地に安置されましたのがこのお寺のはじまりです。慈眼寺「光割牒」に、「観音像は行基菩薩の手彫りなり、長谷(奈良県)の観音像と同木也」と書かれています。  幾多の戦乱のため荒れはて、1565年(永禄8年)三好・松永の兵によって全焼し、本尊の観音様だけが残りました。長い間、小さいお堂のままでおまつりしてありましたが、元和2年(1616年)青厳和尚がこのお寺を復興され、元禄宝永ごろにのざきまいりが盛んになると共に、お寺も栄え、現在に到っています。  奈良県長谷寺、京都市地蔵院とゆかりが深く特に本尊は上にも述べたように長谷寺と同木と伝えられています。 ご利益は、開運招運・厄除け・縁結び・安産・子授け。また近松門左衛門「女殺油地獄」・近松半二「新版歌祭文」・落語「のざきまいり」・東海林太郎「野崎小唄」などの作品の舞台となっています。 文化財としては、大東市有形文化財「石造九(八)重層塔」。涅槃絵図・本堂壁画「花蝶菩薩」など。「花蝶菩薩」は先代の住職、尾瀧一峰の思いを具現化したもので、花をモチーフにした天女が舞う鮮やかなモダンなものです。

There is also a stone with a haiku by Basho engraved in the temple precincts.



http://www.nozakikannon.or.jp/nozaki/all.htm

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Rakugo

The whole text with music
【主な登場人物】 喜ぃ公  清ぇやん  船頭  土手を行く人たち

■こぉらまた、大勢の人やなぁ、おいどぉや、こっち出てこい。しっかり歩けよ ●「しっかり歩け」やけど、大勢の人やないかいな。船場辺の旦那衆、お家(いえ)さんやとか、ぼんちやみな、ぞろぞろ歩いたはるかと思たらやで、また芸妓衆や舞妓衆連れて、あないして遊びに出たはる人もおるしやで、われわれみたいに何やで、職人がまたウロウロしてるちゅな、いろいろ種々雑多な人たちですねぇ。

http://homepage3.nifty.com/rakugo/kamigata/rakug124.htm


"Yakko no kenka" appears to be the prototype for the Osaka rakugo story "Nozaki mairi," about an argument at Osaka’s Nozaki Shrine (where, it is said, winning an argument brings good luck).
http://japanecho.com/sum/2004/310217.html

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More details about Gyoki Bosatsu Gyooki 行基菩薩 and other kigo for him.

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A manhole with the story of the Nozaki Pilgrimage

"大東市のマンホール(野崎参り)"

More details of the manhole are here
大東市は、昔でいうと河内の国に属していて、「野崎まいりは屋形船でまいろう」と歌にまで歌われた野崎観音があり近郷の人々がこぞって参詣したそうです。その当時の様子が描かれたマンホールであり、なかなか風情のあるものです。
http://ms5y.web.infoseek.co.jp/photolog/archives/000006.html

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Manholes with Daruma by Gabi Greve

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source : blog.kantanwc.com


春風やいさかひ上がる野崎船
harukaze ya isakahi agaru nozakibune

spring breeze -
fighting, badmouthing
on the Nozaki boat

Okamoto Shoohin 岡本松浜 Okamoto Shohin(1879-1939)
Saijiki for Buddhist Events 仏教歳時記

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野遊びを誘う野崎の花暦
noasobi o saou Nozaki no hanagoyomi

inviting us to play
in the open fields -
Festival at Nozaki

前内木耳
Saijiki for Buddhist Events 仏教歳時記


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Related words

***** Pilgrimages henro (Japan)


***** Gyooki Memorial Day, Gyooki-ki 行基忌 
Gyoki Bosatsu 行基菩薩


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2/10/2006

Nirvana Ceremony Nehan

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Nirvana Ceremony (Nehan-E 涅槃会 ねはんえ )

***** Location:Japan
***** Season: Early Spring (Feb. 15)

***** Category: Observance

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Explanation

This is a Buddhist ceremony in memory of the passing away of Shakyamuni, the Buddha, traditionally on the full moon day of the second lunar month, nowadays on the 15th of February (seldom on the 15th of March) in many temples.

There are many more Japanese kigo for this event, I will list just a few more.
Shaka is a common abbreviation for Shakyamuni.

Shaka lying down, ne Shaka 寝釈迦
Nirvana Statue, nehanzoo涅槃像

Nirvana, nehan 涅槃, o-nehan お涅槃(おねはん)
Shaka nemuru, Shaka sleeping 釈迦眠る
..... neshaka ne Shaka 寝釈迦(ねしゃか)

Temple with a Nirvana Ceremony, nehandera 涅槃寺
Painting of a Nirvana Scene, nehanzu 涅槃図
Parting in February, nigatsu no wakare 二月の別れ
Parting of the Buddha, hotoke no wakare 仏の別れ
Buddha leaving, sarishi hotoke 去りし仏


Offering Rice Dumplings from the New Year offerings, mochibana-iri 餅花煎
dangomaki 団子撒き(だんごまき)"throwing dango dumplings"

Buddha's nose excrements, shaka no hana-kuso 釈迦の鼻糞
a thin horse, yase-uma 瘠せ馬

Buddha's Memorial day, bukki 仏忌

sendan no kemuri 栴檀の煙(せんだんのけむり)
smoke of fragrant chinaberry wood

tsuru no hayashi 鶴の林(つるのはやし)"forest with cranes"
kakurin no yowa 鶴林の夜半(かくりんのよわ)"wake of the cranes in the forest"

When Shakyamuni entered nirvana under the Bodhi tree, the tree withered and became white like a crane.

(Some of these kigo are hard to translate in a short English version.)

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observance kigo for mid-spring

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yuikyoo gyoo-e 遺敎経会 (ゆいきょうぎょうえ)
last sermon memorial ceremony at temple
Daiho-onji in Kyoto 大報恩寺
This temple has a famous "Buddha hall" Senbon Shakadoo 千本釈迦堂 with 1000 statues.

senbon nenbutsu 千本念仏(せんぼんねんぶつ)
nembutsu ceremony for 1000 statues

kundoku e 訓読会(くんどくえ)"reading the last sutra"
yuikyoo e 遺敎会(ゆいきょうえ) "Legacy Teaching Sutra" memorial

This ceremony is held on the 22 day of the 3rd lunar month. Monks from the temple Chishaku-In 智積院 of Higashiyama are invited, the last scripture of Shaka, the "last preaching sutra, the Yuikyo, is read and Nenbutsu prayers are recited.

ものに恋ひさめぬ寝耳や遺教経
mono ni koi samenu nemimi ya yuikyoogyoo

clinging to things -
the final sermon of Buddha
is not for my ears

Matsuse Seisei 松瀬青々 (1869 - 1937)

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Statues and paintings of Shakyamuni on his death bed are not so common in Japan, but often seen in Thailand and Sri Lanka.


Pilgrims meditating and paying respects at the place of the Buddha's Parinirvana at the Nirvana Temple, Kushinara.
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/about-pilgrim.htm

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Buddha's Life and Pilgrimages to the Holy Places

The earliest centres of Buddhist pilgrimages were the places associated with the life and Teachings of the great Master. These four places are Lumbini, Bodh Gaya, Sarnath and Kusinara. Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, is the birthplace of Gautama Buddha. The others are in India: Bodh Gaya was the place, under the pipal or Bo tree, where the Buddha was enlightened after practising meditation for several years. Sarnath was the scene of His first teaching and Kusinara was the place of His death or final Nirvana.

After the death of the Buddha, the relics of His body were collected from the funeral pyre and divided into eight parts. These were distributed to the claimants and stupas, or burial mounds, were erected on the relics. The practice of pilgrimage in Buddhism probably started with visits to these places, the purpose of which was to achieve personal advantage such as rebirth in a good location, as well as to honour the great master. Thus the custom of pilgrimage has been widespread among Buddhist for many centuries and is common to both the Mahayana and Theravada traditions.
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/about-pilgrim.htm

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Painting of a Nirvana Scene, nehanzu 涅槃図

Some famous temples have a painting of this scene, with the disciples gathered around weeping, animals and all in pain and mourning the passing away.

Painting by Myoson 仏涅槃図_命尊筆




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英一蝶 Hayabusa Itcho



. . . CLICK here for the full scene !
Painting from The Boston Museum

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The above painting is from Hooryuu-Ji (Horyuji)
法隆寺の涅槃図
http://www.horyuji.or.jp/nehane.htm

. Nehanzu Haiku from Temple Horyu-Ji  

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Nyanzu にゃハンズ Nyan - I am a cat !

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Nehan-e Ceremony at Koofuku-Ji Temple in Kyoto
興福寺の涅槃会


At Koofuku-Ji the Nirvana Sutra (Nehan Kyoo) is held in high esteem since the Nara period around 750. The Nirvana Ceremony (Nehan-e) is celebrated here since 860. At this temple the ceremony is also called Jooraku-e 常楽会, another kigo for spring.
The ceremony starts at 10 in the morning, sutras are chanted, sacred music performed and sweet ricewine (amasake) is offered to the people.
http://www.kohfukuji.com/kohfukuji/03_tmpe/ma_sc03.html

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Temple Sennyuu-Ji, Kyoto 泉涌寺

The Nirvana painting on paper at this temple 大涅槃図 is one of the largest in Japan, 8 m wide and 16 meters long. It weighs 400 kg. It was painted by 明誉古上人 during the middle Edo period.
The ceremony is held on March 15, but the famous painting is shown to visitors from the 14th to the 16th.
Click on  スタート  to get a slide show of important cultural properties of this temple.
http://www.mitera.org/HTML/GALLERY/INDEX%7E1.HTM

http://www.mitera.org/
http://homepage2.nifty.com/cub/niwa/sennyuji.htm

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Old Woman as Parody of Death of Buddha
Kuniyoshi Utagawa Kuniyoshi

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Offering Rice Dumplings from the New Year offerings
mochibana-iri 餅花煎

The rice dumplings (mochi) that are left over from the New Year offerings are quite hard. They are cut and slightly barbequed (iru 煎る)to be offered to the Buddha and later eaten by the people.

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Nehan Statue in Ruan Pabang, Laos


http://guide.travel.goo.ne.jp/e/goo/traveler/nmyumyu/album/10022527/

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Saijiki, monthly events in Kyoto
(Japanese only)
http://www.kotobuki-p.co.jp/kankou/3.htm

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涅槃会や皺手合する数珠の音
Nehan-e ya shiwade awasuru juzu no oto

Nehan Ceremony -
wrinkled hands in prayer and
the sound of rosary beads

Tr. Gabi Greve
. Rosary beads (juzu 念珠、数珠, 誦数) .

Buddha's Nirvana Day —
wrinkled hands together,
the sound of the rosaries

Tr. ?haikupedia

Matsuo Basho, 1694
shortly before his death

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source : yamabuki517
Priests passing the "Fence of the Gods" to the inner shrine.

神垣やおもひもかけず涅槃像
kamigaki ya omoi mo kakezu Nehanzoo

within the fence of the shrine -
what a surprise to find
(a statue of) Buddha lying down to die


Written at
. Ise shrine 伊勢神宮 Ise Jingu .  
During this time, the distinction between Buddhist temple and Shinto shrine was not so distinct and many religious places housed both.

This hokku was written on the 15th day of the second lunar month, the ceremony for the Nehan Buddha.

kamigaki 神垣 fence of a shrine, "Fence of the Gods"
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .

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相伴に我らもごろり涅槃哉
shooban ni warera mo gorori nehan kana

let us also lie down
and recline like Buddha -
Nirvana Ceremony

Tr. Gabi Greve

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死花をぱっと咲せる仏哉
shini hana wa patto sakaseru hotoke kana

dead flowers suddenly
are made to bloom ...
The Buddha!


This haiku refers (obscurely) to the Second Month, 15th Day festival of Buddha's Death Day, commemorating Gautama Buddha's entrance into nirvana (i.e., his death).
Tr. and Comment: David Lanoue

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juzu kakete yamabato narabu nehan kana

doves with prayer beads
in line waiting for
nirvana

Tr. Chris Drake

. Comment by Chris Drake .

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涅槃図の貝いかにして来たりけむ

nehanzu no kai ika ni shite kitari kemu

the shell on the Nehanzu -
I wonder how it came
to be there ?


Ozawa Minoru 小澤實 (1956 - )

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人体に蝶のあつまる涅槃かな

on the human body
butterflies are assembling -
Nirvana Festival

Kakimoto 柿本多映
http://www.haiku-data.jp/kigo_work_list.php?kigo_cd=271

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at 一畑山薬師寺 Temple Yakushi-Ji, Aichi, Okasaki town

涅槃図をあふるる月のひかりかな 
nehanzu o afururu tsuki no hikari kana

suffused in moonlight ––
image of the Buddha
entering Nirvana 

Tr. Abigail Freeman

. Kuroda Momoko 黒田杏子 .   

The cut marker KANA is at the end of line 3.

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山の湯のなみなみとある寝釈迦かな

the hot water from the well
is pooring out steadily -
Nirvana Ceremony

桂信子
http://www.haiku-data.jp/kigo_work_list.php?kigo_cd=271

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涅槃会の仏の足の方へ寄る

Nirvana Ceremony -
people are assembling
at the feet of the Buddha

森田智子
http://www.haiku-data.jp/kigo_work_list.php?kigo_cd=271

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涅槃 Nehan

涅槃像あかき表具も目にたゝず  沾圃
山寺や猫守り居るねはむ像  不撤
貧福のまことをしるや涅槃像  山蜂


ねはん会や皺手合る珠数の音  
Nehan-e ya shiwa-de awaseru juzu no oto

Nehan Ceremony-
wrinkled hands in prayer and
the sound of rosary beads

Matsuo Basho 芭蕉
http://www.j-texts.com/kinsei/h7buah.html

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Nirvana Temple
the meditating pilgrims
and your eyes

paying respects
in the holy temples
teaching silence

Geert Verbeke

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nirvana ceremony ~
a butterfly buddha flutters
among human buddhas

reclining Buddha ~
a little fly settles on
his closed eye

nirvana ceremony ~
the maitreya buddha
watches his children


Narayanan Raghunathan
India, September 2009

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***** West Wind on the Day of the Nirvana Ceremony,
nehan nishi 涅槃西風


オムレツの腰がきまらぬ涅槃西風
坂本敏子

涅槃西風ねむりいろなる珊瑚彫る
井沢唯夫
http://www.haiku-data.jp/kigo_list.php?season_cd=1

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Reference:
WKD
Saijiki for Buddhist Ceremonies


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Wakare - Parting with friends
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .

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2/09/2006

Nightingale (uguisu)

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Nightingale, bush warbler (uguisu)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Various, see below
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The latin name Cettia diphone refers to the bush warbler.
The latin name Luscinia megarhynchos refers to the nightingale of Japanese poetry.

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Its sound is heared as hooo hokekyoo .

Hokekyo is the name of the famous Lotus Sutra ホケキョウ(法華経).

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If not for the call
of the bush warbler coming
out of the valley,
who then would be aware of
the arrival of springtime?


Original by Ôe no Chisato, nephew of Ariwara no Narihira and another poet who flourished from the 890s to around 920 but whose birth and death dates are unknown. He has 10 poems in the Kokinshu.

鴬(うぐいす)の谷より出づる声なくは
春来ることを誰か知らまし


uguisu no tani yori izuru koe naku wa
haru kuru koto o tare ka shiramashi

The Kokin Wakashū (古今和歌集), literally meaning
"Collected Japanese Poems of Ancient and Modern Times",
and commonly abbreviated as Kokinshū (古今集), is an early anthology of the waka form of Japanese poetry.
... it was the first anthology to divide itself into seasonal and love poems. The primacy of poems about the seasons pioneered by the Kokinshū continues even today in the haiku tradition.
Kokin Wakashu
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !


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kigo for spring

nightingale, ugusiu うぐいす、鶯
first nightingale, hatsu uguisu 初鶯
first call of the nightingale, uguisu no hatsune 鶯の初音
"nightingale flute", uguisu bue 鴬笛(うぐいすぶえ)
..... todome dori 禁鳥(とどめどり)

fragrant bird, nioidori 匂鳥

nightingales crossing the valley, uguisu no tani watari
鶯の谷渡り(うぐいすのたにわたり)

"telling us of spring", haru tsugedori 春告鳥
nightingale in a cage, kai ugusiu 飼鶯

"bird that sings at the flower-viewing season", hahami dori "花見鳥"

"bird that recites the sutras", kyooyomi dori 経読鳥
the sound reminds the Japanese of the name of the sutra "Hokkekyo".

"bird that recites poetry", utayomi dori
歌詠鳥(うたよみどり)

"Yellow powder bird", kinako dori 黄粉鳥(きなこどり)
kinako is the yellow powder of soybeans, eaten as a delicacy.
"yellow bird", kichoo 黄鳥(きちょう)


nest of the nightingale, uguisu no su
鶯の巣(うぐいすのす)



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Ritual nightingale singing competition,
uguisu awase 鶯合 (うぐいすあわせ)

"singing contest", naki awase 鳴合(なきあわせ),啼合(なきあわせ)

quote from the wikimedia
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kigo for summer

summer bush warbler, natsu uguisu 夏鶯
late nightingale, zanoo 残鶯
..... ranoo 乱鶯

"old nightingale", old bush warbler, oi uguisu 老鶯
..... roo oo 老鶯

the nightingale cries of old age,
..... uguisu oi o naku 鶯老を鳴

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kigo for winter

nightingale in winter, fuyu no uguisu
冬の鶯 (ふゆのうぐいす)

fuyu uguisu 冬鶯(ふゆうぐいす)
nightingale in the cold, kan ou 寒鶯(かんおう)
nightingale in the underbrush, yabu uguisu 藪鶯(やぶうぐいす)

sasanaki 笹鳴 (ささなき)
konaki 小鳴(こなき)


笹鳴も手持ぶさたの垣根哉
sasa naki mo temochi-busata no kakine kana

birdsong in bamboo grass--
too shy
for the fence


Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶

Kaki can be translated as "fence" or "hedge." The bird is young, hiding in the bamboo grass of winter, not at all ready for its spring solo on the fence/hedge. Shinji Ogawa notes that sasa naki ("birdsong in bamboo grass") has a special meaning in Japanese:
"In winter, the birdsong, especially that of a warbler, is not fully developed due to the low sex-drive. The fragmented birdsong in winter is called sasa-naki and has nothing to do with bamboo grass. Knowing this, Issa plays with the literal meaning of the word, sasa-naki, to juxtapose it to singing on the fence."
Tr. and Comment : David Lanoue

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sasanaki mo temochi-busata no kakine kana

by this hedge
young bush warblers, too
unsure and awkward


Tr. and Comment : Chris Drake

This hokku is part of a haibun travelog Issa wrote when he made a trip to Sawara in what is now called Chiba Prefecture, just northeast of Edo in the 10th month of 1810. He made the trip to pray at the grave of the haikai poet Kassai (葛斎, Imaizumi Tsunemaru) who had recently died, and after praying at the grave he visited Kassai's house with one of Kassai's followers, Enao. It was in early lunar winter (the middle of November), and the leaves on the trees planted by Kassai were brightly colored. The trees in the hedge are implied to have been planted by Kassai and to represent him now that he himself is gone. Kassai's widow, also a haijin, had tears in her eyes -- surely because of her husband's death, though she elegantly explained to Issa that it was because birds greatly loved by the Buddha had visited their house again this year.
[The widow is obviously referring to the bush warblers and probably to the fact that one of the main calls of bush warblers sounds in Japanese like "Lo-, Lotus Sutra! Lo-, Lotus Sutra!" At the same time, she is also saying that her husband, now a dead soul or a "Buddha," loved bush warblers and is the cause of her tears.]

The birds near the hedge were still young bush warblers (uguisu no ko) who were flying around here and there, making only small cheeping sounds. To Issa the young bush warblers, who still haven't developed strong voices or wings, seem awkward and unsure of themselves as they fly around and around, looking for food. By adding "too" (mo), Issa indicates to the widow that he has understood her allegory about her grief and her husband's love of warblers, that is, his wife. In response Issa extends her image by suggesting that there is truly someone (to whom he's now talking) near the hedge (planted by Kassai) who is also bit lost and doesn't know what to do. This is surely Issa's way of expressing his respect and sympathy for Kassai's wife and her tears. At the same time, Issa seems to thank the widow for knowing very well how to share her feelings with him. The indirectness of the dialog deepens its feeling.

Issa's haibun also gives the hokku made by the widow, Motojo (もと女), in reply to Issa's hokku:

shigururu ya aruji ga itara hatsu-shigure

cold rain --
if he were with us
the first winter showers


The abstract reference to her husband by Motojo shows love and respect in Japanese and is not simply an abstract euphemism, as it appears to be when translated literally. (She is the "female owner" and her husband was the "male owner.") Motojo seems to be suggesting that if her husband were still there with them the cold showers that have been coming and going on this day would be much more than mere physical rain -- a simple statement that says a lot.

Later Issa and four other haijin friends and followers of Kassai composed a 36-verse kasen sequence for Kassai's soul. In this kasen, a hokku by Kassai (referred to as a "Buddha") was used as the hokku, and Issa began with the second verse, or wakiku.


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Flower Trump Hanafuda


http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/stone2/hanafuda12-1.html

Plum and Nightingale, Ume ni Uguisu 梅に鶯

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Here is the famous story to shed light on the temperament of the three most famous warlords in Japanese history:
When confronted with a nightingale in a cage, which would not sing, each had his own approach to this situation.

Nobunaga
If the bird does not sing, kill it!

Hideyoshi
If the bird does not sing, I will make it sing!

Ieyasu
If the bird does not sing, I will wait until it sings!

Read my details here !

The BIRD, by the way, often translated as "Nightingale", was in fact ..... hototogisu, the little cuckoo ... .

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"Nightingale Flooring"
A special way to place wooden planks for a veranda or around the room of an important person during the Edo period, to avoid the penetrance of murderers or thieves into a room. The floor planks would squeak (sing) when a person stepped on it. The most famous example is in the Nijo Castle in Kyoto.
The sound when walking on it is different from that heard in normal houses, because the floor was laid out in a different way. It was suspended with iron clamps above a frame, so it could move up and down over the fixing nails when somebody walked upon it. This caused the nails to rub against the wooden planks and create a sound similar to the chirping of the nightingale.

nightingale flooring, uguisubari (鴬張り)

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uguisu no fun 鶯の糞 uguisu poo

Uguisu no Fun : Nightingale Droppings
Traditional Japanese Beauty Secrets
by Naomi Graham (Diaz)



Now, during the course of my researching of geiko and maiko – I’ve come across numerous mentions of Uguisu no Fun, or, for those who really wish to be in the know, Nightingale Droppings (Uguisu no Fun sounds better, right?). I’ve always (secretly) wondered whether it worked or not.

Uguisu no Fun even has a special mention in one of my books
“The Japanese Way of Beauty” by Michelle Dominique Leigh, which contains the recipe and full instructions for use, along with a very special note at the end of the recipe mentioning it had been included in the book as it is one of the most respected traditional Japanese recipes. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t find the tradition intriguing.

I very carefully read the directions for use, as I certainly didn’t intend on any accidents due to misuse and according to the instructions, you are mix ½ teaspoon of the dried Uguisu no Fun with a few drops of warm water in the palm of your hand to form a paste. You then massage the paste into your skin using small circular motions – keeping well clear away from your eyes. So, I did just that - I put ½ teaspoon of the powder in my palm, mixed it with water, took a deep breath, and to the sounds of the “eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww!” coming from the direction of my partner, I started massaging Uguisu no Fun into my face in small circular motions with a hint of a small, nervous smile of disbelief that I was even doing this in the first place.

Once the water is added to Uguisu no Fun – the musky smell became much stronger and I realized the instructions should have mentioned staying as far away from the nostrils as well as the eye area just to be on the safe side. “In the name of research” I chanted silently to myself as I massaged. Once I was done, I stared at myself in the mirror. Wow. There I was staring back with a very organic mask on my face. All of a sudden, I felt terribly empowered and the childish, playground taunts from my partner faded into the background when the realization of how brave I was hit me.

- - - - - Read the full story here :
immortalgeisha.com © 2001-2006 by Naomi Graham (Diaz)


. Recycling and Reuse in Edo - リサイクル と 再生 / 再使用 .

tori no fun kai 鳥の糞買い buying "bird droppings"
to make Uguisu no Fun.

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uguisu haiku by
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


鶯や餅に糞する縁の先
uguisu ya mochi ni fun suru en no saki

this damned warbler !
it left his droppings on the ricecakes
on the veranda


More translations and
Read my details here ! Tr. Gabi Greve





鶯や 柳のうしろ 薮の前
uguisu ya yanagi no ushiro yabu no mae

this bush warbler !
behind the willows
in front of the thicket



source : kikyou0123

. Haiku Sweets (haika 俳菓) .


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Issa has written quite a lot of haiku about this bird !

鶯も上鶯の垣根かな
uguisu mo jô uguisu no kakine kana

even among nightingales
royalty
on the fence


鶯のはねかへさるるつるべ哉
uguisu no hanekaesaruru tsurube kana

the nightingale
is bouncing about...
well bucket



鶯もとしのよらぬや山の酒
uguisu mo toshi no yoranu ya yama no sake

the nightingale, too
isn't growing old!
mountain sake


Tr. David Lanoue, read more haiku here !

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老鶯の 手引かまほし ホトトギス

guide the old bushwarbler
with your hands, please,
young cuckoos


- Shared by Naotaka Uematsu -
Haiku Culture Magazine, 2013


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***** Flower viewing season, hanami

***** Saijiki of Japanese Ceremonies and Festivals


. THE BIRD SAIJIKI  


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2/06/2006

New Year Tea

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New Year's Tea, Good Luck Tea (fukucha)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: New Year
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This is a speciality of the New Year in Japan. Other readings are

Good Health (Luck) Tea, fukucha 福茶
..... oobuku, oofuku 大服
..... oofukucha, oobukucha 大福茶 , 皇服茶
..... ofukucha 御福茶


In the early morning of the New Year, before even eating the New Year soup (zooni), a tea was prepared with the first water scooped of the year "young water" (wakamizu 若水). With plenty of tea leaves there were pickled salted plums (umeboshi) and seaweed (musubi konbu), sometimes even some mountain pepper (sanshoo) in the brew.

It was drank with the prayer and wish to stay healthy for the rest of the year by all family members and later in the day served to all visitors.

This custom dates back to the day of emperor Murakami 村上天皇, when an epidemic raged in the town of Kyoto. Saint Kuya of the temple Rokuharamitsu had a sacred dream to offer some of this tea to main deity, Kannon Bosatsu and thus cured all people.

The tea was named oofuku 王服、皇服 and from that day onwards prepared every year. Since the Muromachi period, plums, seaweed and mountain pepper were added.  It is served at the temple Rokuharamitsu during the New Year visit (hatsu moode).

Salted plums (umeboshi 梅干) promise a long life.
Mountain pepper (sanshoo 山椒)lets people walk easily in the mountains.
Seaweed (musubi konbu 結び昆布) was a play with words meaning "tie together in harmony".

This had all the meaning of good great big luck, daifuku 大福.

In other areas of Japan, they add sugar or radish or dried persimmones.

In some areas, it is drunk also on the seventh and 15th day of January.
It is also of course a special event for the Tea Ceremony, where three different kinds of sweets are prepared too.

In some areas of Japan, this tea is served for the Setsubun ceremonies in February (see below for Setsubun, the Seasonal Divide).

Gabi Greve

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Read about Kuya Shonin, by Gabi Greve 空也上人
kuuya shoonin
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Tea with a talisman of Kannon Bosatsu

http://www.rakutabi.com/memory/memory9/memory9.html


Tea sold for the New Year

http://www.meisetudo.com/oofukucha.html


A modern version, prepared with black beans and sold with the symbol of the Lucky Beckoning Cat (maneki neko)

http://www.calpis.co.jp/corporate/press/nr_00088.html


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Tea Ceremony in memory of Daruma
at Temple Dairyuu-Ji
Temple Dairyu-Ji Ceremony


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Japanese LINK to New Year Haiku
http://www13.ocn.ne.jp/~kate/kigo_shinnen.html


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Three haiku by Issa 一茶と福茶

お袋の福茶をくめる指南哉
o-fukuro no fukucha wo kumeru shinan kana

how to ladel lucky tea
from its pouch...
a lesson


(Tr. David Lanoue)
Read about the translation of "o-fukuro" .


福豆も福茶も只の一人哉
fuku mame mo fukucha mo tada no hitori kana

lucky beans
and lucky tea
just for me alone




正月のくせに成ったる福茶哉
shôgatsu no kuse ni nattaru fukucha kana

the first month
is as it should be now...
lucky tea

Translated by David Lanoue

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合掌をしてお福茶をいただきぬ  
gasshoo o shite ofukucha o itadakinu

folding my hands in prayer -
and then partake of
the New Year Tea

(Tr. Gabi Greve)  

宮本 静代 Miyamoto Shizuyo
http://www13.ocn.ne.jp/~kate/kigo_shinnen.html

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***** The New Year and its KIGO

***** Setsubun 節分


*********** WINTER FOOD SAIJIKI

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2/03/2006

Nandina Blossoms Nanten

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Nandina Blossoms (nanten)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Mid-Summer
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NANDINA DOMESTICA Wood's Dwarf : nanten no hana, 南天の花
nan means south and ten is heaven or sky, southern sky.


http://www.yunphoto.net/jp/photobase/yp212.html

nanten no hana 南天の花 (なんてんのはな)
hana nanten 花南天(はななんてん)

The Nanten plant (Nandina domestica or sacred bamboo)
is native to China but in Japan it is regarded as a member of the Japanese Barberry family of evergreen shrubs.  It grows in forests with rich topsoil west of the Kanto region, and in our city it can be found mainly in the Amami and Nagaredani areas, growing around houses, rock walls and fields. Its flowering period lasts from June to July, and around December it bears bright red berries. It is used in flower arrangements for the New Year period, and also for medicinal purposes.
http://www.city.kawachinagano.osaka.jp/english/Amami.html

This evergreen small shrub grows to 1 to 2 feet tall and has intricate dissected leaves which give it a very lacy, almost fern-like, look. It is slower growing and much smaller than the species yet it still has the same bamboo cane-like stems and foliage colors. New foliage is reddish in color and during the fall the leaves turn an orange, bronze or purplish red. Pinkish white flowers bloom in clusters at the ends of branches in the late spring and summer. Plant in sun or shade and water occasionally. It will survive temperatures down to 10 degrees F.

The word Nandina is derived from "nanten", the Japanese name for the plant, and "domestica" meaning cultivated.
http://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?strLetter=N&plant_id=2550&page

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Nanten, the plant sometimes known as "Heavenly bamboo", sounds the same as Chinese characters nan meaning "troubles", and ten meaning "to (over) turn", so it has gained an association with overcoming difficulties. This is rather as if in English-speaking countries we painted four people playing the flute, and said it meant "four-tune".
http://imaginatorium.org/shop/kaiun.htm

NANDIN
Because its name suggests the expression nan o tenzuru to overturn misfortune or adversity), nanten has traditionally been regarded as an auspicious plant. Warriors of old put its leave in their armor to ensure victory.
Nanten was also used as an alcove ornament for coming-of-age ceremonies (Genpuku), and pregnant women were known to place sprays of nanten under their coverlets to ensure a safe delivery.
http://www.yoursourceinjapan.com/motifs.htm

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"Comparison of Beauties and Flowers - Nandin"
Ogata Gekkō 尾形月耕 Ogata Gekko (1859-1920)


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Japanese love of the Nanten

Nandina domestica is indigenous to Japan. The Japanese name is NANTEN (= south sky), an abbreviated form of NANTENSEI (= stars of south sky). It bears red berries in winter, so I wonder if people in olden times compared its berries to the stars of the southern sky? It is a small evergreen tree that grows under forest trees. Its leaves become red in autumn and winter, so this tree is often planted in gardens as an ornamental tree.

In the late Edo Period (early 1800s), some enthusiasts found chimerical types with narrow and thin leaves and they appreciated such types as pot trees. These chimerical cultivars became popular in the early Meiji Period (late 1800s), about 180 cultivars were introduced in the catalog "NANTEN HINSHU" (Nandina domestica cultivars list, published in 1879).

These cultivars were called KINSHI NANTEN (= harp strings NANTEN) because enthusiasts compared the thin leaves to strings of Japanese harp. Later, most of the cultivars were lost, with only about 20-30 cultivars left at the present day.



More pictures are here:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/plantsandjapan/page105.html

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During the Momoyama Period, Nandine became widely used as a flower for ikebana. In the Edo period, it was a favorite garden shrub of the rich townspeople with more than 120 varieties.

Nanten grows wild in our area, mostly in the place of the toilets of old. The farmers tell me it pleases the deity of the toilet.
I have written about the Japanese God of the Toilet and ways to appease him here
http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2005/02/suijin-god-of-water.html

The bitter dryed fruit is used as a cough suppressant in the traditional Chinese medicine. And tree bark and rootage bark of it is used for the medicine of eye disease and stomach disorder.

Gabi Greve

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The famous Zen priest Nantenbo (Nantembo) used a stick of this plant.

It was during his travels in Kyushu in 1873 that Nantenbō discovered a large nandina bush growing beside a cow shed. From the owner, he learned that it was an ancient growth.

Read the rest of my story about Nantenbo here:
http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2005/04/nantenboo.html

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Nanten (nandin or heavenly bamboo)
By LINDA INOKI, The Japan Times Nov. 16, 2005

Every variety of bird visited this garden at its appointed time of year, but nothing could compare to the numbers and din in the migration season, when flocks of birds swooped down from the sky to peck at the nandin fruits and the insects in the broad expanse of lawn.

From "After the Banquet" by Yukio Mishima translated by Donald Keene (Charles E. Tuttle)

One of the birds' favorite treats is the nandin (Nandina domestica), which produces gorgeous clusters of red berries in late autumn. Luckily for the birds, nandin, or heavenly bamboo, is popular with humans too. Nandin is a member of the barberry family and native to China and Japan. But since it is so graceful and easy to grow, it has become a popular shrub with Western gardeners too. In Japanese, nandin sounds like "nanten," which means "misfortune breaker," and for centuries it was planted in the northeastern corner of gardens or by the gate to ward off evil spirits.

In sunshine or shade it grows up to 2 meters high, and being resistant to pollution, it can grow in alleys or tiny curbside plots. In early summer, it bears panicles of small white buds that, no matter how often you look, never quite seem ready to open. The lacy, evergreen leaves take on a lovely coppery sheen in winter, and since they were believed to have purifying properties, they were used as a platter for offerings or gifts of fish. Nowadays, you are more likely to see the leaves on your plate as an artistic garnish in a Japanese restaurant. In the West, nandin berries are prized as Christmas decorations -- as long as the birds don't eat them first.

(C) All rights reserved The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fe20051116li.htm

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赤い実を産む花白きナンテンに 清められんと佇んでおり



White flowers will bear red fruits
Nanten is the plant to purify
I stand under it for purification

http://www.kitada.com/keiko/calendar06.html


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***** Nandina Berries, Nandin Berries,
nanten no mi, mi nanten 

南天の実、実南天 
shiro nanten 白南天(しろなんてん)white nandina berries

kigo for all winter


The red berries are most beautiful and decorative in a white winter garden. Our birds usually come pick them in February or March, so I guess they are not so delicious for them.
Branches with Nandina berries are often used for the New Year's decoration, kadomatsu.

. WKD : New Year Decorations  


Winter's sky is blue as blue can be,
and front of me, the red of nandin is very
clearly in the snow.

http://www.osaka-c.ed.jp/hirakata/kyoka/eigo/haiku.htm

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表札の煤(すす)けゐたりき実南天



brushing off
the dust from the name plate -
red nandine berries
http://www.keiainet.com/kigo/kigo02.html

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Photo Gabi Greve

red berries --
the magnolia and the heavenly bamboo

"chibi" (pen-name for Dennis M. Holmes)

Look at more photos here:
http://ohaga.blogspot.com/2005/11/nanten.html


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red leaves
in the evening sun -
spring is a'comin


Gabi Greve, February 2007

Red Leaves 2007 PHOTOS !


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. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .

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................................. Kumamoto 熊本県

ryuuguu sama 龍宮様
昔、むこが竜宮様にあげるために柴薪を海に投げ込んだら、竜宮様に感謝されお礼に金の糞をする猫をくれた。むこは金持ちになったが姑婆が猫を殺してしまった。むこが猫を埋めるとそこから黄金がなる南天が生えてきた。


................................. Shimane 島根県
出雲市 Izumo city 大塚町

. Nanten against poison .


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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -
25 南天 (02)

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1/22/2006

Mushrooms (ki no ko)

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Mushrooms (ki no ko, kinoko)

***** Location: Japan, worldwide
***** Season: Various, see below
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Mushrooms are a delicacy of autumn, with their many varieties growing in the ground or on trees. Let us look at some kigo with these "children of the trees" ki no ko, take 茸.

Gabi Greve





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Late Autumn

mushrooms, kinoko, ki no ko, take 茸, 菌
first mushroom, hatsu-take hatsutake 初茸
mountain with mushrooms, takeyama 茸山

pine mushroom, matsutake 松茸
..... one of the most expensive !

hackberry mushrooms, enokidake 榎茸
chestnut mushroom, kuridake 栗茸


pasania mushroom, shiitake 椎茸
..... Cortinellus shiitake
..... Many farmers grow them on old logs behind the barn, for the family delight.
.................................................... Details are here:
Shiitake Mushrooms Japan


meadow mushrooms, shimeji 湿地茸, 占地, しめじ
Hon-shimeji (Lyophyllum shimeji)
..... Agaricus campestris, A. hortensis and others


rice with fresh mushrooms, kinoko meshi, takenoko meshi 茸飯
..... a delicacy on a cold autumn night
more dishes are in the WASHOKU saijiki.



looking for mushrooms in the forest,
mushroom hunting, kinokogari, takegari 茸狩
picking mushrooms, kinoko tori 茸採り(きのことり)
bag for mushrooms, kinoko kago 茸籠(きのこかご)
mat to spread mushrooms to dry, kinoko mushiro 茸筵(たけむしろ)


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Kuritake 栗茸 (Chestnut mushroom)
By LINDA INOKI, the Japan Times



Autumn is a wonderful season to walk in the woods, where mushrooms spring up like little miracles from their invisible parent plants. Mushroom-hunting is very popular in Japan, but when the tasty kuritake, or chestnut mushroom, appears, hunters know that the end of the season is nigh. This attractive species (Naematoloma sublateritium) grows in clusters of up to 20 on the dead stumps of trees, such as chestnuts and oaks. The tops of their caps are a brick red color fading to a creamy yellow, and as the mushrooms age, the caps often split to reveal slashes of white flesh.

Unlike green plants, fungi cannot produce their own food and rely on ready-made carbohydrates from the environment around them. This means that they are either parasites or saprophytes, feeding on either living or dead organic matter, such as trees and plants. Chestnut mushrooms are saprophytes, a group that helps in the vital work of recycling the forest.

Sometimes people mistake the bitter yellow nigakuritake (the sulfur tuft or N. fasciculare ) for a chestnut mushroom, which is unfortunate because it is deadly poisonous.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fe20051102li.htm

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Early Winter


Enokidake 榎茸 (えのきだけ) velvet shank
Flammulina velutipes
Enokitake-Pilz



Yukiwaritake 雪割茸 (ゆきわりたけ) "snow splitting mushroom"
yukitake, snow mushroom 雪茸(ゆきたけ)
yuki no shita 雪下茸(ゆきのした)雪の下(ゆきのした)
..... yukiyari ゆきやり
speciality of Hokkaido. Biologically, it is not clear what kind of family this belongs to, maybe a kind of enoki or nameko.


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All Winter


kandake 寒茸 (かんたけ) mushrooms in the cold


Nameko なめこ nameko mushroom
Pholiota nameko
..... nametake なめたけ
nameko soup, namekojiru 滑子汁(なめこじる)
A small, amber-brown mushroom with a slightly gelatinous coating, It is enjoyed in miso soup and nabemono hodgepodges.
der Nameko


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eringi エリンギ king trumpet mushroom
Mannstreu- oder Kräuterseitling


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Germany

Pilze, Pilzesuche, Steinpilze, Butterpilze, Fliegenpilze


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. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .

茸狩やあぶなきことに夕時雨
takegari ya abunaki koto ni yuu shigure
take-gari

gathering mushrooms -
we almost got drenched
in a drizzle in the evening


Written in the autumn of 1689 元禄2年晩秋.
Basho had returned from his trip to "Oku no Hosomichi" and spent some time in his hometown, Iga Ueno.
This hokku is either from real experience or a poem for a painting.
Maybe he was out gathering mushrooms and just made it home in time.

abunaki koto - to be in danger of something



source : nittokusin.jp/kinoko
hunting for matsutake mushrooms in Osaka
from 攝津名所圖會(1798)

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松茸やかぶれた程は松の形
. matsutake ya kabureta hodo wa matsu no nari .
- - - discussion of this hokku, mushrooms and food



松茸やしらぬ木の葉のへばり付く
matsutake ya shiranu ko-no-ha no nebaritsuku

o dear mushroom !
an unknown leaf
is sticking on to you

Tr. Gabi Greve


Дорогой грибок,
прилепился к тебе
неизвестный листик.

Tr. Russian : Zhanna P. Rader


mój drogi grzybie!
lepi się do ciebie liść
nie wiadomo skąd

Tr. Polish : Grzegorz Sionkowski

Read the discussion evolving about the translation of this haiku !



source : itoyo/basho

Written in the autumn of 1691. 元禄4年秋。

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初茸やまだ日数経ぬ秋の露
hatsutake ya mada hikazu henu aki no tsuyu

the first mushrooms !
only a few days have passed
with dew in autumn

Tr. Gabi Greve

Written in 1693, 元禄6年.
At the home of Taisui 岱水 in Fukagawa. Taisui lived close to Basho and they had frequent haikai meetings.
It is only a few days since the beginning of autumn, but the mushrooms are already out and full of delicious dewdrops.

first mushroom, hatsu-take hatsutake 初茸
- - - kigo for late autumn


. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


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Kobayash Issa 小林一茶


手の前に蝶の息つく茸哉
te no mae ni chô no ikitsuku kinoko kana

it's all yours
butterfly, take a rest
on the mushroom




ぞくぞくと人のかまはぬ茸哉
zoku-zoku to hito no kamawanu kinoko kana

one by one
ignored by people...
mushrooms




念仏のころりと出たる茸哉
nembutsu no korori to detaru kinoko kana

a "Praise Buddha!"
pops to my lips...
mushrooms


Amida Prayer (Namu Amida Butsu)



うつくしやあら美しや毒きのこ
utsukushi ya ara utsukushi ya doku kinoko

it's so pretty!
so pretty!
the poison mushroom


Is this haiku metaphorical? Shinji Ogawa thinks so:
"It can be argued that the haiku alludes to feminine beauty."

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. beni tengutake 紅天狗茸 Amanita muscaria .
Tengupedia Introduction

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此おくは魔所とや立る天狗茸
kono oku wa ma-doko to ya tateru tengutake

this deep forest
being haunted...
Tengu's mushrooms sprout




天狗茸立けり魔所の這入口(はいりぐち
tengutake tachikeri ma-doko no iriguchi ni

Tengu's mushrooms sprout--
the entrance to
a haunted place



tengutake (tengu kinoko) 天狗茸 Amanita muscaria
A very poisonous mushroom, also called "the Death Cup".
Fliegenpilz
kigo for autumn

More haiku by Issa / Tr. David Lanoue

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My voice
Vanishes in the wind:
Mushroom-hunting.

Masaoka Shiki (1866-1902)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fe20051102li.htm

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fog rising -
mushrooms push aside
a bed of pine needles


(Published in: The Heron's Nest VI:11, 2004)

H. Curtis Dunlap
http://webwiseguy.com/haiku/1.html


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mushroom or toadstool
take your pick
—carefully


doris kasson
August 2009

. . . CLICK here for toadstool Photos !


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1/16/2006

Moss pink (shibazakura) (05)

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Moss Pink (shibazakura, Japan)

***** Location: Japan, North America
***** Season: Late Spring
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Explanation

Moss Pink, Moss Phlox. Phlox subulata.
モス・フロックス,hanashiba(花芝),hana tsumekusa(花詰草)

The country of origin is North America. Also called Creeping Phlox, Ground Pink.
To the Japanese eye it looks like a grass carpet made of cherry blossoms, shiba and sakura. The little flowers come in various colors and make a great decorative space in a garden or hanging down a stone wall. The flowers like a sunny place, therefore the whole atmosphere with these little flowers spells sunshine, color and a light heart for haiku.

Gabi Greve

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There are various festivals around Japan in praise of this little flower.
Mokotoyama in Hokkaido has its own Park.



Look at more of the pink landscape.
http://achakon.serio.jp/koraku/mokotoya.htm



Misato Park in Gunma Prefecture.


http://www.town.misato.gunma.jp/html/kanko/shibazakura.html



A great picture from a park in Chichibu



With many many more to explore this park.
Click on all the buttons below with the different days.
5月 1日] and so on...
http://www.chichibuji.gr.jp/shiba-img/05shiba.htm

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Nagazawa-Dera, a Temple garden



http://katsuji-takeuchi.hp.infoseek.co.jp/member/murashima.html

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North America

A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers,
which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/moss+pink



http://aoki2.si.gunma-u.ac.jp/BotanicalGarden/HTMLs/sibazakura.html

Creeping phlox is native to eastern woodlands. It spreads rapidly on stems that root wherever nodes touch the ground, forming broad mats of foliage. Creeping phlox grows to only 6 - 12 inches high and is commonly used as a ground cover. Its broad oval leaves, about 1 1/2 inches across, are covered with downy hairs and lie flat on the ground, forming a dense carpet. The flowers are an inch across and usually come in shades of blue or purple.

Moss phlox stays green year-round in mild climates. It forms dense mats of foliage 6 inches high and is often used as a ground cover. Tiny needle-like leaves cover its stems, and it flowers profusely. The many varieties of moss phlox offer a wide choice of flowers with round, narrow, notched or starlike petals, in a range of colors that includes white, lilac, lavender, pink, rose, magenta and blue. In some varieties the flowers are slightly fragrant. Nurseries now offer many more phloxes, including some very showy hybrids.
http://www.gardenguides.com/flowers/perennials/phlox.htm

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shibazakura -
the splashing of the raven
just missed you !

© Photo and Haiku, Gabi Greve, April 2005

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芝桜 ピンクのツバキ 受け止める

Pink Moss Carpet !
Graciously catching the falling
pink camellia

(Tr. Gabi Greve)

Under the pink camellia tree, which lost it's flowers falling down, there was a white carpet of pink moss.

http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~kainoaki/51-2haikushu2005.htm

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