Things to keep us warm (fuyumono)
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11/02/2006
Water clears (mizu sumu)
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Water clears, clear water (mizu sumu)
***** Location: Japan
***** Season: All autumn
***** Category: Earth
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Explanation
clear autumn water, mizu sumu 水澄む
After the autumn rains and the end of the typhoon season, waters become clear again. You can see the small rivers and brooks in the countryside clear up and fish swimming in them. It gives a feeling of freshness and cleanness.
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autumn water, aki no mizu 秋の水 (あきのみず)
water in autumn
..... shuusui 秋水 （しゅうすい）
..... mizu no aki 水の秋 （みずのあき）
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clear water
of the little lake -
Namu Amida Butsu
© Gabi Greve, 2005
Click HERE to read the details.
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
hands drop
all things on the ground -
the clear water
on the road
today's rain
the seed for clear water
Chiyo-ni, the Buddhist nun
http://www.poetrylives.com/SimplyHaiku/SHv2n3/reprints/Patricia_Donegan.html
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clear water . . .
little fish watching me
watching them
Richard Kay, Australia
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simply_haiku/message/17471
Richard says, this is a kigo for summer in Australia.
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in clear water
fallen red leaves
disguised as carp
Anna Holley
http://www.ahapoetry.com/wtcrowbk.htm
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like a leaf
floating in clear water -
a samurai's life
Gabi Greve
Click HERE to read the Samurai details.
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clear water of autumn -
counting shadows
counting fish
Gabi Greve
Autumn at Lake Okutsu, 2007.
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***** ... Water (mizu) in various kigo
***** Autumn
. SAIJIKI ... category EARTH
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Water clears, clear water (mizu sumu)
***** Location: Japan
***** Season: All autumn
***** Category: Earth
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Explanation
clear autumn water, mizu sumu 水澄む
After the autumn rains and the end of the typhoon season, waters become clear again. You can see the small rivers and brooks in the countryside clear up and fish swimming in them. It gives a feeling of freshness and cleanness.
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autumn water, aki no mizu 秋の水 (あきのみず)
water in autumn
..... shuusui 秋水 （しゅうすい）
..... mizu no aki 水の秋 （みずのあき）
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clear water
of the little lake -
Namu Amida Butsu
© Gabi Greve, 2005
Click HERE to read the details.
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
hands drop
all things on the ground -
the clear water
on the road
today's rain
the seed for clear water
Chiyo-ni, the Buddhist nun
http://www.poetrylives.com/SimplyHaiku/SHv2n3/reprints/Patricia_Donegan.html
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clear water . . .
little fish watching me
watching them
Richard Kay, Australia
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simply_haiku/message/17471
Richard says, this is a kigo for summer in Australia.
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in clear water
fallen red leaves
disguised as carp
Anna Holley
http://www.ahapoetry.com/wtcrowbk.htm
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like a leaf
floating in clear water -
a samurai's life
Gabi Greve
Click HERE to read the Samurai details.
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clear water of autumn -
counting shadows
counting fish
Gabi Greve
Autumn at Lake Okutsu, 2007.
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Related words
***** ... Water (mizu) in various kigo
***** Autumn
. SAIJIKI ... category EARTH
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Water strider (amenbo)
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Water Strider (amenbo)
***** Location: Japan, other areas
***** Season: All Summer
***** Category: Animal
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Explanation
"The Water Horse" of Japan
Water strider, water boatman, amenbo アメンボ、水馬
(amenboo), amenboo mushi 水馬虫
..... mizu sumashi 水馬 みずすまし
family Gerridae
water spider, mizugumo 水蜘蛛
river spider, kawagumo 川蜘蛛
high legs, ashi taka あしたか
sea water strider, umi amembo 海水馬
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Not to mix this up with the following
whirligig beetles, mizusumashi 水澄 みずすまし
..... maimai 鼓虫 まいまい
family Gyrinidae
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Common Water Strider (Gerris remigis)
Copyright, Charles Lewallen
The Common Water Strider is water bug that looks a lot like a big mosquito walking on the surface of the water.
Its body can grow just over 1/2 inch long and is dark brown or black. Like all insects, it has six legs. The front pair of legs is short, and the middle and back legs are very long.
Water striders live on the surface of ponds, slow streams, marshes, and other quiet waters.
Common Water Striders eat living and dead insects on the surface of the water. Some are aquatic (water) insects, such as mosquito larvae coming up from the bottom, and others are terrestrial (land) insects, such as butterflies or beetles that accidentally land on the surface.
Injured dragonflies are a favorite food, as are worms that fall in the water. Water striders have a sharp mouthpart, called a rostrum, to suck up body juices from prey.
Look at some great photos here:
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/common_water_strider.htm
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Things found on the way
For your desert, so to speak, a sweet cake of this name:
http://www.kaho-fukuoka.co.jp/saijiki/2005-06/amenbo.html
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HAIKU
刀禰川や只一ッの水馬
tone-gawa ya tatta hitotsu no mizusumashi
Tone River--
only one solitary
water strider
Issa (Tr. David Lanoue)=
More about translating this haiku.
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hamon kazoete amenbo no kazu to naru
On the water
counting the widening rings
the number of water beetles
...
mizusumashi roboto mekishi shosa no ari
Whirligig beetle
the movements
like a robot
Takashi Ikari
http://www.worldhaikureview.org/3-2/whcjapan_ikari.shtml
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six dots -
a shadow racing
under water
© Gabi Greve, Happy Haiku, 2006
CLICK for more photos !
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浮世絵の風の素通りあめんぼう
ukiyo-e no kaze no sudoori amenboo
the wind of ukiyo-e
just blows without a trace -
water strider
Kobayashi Masaru 小林まさる
. Ukiyo-e 浮世絵 prints .
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Water Strider (amenbo)
***** Location: Japan, other areas
***** Season: All Summer
***** Category: Animal
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Explanation
"The Water Horse" of Japan
Water strider, water boatman, amenbo アメンボ、水馬
(amenboo), amenboo mushi 水馬虫
..... mizu sumashi 水馬 みずすまし
family Gerridae
water spider, mizugumo 水蜘蛛
river spider, kawagumo 川蜘蛛
high legs, ashi taka あしたか
sea water strider, umi amembo 海水馬
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Not to mix this up with the following
whirligig beetles, mizusumashi 水澄 みずすまし
..... maimai 鼓虫 まいまい
family Gyrinidae
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Common Water Strider (Gerris remigis)
Copyright, Charles Lewallen
The Common Water Strider is water bug that looks a lot like a big mosquito walking on the surface of the water.
Its body can grow just over 1/2 inch long and is dark brown or black. Like all insects, it has six legs. The front pair of legs is short, and the middle and back legs are very long.
Water striders live on the surface of ponds, slow streams, marshes, and other quiet waters.
Common Water Striders eat living and dead insects on the surface of the water. Some are aquatic (water) insects, such as mosquito larvae coming up from the bottom, and others are terrestrial (land) insects, such as butterflies or beetles that accidentally land on the surface.
Injured dragonflies are a favorite food, as are worms that fall in the water. Water striders have a sharp mouthpart, called a rostrum, to suck up body juices from prey.
Look at some great photos here:
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/common_water_strider.htm
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
For your desert, so to speak, a sweet cake of this name:
http://www.kaho-fukuoka.co.jp/saijiki/2005-06/amenbo.html
*****************************
HAIKU
刀禰川や只一ッの水馬
tone-gawa ya tatta hitotsu no mizusumashi
Tone River--
only one solitary
water strider
Issa (Tr. David Lanoue)=
More about translating this haiku.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
hamon kazoete amenbo no kazu to naru
On the water
counting the widening rings
the number of water beetles
...
mizusumashi roboto mekishi shosa no ari
Whirligig beetle
the movements
like a robot
Takashi Ikari
http://www.worldhaikureview.org/3-2/whcjapan_ikari.shtml
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
six dots -
a shadow racing
under water
© Gabi Greve, Happy Haiku, 2006
CLICK for more photos !
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浮世絵の風の素通りあめんぼう
ukiyo-e no kaze no sudoori amenboo
the wind of ukiyo-e
just blows without a trace -
water strider
Kobayashi Masaru 小林まさる
. Ukiyo-e 浮世絵 prints .
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11/01/2006
October 2006
Latest Additions to the
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… Please sign our GUESTBOOK …
Please add your haiku as a comment to the various BLOG entries
or e-mail them to me.
You do not have to be a member of any haiku club to submit your haiku.
Previously published haiku are also welcome.
This Database wants to serve ALL HAIJIN WORLDWIDE.
Keywords, non-seasonal haiku topics, all year topics, all season topics, miscellaneous
no season muki 無期 ...
..................................................................... November 2006
..................................................................... October 2006
Marathon Kenya, worldwide.
..... Including Olympics, Olympic Games
Umewaka Memorial Day (Umewaka Ki) and Temple Mokubo-JiJapan
Nobel Prize Europe, worldwide
Mother Goddess in all cultures
Day of the African Child (16 June) Kenya, Africa, worldwide
Cotton rose, Rose-Mallow (fuyoo, fuyo, fuyoh) Hibiscus mutabilis. Japan
Hazel, hazelnut (hashibami) Japan
Chestnut (kuri) Japan
Walnut (kurumi) Japan
Hickory nuts Carya Fruits
Dussera, Dasara, Dussehra: Day Of Victory India
..... Navarati : Nine Nights Of Festivities
Ginger (shooga) Hawaii, India, Japan. Hajikami pickles.
Moss (koke) Japan
Fox God Shrine Festival (Inari Matsuri) Japan. First day of the horse, hatsu uma
Fox (kitsune) Japan
Sierra Nevada North America
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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. World Kigo Database
… Please sign our GUESTBOOK …
Please add your haiku as a comment to the various BLOG entries
or e-mail them to me.
You do not have to be a member of any haiku club to submit your haiku.
Previously published haiku are also welcome.
This Database wants to serve ALL HAIJIN WORLDWIDE.
Keywords, non-seasonal haiku topics, all year topics, all season topics, miscellaneous
no season muki 無期 ...
..................................................................... November 2006
..................................................................... October 2006
Marathon Kenya, worldwide.
..... Including Olympics, Olympic Games
Umewaka Memorial Day (Umewaka Ki) and Temple Mokubo-JiJapan
Nobel Prize Europe, worldwide
Mother Goddess in all cultures
Day of the African Child (16 June) Kenya, Africa, worldwide
Cotton rose, Rose-Mallow (fuyoo, fuyo, fuyoh) Hibiscus mutabilis. Japan
Hazel, hazelnut (hashibami) Japan
Chestnut (kuri) Japan
Walnut (kurumi) Japan
Hickory nuts Carya Fruits
Dussera, Dasara, Dussehra: Day Of Victory India
..... Navarati : Nine Nights Of Festivities
Ginger (shooga) Hawaii, India, Japan. Hajikami pickles.
Moss (koke) Japan
Fox God Shrine Festival (Inari Matsuri) Japan. First day of the horse, hatsu uma
Fox (kitsune) Japan
Sierra Nevada North America
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10/31/2006
October 2006
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..................................................................... October 2006
Marathon Kenya, worldwide.
..... Including Olympics, Olympic Games. Special Olympics, Paralympics.
Umewaka Memorial Day (Umewaka Ki) and Temple Mokubo-JiJapan
Nobel Prize Europe, worldwide
Mother Goddess in all cultures
Day of the African Child (16 June) Kenya, Africa, worldwide
Cotton rose, Rose-Mallow (fuyoo, fuyo, fuyoh) Hibiscus mutabilis. Japan
Hazel, hazelnut (hashibami) Japan
Chestnut (kuri) Japan
Walnut (kurumi) Japan
Hickory nuts Carya Fruits
Dussera, Dasara, Dussehra: Day Of Victory India
..... Navarati : Nine Nights Of Festivities
Ginger (shooga) Hawaii, India, Japan. Hajikami pickles.
Moss (koke) Japan
Fox God Shrine Festival (Inari Matsuri) Japan. First day of the horse, hatsu uma
Fox (kitsune) Japan
Sierra Nevada North America
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worldkigo .....
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..................................................................... October 2006
Marathon Kenya, worldwide.
..... Including Olympics, Olympic Games. Special Olympics, Paralympics.
Umewaka Memorial Day (Umewaka Ki) and Temple Mokubo-JiJapan
Nobel Prize Europe, worldwide
Mother Goddess in all cultures
Day of the African Child (16 June) Kenya, Africa, worldwide
Cotton rose, Rose-Mallow (fuyoo, fuyo, fuyoh) Hibiscus mutabilis. Japan
Hazel, hazelnut (hashibami) Japan
Chestnut (kuri) Japan
Walnut (kurumi) Japan
Hickory nuts Carya Fruits
Dussera, Dasara, Dussehra: Day Of Victory India
..... Navarati : Nine Nights Of Festivities
Ginger (shooga) Hawaii, India, Japan. Hajikami pickles.
Moss (koke) Japan
Fox God Shrine Festival (Inari Matsuri) Japan. First day of the horse, hatsu uma
Fox (kitsune) Japan
Sierra Nevada North America
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8/22/2006
Tulip
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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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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
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Look at more Japanese tulips here:
http://www.hana300.com/tulip01.html
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
source : musa
Origami folded paper tulips
made by Daruma
*****************************
Worldwide use
Holland
Look at a great collection from Holland.
Tulipa 'Orange Favorite'
Parrot tulips are always fabulous.
http://www.tulipworld.com/
*****************************
Things found on the way
The text of the Black Tulip, by Alexandre Dumas
http://www.literature.org/authors/dumas-alexandre/the-black-tulip/
*****************************
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
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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)
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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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8/19/2006
Trumpet Creeper (noozenkazura)
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Trumpet Creeper (noozenkazura)
***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Late Summer
***** Category: Plant
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Explanation
Campsis grandiflora, Morning Calm, Chinese Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Vine
noozen no hana, 凌霄の花
noozenkazura ノウゼンカズラ（凌霄花） （のうぜんかずら）
The country of origin is China, but this flower has been known in Japan since the Heian period. It is loved for its vigour in growing around trees and up on walls.
The latin word Kampsis means bent, curled, as the stamen inside the flower is curled.
The latin word grandiflora means large blossom.
It flowers from June to September and is a joy to the eye with its strong orange color. There are varieties in pink too.
It is also used as a medicine flower in China.
Since it grows so vigorously, it is said that Hideyoshi brought plants back from his battle in Korea as a souvenir for friends, and some plants of this origin are still flowering in the town of Kanazawa to our day. Kanazawa is the town where his close friend, the Lord of Maeda lived.
© Gabi Greve, 2005
More pictures
http://www.hana300.com/nouzen1.html
http://www.hana300.com/nouzen.html
http://www11.plala.or.jp/nayama/walk/nozenkazura/nozenkzr.htm
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Laurence C. Hatch has a lot about these flowers.
Look at more flowers and English text here:
http://newplants.tripod.com/campsis.html
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Shared by Kazuo Ishii
Joys of Japan, February 2012
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Worldwide use
Australia
Grandiflora: Chinese Trumpet vine, Ling Sui.
Radicans: Trumpet vine, Trumpet creeper, Tecoma
In some parts, it is even considered a pest.
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CAUTION
This plant causes contact dermatitis.
http://www.aircav.com/survival/appc/sappcp08.html
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Croatia
ljetni krilničar –
ako malko napneš sluh
muzika ceste
trumpet vine –
if you listen carefully...
music of the road
- Shared by Tomislav Maretic -
Haiku Culture Magazine, 2013
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Germany
Trompetenblume, Trompetenwinde, Klettertrompete, Jasmintrompete
Angelika Wienert.
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Kenya
. Moonflower, Angel's Trumpet
Datura suaveolens
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North America
Campsis radicans (L.) Seem. ex Bureau , cow itch, Bignonia, Tecoma
It is a variety more appropriate to cold climats.
This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed in this link:
http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=plant_profile.cgi&symbol=CARA2
Campsis radicans
is native to the southeastern and Gulf Coast region of the United States where it grows along fences and at the edge of woodlands. Trumpet vine is a much admired garden plant in most temperate areas of the world.
Read a lot more here:
http://www.floridata.com/ref/c/camp_rad.cfm
http://site.www.umb.edu/conne/jennjim/campsis.html
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
noise of the city
muffled in orange -
trumpet creepers
© Haiku and Photo by Gabi Greve, 2005
ancient graves
well under cover -
the trumpet creepers
(See the first picture above.)
Read more of my haiku on the subject here:
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/07/trumpet-creeper.html
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凌霄や温泉の宿の裏二階
noosen ya onsen no yado no ura nikai
trumpet creepers -
the second floor in the back
of the hot spring inn
Masaoka Shiki
Tr. Gabi Greve
It speaks to me of the humour of Shiki, maybe dwelling in the famous Dogo Onsen hot spring in Matsuyama.
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5502.html
It is a haiku without any verb, that is why I took a note of it many years ago.
Gabi Greve
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凌霄の花あふれおり尼一人
noozen no hana afure-ori ama hitori
the trumpet flowers ,
so many, so many -
and one nun
尾崎文英, 創流 ８月号
http://homepage2.nifty.com/soryu-haikukai/2004%208.htm
(Tr. Gabi Greve)
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凌霄の花に笛の音響きたり
noozen no hana ni fue no ne hibikitari
trumpet creeper -
amongst its flowers
the sound of a flute
© Isanbo いさんぼ
Look at this wonderful site about Bonsai and Haiku.
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~ootake/kensakuno4.html
Here is a Bonsai with a pink trumpet creeper
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~ootake/kabokuno17b.html
© Isanbo いさんぼ
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trumpet vine
over the back fence
we exchange news
Linda Papanicolaou, USA
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hmmmmm... this one...
hmmmmm... that one --
trumpet vine*
*choice blossoms for hummingbirds
"chibi" (pen-name for Dennis M. Holmes)
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> trumpet flowers,
> higher and higher
> sound of flutes
Trompetenblumen,
hoeher und hoeher
Floetenklaenge
In Bad Reichenhall (Bavaria) the guests are invited to open-air-concerts in summer. The visitors listen to the music and admire the beautiful flowers the old trees.
Angelika Wienert, Germany
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noozen o hageshiku yusuru arashi kite
coming storm
trumpet flowers
sway passionately
Etsuko Yanagibori
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Related words
***** Trumpet Flower (datura) Korean Morning Glory,
Mandala Flower (mandarage). Angel's Trumpet Flower. Japan, North America.
including
Trumpet tree, golden yellow trumpet tree (Tabebuia chrysantha) India
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Trumpet Creeper (noozenkazura)
***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Late Summer
***** Category: Plant
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Explanation
Campsis grandiflora, Morning Calm, Chinese Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Vine
noozen no hana, 凌霄の花
noozenkazura ノウゼンカズラ（凌霄花） （のうぜんかずら）
The country of origin is China, but this flower has been known in Japan since the Heian period. It is loved for its vigour in growing around trees and up on walls.
The latin word Kampsis means bent, curled, as the stamen inside the flower is curled.
The latin word grandiflora means large blossom.
It flowers from June to September and is a joy to the eye with its strong orange color. There are varieties in pink too.
It is also used as a medicine flower in China.
Since it grows so vigorously, it is said that Hideyoshi brought plants back from his battle in Korea as a souvenir for friends, and some plants of this origin are still flowering in the town of Kanazawa to our day. Kanazawa is the town where his close friend, the Lord of Maeda lived.
© Gabi Greve, 2005
More pictures
http://www.hana300.com/nouzen1.html
http://www.hana300.com/nouzen.html
http://www11.plala.or.jp/nayama/walk/nozenkazura/nozenkzr.htm
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Laurence C. Hatch has a lot about these flowers.
Look at more flowers and English text here:
http://newplants.tripod.com/campsis.html
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Shared by Kazuo Ishii
Joys of Japan, February 2012
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Worldwide use
Australia
Grandiflora: Chinese Trumpet vine, Ling Sui.
Radicans: Trumpet vine, Trumpet creeper, Tecoma
In some parts, it is even considered a pest.
.. .. ..
CAUTION
This plant causes contact dermatitis.
http://www.aircav.com/survival/appc/sappcp08.html
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Croatia
ljetni krilničar –
ako malko napneš sluh
muzika ceste
trumpet vine –
if you listen carefully...
music of the road
- Shared by Tomislav Maretic -
Haiku Culture Magazine, 2013
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Germany
Trompetenblume, Trompetenwinde, Klettertrompete, Jasmintrompete
Angelika Wienert.
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Kenya
. Moonflower, Angel's Trumpet
Datura suaveolens
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North America
Campsis radicans (L.) Seem. ex Bureau , cow itch, Bignonia, Tecoma
It is a variety more appropriate to cold climats.
This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed in this link:
http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=plant_profile.cgi&symbol=CARA2
Campsis radicans
is native to the southeastern and Gulf Coast region of the United States where it grows along fences and at the edge of woodlands. Trumpet vine is a much admired garden plant in most temperate areas of the world.
Read a lot more here:
http://www.floridata.com/ref/c/camp_rad.cfm
http://site.www.umb.edu/conne/jennjim/campsis.html
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
noise of the city
muffled in orange -
trumpet creepers
© Haiku and Photo by Gabi Greve, 2005
ancient graves
well under cover -
the trumpet creepers
(See the first picture above.)
Read more of my haiku on the subject here:
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/07/trumpet-creeper.html
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凌霄や温泉の宿の裏二階
noosen ya onsen no yado no ura nikai
trumpet creepers -
the second floor in the back
of the hot spring inn
Masaoka Shiki
Tr. Gabi Greve
It speaks to me of the humour of Shiki, maybe dwelling in the famous Dogo Onsen hot spring in Matsuyama.
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5502.html
It is a haiku without any verb, that is why I took a note of it many years ago.
Gabi Greve
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凌霄の花あふれおり尼一人
noozen no hana afure-ori ama hitori
the trumpet flowers ,
so many, so many -
and one nun
尾崎文英, 創流 ８月号
http://homepage2.nifty.com/soryu-haikukai/2004%208.htm
(Tr. Gabi Greve)
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凌霄の花に笛の音響きたり
noozen no hana ni fue no ne hibikitari
trumpet creeper -
amongst its flowers
the sound of a flute
© Isanbo いさんぼ
Look at this wonderful site about Bonsai and Haiku.
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~ootake/kensakuno4.html
Here is a Bonsai with a pink trumpet creeper
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~ootake/kabokuno17b.html
© Isanbo いさんぼ
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trumpet vine
over the back fence
we exchange news
Linda Papanicolaou, USA
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
hmmmmm... this one...
hmmmmm... that one --
trumpet vine*
*choice blossoms for hummingbirds
"chibi" (pen-name for Dennis M. Holmes)
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> trumpet flowers,
> higher and higher
> sound of flutes
Trompetenblumen,
hoeher und hoeher
Floetenklaenge
In Bad Reichenhall (Bavaria) the guests are invited to open-air-concerts in summer. The visitors listen to the music and admire the beautiful flowers the old trees.
Angelika Wienert, Germany
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
noozen o hageshiku yusuru arashi kite
coming storm
trumpet flowers
sway passionately
Etsuko Yanagibori
*****************************
Related words
***** Trumpet Flower (datura) Korean Morning Glory,
Mandala Flower (mandarage). Angel's Trumpet Flower. Japan, North America.
including
Trumpet tree, golden yellow trumpet tree (Tabebuia chrysantha) India
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8/16/2006
Horse (uma)
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Horse, Pony (uma 馬, ポニー)
***** Location: Japan, worldwide
***** Season: various, see below
***** Category: Animal (and others)
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Explanation
The horse has been a friend of the human being for ages. The pony, ponies are also part of this group. PONY in itself refers to a small and sturdy species of the horse family with a shoulder hight of less than 148 cm. "Pony" can refer to babies, young ones and old ones, and the various kigo need an additional adjective, just like horses are specified.
2014 is the Year of the Horse in the Asian calendar.
Let us look at some kigo with this animal.
Gabi Greve, Japan
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The Japanese Horse , by James F. Downs
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Kigo for Spring
plough horse, kooba, kōba 耕馬
foal, baby horse, baby pony, kouma, ko-uma 仔馬,
..... ..... uma no ko 馬の仔
foals are born, uma no ko umaru 馬の仔生まる
pregnant mare, harami uma 孕馬 はらみうま
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colt, young horse, young pony, wakagoma わかごま, 若駒
..... "spring horse", haru no uma 春の馬
..... haru no koma 春の駒, harugoma 春駒
KOMA means newborn horse/pony or young horse/pony. This word has already been used in the poetry anthology "Collection of Myriad Leaves" (manyooshu) of the Heian period.
"Spring horse" refers especially to a young horse that spent the winter in a shed and is now set free for the first time, running around happily.
Clay Bell from the Hida Area, Gifu Prefecture
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~i-kimoto/hurusato/19gihu.htm
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first Day of the Horse in the lunar New Year,
hatsu uma 初午
first horse, ichi no uma 一の午
Horse Festival, uma matsuri 午祭
..... Usually in the middle of February.
The Asian Zodiac Animals
by Gabi Greve
. Japanese horseradish, wasabi 山葵
Wasabia japonica
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Kigo for Summer
cooling cows and horses, gyuuba hiyasu 牛馬冷す
cooling horses, uma hiyasu 馬冷す
cool horse, hiyashi uma 冷やし馬
washing horses, uma arau 馬洗う
midday nap, siesta, gosui 午睡
The "hour of the horse, uma no koku", noon, is the time to take a rest.
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observance kigo for early summer
komabiki 駒牽 こまびき "selecting horses"
..... natsu no komabiki 夏の駒牽（なつのこまびき）
selecting horses in summer
At the imperial court of the Heian period, there was a ritual on the fifth day of the fifth month (the Boy's Festival) of shooting from horseback.
The horses for this event were selected on the 28 day of the fouth month, brought to a special shed and kept for the Tenno to look at them.
These were 80 imperial horses (tatekai no mi-uma) and 31 regional horses (kunikai no uma) from eight provinces. (their double number was 222.) They were taken to the imperial training ground and the best ones got a name plate.
The horses had to pass one of the three famous barrieres (sankan 三関)
leading out of/into Kyoto、already known since the Heian period.
Oosaka no seki 逢坂の関 Osaka no seki
The Osaka Checkpoint / Barrier
the border between Yamashiro and Omi province.
ausaka 逢坂 / 合坂 "Meeting Slope" (see the haiku by Issa in the comments)
. ausaka, oosaka 逢坂 / 合坂 "Meeting Slope" .
In the eighth month, there was another imperial selection of horses, therefore this one is also called "Summer selecting of horses".
See kigo for mid-autumn.
. kurabeuma, kurabe uma 競べ馬 horse race
At Kami Kamo Shrine, Kyoto 上賀茂神社
and
daabii ダービー Derby
Tookyoo Yuushun Kyoosoo
東京優駿競走（とうきょうゆうしゅんきょうそう）
Horse race in TokyoTokyo Yushun
Nihon daabii
日本ダービー（にほんだーびー） Japan Derby
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- source : 高石神社 流鏑馬 - yabusame
observance kigo for mid-summer
umayumi 騎射 (うまゆみ) "horses and bows"
..... 馬弓（うまゆみ）
..... yabusame 流鏑馬（やぶさめ）Yabusame
inuoumono 犬追物（いぬおうもの）
kasagake 笠懸（かさがけ）
kisha 騎射（きしゃ） shooting from horseback
Finally the great archery contest at the imperial palace takes place on the fifth day of the fifth month.
The horses have been selected in august of the previous year and again in April of this year for training.
more kigo in connection with this imperial Yabusame
sa-ukon no baba no umayumi
左右近の馬場の騎射 (さうこんのばばのうまゆみ)
archery contest of the guards at the imperial archery stadium
hiori no hi ひおりの日（ひおりのひ）"archery contest day"
sakon no aratetsugai 左近の荒手番（さこんのあらてつがい）
ukon no aratetsukgai 右近の荒手番（うこんのあらてつがい）
sakon no matetsugai 左近の真手番（さこんのまてつがい）
ukon no matetsugai 右近の真手番（うこんのまてつがい）
The imperial guards were divided into the left (sakon) and the right (ukon). They had to do take lots (tetsugai) to find out in which order they were to perform at this contest.
- Introduction -
. yabusame 流鏑馬 archery on horseback .
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observance kigo for mid-summer
chaguchagu umakko ちゃぐちゃぐ馬っこ
(ちゃぐちゃぐうまっこ) Chaguchagu horse festival
June 15 or second sunday in June
At Takizawa village 滝沢村 in Iwate prefecture, on June 15
and in Morioka city, at the shrine Hachimangu.
A day of rest for the farmer's horses. They are decorated colerfully and paraded along, with mount Iwakisan in the background. The bells around their head make the sound of "chagu chagu".
They walk to shrine Aomae jinja,(Komagata Jinja 駒形神社) where the protector deity of the local horses in enshrined.
. . . CLICK here for Photos of the festival !
駒形神社 Komagata shrine, partly located at the top of mount Komagata.
. . . CLICK here for Photos of the shrine !
Komagata no ookami (駒形大神) the great gods of Komagata
Composed of six gods:
Amaterasu oomikami (天照大御神)
Amenotokotachi no mikoto (天之常立尊)
Kuninosatsuchi no mikoto (国之狭槌尊)
Wagatsu no mikoto ( 吾勝尊)
Okise no mikoto (置瀬尊)
Hikohohodemi no mikoto (彦火火出見尊)
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observance kigo for late summer
nomaoi, noma oi 野馬追 (のまおい)
chasing wild horses
... nomaoi matsuri 野馬追祭（のまおいまつり）
festival of chasing wild horses
Sooma noma oi 相馬野馬追（そうまのまおい）Soma Nomaoi Festival
horse chasing in Soma
相馬野馬追 Stamp from 1965, July 16
Main event at the shrine Ota Jinja in Haramachi City and two other shrines
相馬太田神社、相馬小高神社, 相馬中村神社.
From July 23 to 25.
(It used to be in the fifth lunar month, on the first day of naka no saru.
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Soma-Nomaoi is a festival that recreates a battle scene from more than 1,000 years ago. It is annually held for 4 days from July 22 to 25 in Haramachi City, Fukushima Prefecture, in the eastern part of Japan. In this historical event, 600 mounted samurai in traditional Japanese armor, with long swords at their side and ancestral flagstaffs streaming from their backs, ride across open fields. Soma-Nomaoi has been designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
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Soma-Nomaoi has its origins in a military exercise: a general, the ancestor of the later holders of the Soma domain, released wild horses on to the plain for his cavalry to pursue and capture. The horses they caught were presented as offerings to a Shinto deity.
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Riders dressed in medieval armor take part in contests of equestrian race on July 24. The mounted samurai also compete to capture a banner shot up by fireworks. The events resemble a battle during the Warring States Period.
source : web-japan.org
Soma town has been hit hard by the earthquake and the Fukushima reactor problems.
Yet it has been announced on June 19 that the festival will take place, even on a smaller scale.
. June 19, 2011 .
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Fukushima perseveres with festival
An annual festival that traces its roots to the 10th century opened Saturday in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, featuring dozens of horsemen in full samurai armor and offering prayers for the victims of the March 11 quake and tsunami.
The event was almost canceled because of the Tohoku catastrophe and the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear crisis, but the organizing committee of the Soma Nomaoi (Soma Wild Horse Chase), headed by Minamisoma Mayor Katsunobu Sakurai, decided to carry on the ancient tradition, albeit on a smaller scale. As in previous years, the festival will run from Saturday through Monday.
During a ceremony at Soma Nakamura Shrine to kick off the three-day event, Michitane Soma 相馬行胤(みちたね), 36, the eldest son of the 33rd patriarch of the former Soma clan, offered prayers for the disaster victims. ...
This year, organizers were forced to cancel two of three key events as they are held between 20 km and 30 km from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the zone in which residents must be ready to evacuate or stay indoors in an emergency.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110724a6.html
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a cloud of dust
in horse races ...
grasses of summer
土煙る相馬野馬追い夏の草
- Shared by Taro Aizu -
Joys of Japan, July 2012
. Koma 駒 horse folk toys from Fukushima
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humanity kigo for early summer
takaki uma 田掻馬（たかきうま）horse for light ploughing
..... shiro uma 代馬（しろうま）
Farmers work in Summer
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Kigo for Autumn
horse grows fat, fatten a horse, uma koyuru 馬肥ゆる
horse market, uma ichi 馬市
... uma no ichi, 馬の市
Most areas of Northern Japan, in the Tohoku Region, used to have horse markets after the summer season is finished.
autumn colt, autumn pony, autumn horse
aki no koma 秋の駒
umasage 馬下げ（うまさげ）getting the horses down
maki tozasu 牧閉す (まきとざす) "closing down the open grazing land"
makigaeri 牧帰り（まきがえり） coming home from the grazing land
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observance kigo for early autumn
. Tanabata uma 七夕馬 horse for Tanabata .
makomo no uma 真菰の馬 (まこものうま) horse from Makomo wild rice
kusakari uma 草刈馬（くさかりうま）horse from cut grass
mukae uma 迎馬（むかえうま） welcoming horse
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observance kigo for mid-autumn
aki no komabiki 秋の駒牽 (あきのこまびき)
selecting horses in autumn
koma mukae 駒迎え（こまむかえ）"picking up the horses"
"going to meet the tribute horses"
..... koma mukai こまむかい
hikiwakezukai 引分使（ひきわけづかい）
mochizuki no koma 望月の駒（もちづきのこま）
horses in the full moon month
Kirihara no koma 霧原の駒（きりはらのこま）
horses in the misty plains of Kirihara, Nagano
This is an old custom since the Heian period, on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. An official from the court comes to pick up the horses (mukae, mukai) at Kirihara, from the various horse breeding regions.
餞別に草花添て馬むかへ
senbetsu ni kusabana soute uma mukae
a parting gift
of wildflowers...
seeing off the horse
駒引くよそばの世並はどの位
koma hiku yo soba no yonami wa donokurai
led-away pony --
how has this year's
buckwheat grown?
一袋そばも添けり駒迎
hito fukuro soba mo soe keri koma mukae
a sack of buckwheat
goes with him...
seeing off the pony
Kobayashi Issa
Tr. David Lanoue
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Kigo for Winter
horses standing in the cold, kandachi, kandatsu 寒立
..... kandachi uma 寒立ち馬
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http://digitalcamera.impress.co.jp/01_07/contest/
This is a famous breed of Northern Japan, Aomori and the Shimokita and Shiriya Peninsula (Shimokita Hantoo 下北半島, 尻屋崎）. These horses are kept outside even in the winter storms, where they stand still with their noses toward the cold wind and wait for spring ... They have long warm hair and are very sure-footed in the rough terrain. They are a great attraction for tourists. I saw them in summer, a sturdy view in the rugged terrain, against the backdrop of the Hokkaido Mountains over the sea.
Kandachi is also used as kigo for the deer standing in the winter forest.
ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
bringing the horses to the sheds, uma sage(ru) 馬下げる
To protect them from the coming snow, horses are brought back, usually to the cowsheds, to pass the winter time.
stilts, "bamboo horses", take-uma, takeuma 竹馬
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Kigo for the New Year
"Spring Horse", pronounced harukoma 春駒 はるこま
spring horse dance, harukoma no mai 春駒の舞、harukoma odori 春駒踊り
spring horse performance, harukoma manzai 春駒万歳
Spring Horse, is a performer who makes the rounds on New Year's Day, singing songs at people's gates. He wears a horse head contraption of carries a horse heade made of wood or bamboo. This in one of the many performances of wandering artists in Japan (kadozuke geinoo 門付け芸能). The man with the horse head dances to the tune of a shamisen and drum. It can also be a young man dressed as a girl, holding the horse between her legs, trying to make people laugh. The performers get a little money for their dance and wander off to the next corner.
Issa refers to this custom, which is still alive to our day in many rural communities, especially in Northern Japan and the Sado Island. If you happen to see this Spring Horse, you will be lucky for the rest of the year. A local song in the area goes like this:
"Well, well, well, how lucky!
I saw the Spring Horse in my dream!
That's good enough for this year's good luck!"
In Okinawa, there is a similar custom called
Juri Horse, juriuma じゅりうま, ジュリ馬 , 尾類馬
a dance on the 25th of January.
JURI is the Okinawa dialect for joroo 女郎, the ladies of redlight districts.
Look at Photos of the Okinawa Performance
Spring Horse Performers in Northern Japan
http://www.manabi.pref.gunma.jp/jigyodan/map/shiryo/harukoma.htm
In English we have "stick horses", in German "Steckenpferd".
http://www.bigblackbear.com/stickhorses.html
Some "Spring Horse" haiku by Issa
「春駒のうたでとかすや門の雪」
haru koma no uta de tokasu ya kado no yuki
melting to the tune
of the New Year's singer...
snow at the gate
(Tr. David Lanoue)
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The following three are translated by Sakuo Nakamura
「春駒は竹でしてさえいさみけり」
harukoma wa take de shite sae isami keri
even if made of bamboo
the spring horse
looks brave
Issa refers to a toy of this name, made of bamboo looking like a horse head.
Look at a doll with Fukusuke and the Spring Horse
「春駒を人のしてさえいさみけり」
harukoma o hito no shite sae isami keri
if he plays "spring horse"
he looks like
a brave horse
「春駒や人が真似てもいさましき」
harukoma ya hito ga manete mo isamashiki
if he gestures
like the spring horse
he looks brave
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observance kigo for the New Year
uma norizome 馬騎初 (うまのりぞめ) First riding of the horses
..... kiba hajime 騎馬始（きばはじめ）、nori hajime 騎始（のりはじめ）、norizome 騎初（のりぞめ）、hatsu nori 初騎（はつのり）
baba hajime 馬場始（ばばはじめ）"first riding ground"
Imperial Court Ceremony.
During the Muromachi period, it was helt on the second day of the first lunar month.
In the Edo period, on the fifth day.
SAIJIKI – NEW YEAR OBSERVANCES
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. . hakubasai, hakuba sai 白馬祭（はくばさい）
Festival of the White Horse
..... hakuba sechi-e 白馬節会
nanuka no sechi-e なぬかのせちえ【七日の節会】
Seasonal Feast on the seventh day (of the New Year)
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Worldwide use
Germany
Pferd, Fohlen, Pony
Horse meat, baniku (ばにく/ 馬肉) basashi, sakuranabe
and Haiku
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North America
Here in California, rodeos and horse backing riding, etc are summer activities.
Robert Wilson
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Things found on the way
源の義経 Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - 1189)
. Yoshitsune and his horses 義経の馬 .
太夫黒 Tayuguro, Tayu-guro
Ippondatara, Ippon-datara 一本ダタラ - Ippon tatara
ipponashi 一本足
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Bato Kannon with a horse head
Horse-headed Deities of Japan
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The Kabuki Horse . 歌舞伎の馬
"The Kabuki stage horse is a work of art, a splendid structure of wood and velvet borne by two specialist assistants. These assistants have exercised a monopoly for generations and there is very little about the behavior of horses that they do not know and reproduce. Their beasts toss their heads, paw the ground, back away from obstacles and fret at the bit like any thoroughbred. Trotting is a proud specialty and the authors have even seen a gentle canter.
The actor who rides such horses must give a tip known as "hay money" (kaibaryô) to the artists if he does not wish to risk an undignified fall - the pleasing tradition persists at least, even if present-day stage discipline militates against any such calculated mishaps"
(Aubrey and Giovanna Halford in "The Kabuki Handbook").
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Amulet to hit the target at Yabusame
from OkuniTama Shrine 大国魂神社
. Atariya 当たり矢 arrow to hit good luck .
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HAIKU
- uma 馬 - koma 駒 horse, horses -
All haiku and hokku by
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .
ritt übers moor.
ich lenke das pferd dorthin,
wo der kuckuck ruft.
Matsuo Basho
http://lulus-world.blogspot.com/2006/04/spring-bei-uns-im-engadin-ist-noch.html
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A sudden shower falls -
and naked I am riding
on a naked horse!
Issa
http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/
Issa and the Horse Shit - 馬糞山
with a lovely haiga by Nakamura Sakuo
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竹馬や いろは に ほへと ちりぢりに
take uma ya iroha ni hoheto chirijiri ni
Kubota Mantaroo
bamboo horse -
once we studied the iroha syllabary
now we are scattered in all directions
(Tr. G. Blankestijn)
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> bamboo stick-horses--
> we who learned our ABC's
> gone our separate ways...
Translation and discussion, by Larry Bole
Old friends from childhood are called Chikuba no Tomo 竹馬の友, friends of the bamboo stilts.
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繋ぎ馬雪一双の鐙かな
tsunagi-uma yuki issoo no abumi kana
a tethered horse
with snow in both
stirrups ...
The cut marker KANA is at the end of line 3.
. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .
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Related words
***** Donkey, roba 驢馬、ロバ
exhaust fumes
a donkey crops grass
on the road divider
Johannes Manjrekar, India, August 2006
***** mule
an ghrian os cionn na Himáilithe
ólann mo mhiúil
as an nGainséis
the sun above the Himalayas
my mule is drinking
from the Ganges
Gabriel Rosenstock at
http://ireland.poetryinternational.org/cwolk/view/28470
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***** Cow (ushi)
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***** plowing, tagayashi 耕たがやし
kigo for all spring
spring plowing, shunkoo 春耕（しゅんこう）
man plowing the fields, koojin 耕人（こうじん）
cow for plowing, koogyuu 耕牛（こうぎゅう）
horse for plowing, kooba 耕馬（こうば）、bakoo 馬耕（ばこう）
The Chinese character is made up of a plow and an enclosure.
Plowing represents a joyful time for the farmer and haiku should reflect this.
first plowing -
the waterbuffalo trods
steadily
Gabi Greve, China 1988
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. komakusa 駒草 (こまくさ) "young horse plant" .
Dicentra peregrina
. komatsunagi 駒繫 (こまつなぎ) "binding a horse" plant .
Indigofera pseudo-tinctoria
. Shiro - Japanese Castle Legends お城と伝説 .
at Matsumoto Castle, Nagano, there was a famous cherry tree called 八幡太郎駒繋ぎ桜,
Hachimantaro koma tsunagi, where "Hachiman Taro bound his horse", - its stump is still there and now a new tree is blossoming.
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Horse meat, baniku (ばにく/ 馬肉) basashi, sakuranabe
. Koma 駒 Horse as Folk Toys .
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Horse, Pony (uma 馬, ポニー)
***** Location: Japan, worldwide
***** Season: various, see below
***** Category: Animal (and others)
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Explanation
The horse has been a friend of the human being for ages. The pony, ponies are also part of this group. PONY in itself refers to a small and sturdy species of the horse family with a shoulder hight of less than 148 cm. "Pony" can refer to babies, young ones and old ones, and the various kigo need an additional adjective, just like horses are specified.
2014 is the Year of the Horse in the Asian calendar.
Let us look at some kigo with this animal.
Gabi Greve, Japan
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The Japanese Horse , by James F. Downs
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Kigo for Spring
plough horse, kooba, kōba 耕馬
foal, baby horse, baby pony, kouma, ko-uma 仔馬,
..... ..... uma no ko 馬の仔
foals are born, uma no ko umaru 馬の仔生まる
pregnant mare, harami uma 孕馬 はらみうま
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colt, young horse, young pony, wakagoma わかごま, 若駒
..... "spring horse", haru no uma 春の馬
..... haru no koma 春の駒, harugoma 春駒
KOMA means newborn horse/pony or young horse/pony. This word has already been used in the poetry anthology "Collection of Myriad Leaves" (manyooshu) of the Heian period.
"Spring horse" refers especially to a young horse that spent the winter in a shed and is now set free for the first time, running around happily.
Clay Bell from the Hida Area, Gifu Prefecture
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~i-kimoto/hurusato/19gihu.htm
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first Day of the Horse in the lunar New Year,
hatsu uma 初午
first horse, ichi no uma 一の午
Horse Festival, uma matsuri 午祭
..... Usually in the middle of February.
The Asian Zodiac Animals
by Gabi Greve
. Japanese horseradish, wasabi 山葵
Wasabia japonica
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Kigo for Summer
cooling cows and horses, gyuuba hiyasu 牛馬冷す
cooling horses, uma hiyasu 馬冷す
cool horse, hiyashi uma 冷やし馬
washing horses, uma arau 馬洗う
midday nap, siesta, gosui 午睡
The "hour of the horse, uma no koku", noon, is the time to take a rest.
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observance kigo for early summer
komabiki 駒牽 こまびき "selecting horses"
..... natsu no komabiki 夏の駒牽（なつのこまびき）
selecting horses in summer
At the imperial court of the Heian period, there was a ritual on the fifth day of the fifth month (the Boy's Festival) of shooting from horseback.The horses for this event were selected on the 28 day of the fouth month, brought to a special shed and kept for the Tenno to look at them.
These were 80 imperial horses (tatekai no mi-uma) and 31 regional horses (kunikai no uma) from eight provinces. (their double number was 222.) They were taken to the imperial training ground and the best ones got a name plate.
The horses had to pass one of the three famous barrieres (sankan 三関)
leading out of/into Kyoto、already known since the Heian period.
Oosaka no seki 逢坂の関 Osaka no seki
The Osaka Checkpoint / Barrier
the border between Yamashiro and Omi province.
ausaka 逢坂 / 合坂 "Meeting Slope" (see the haiku by Issa in the comments)
. ausaka, oosaka 逢坂 / 合坂 "Meeting Slope" .
In the eighth month, there was another imperial selection of horses, therefore this one is also called "Summer selecting of horses".
See kigo for mid-autumn.
. kurabeuma, kurabe uma 競べ馬 horse race
At Kami Kamo Shrine, Kyoto 上賀茂神社
and
daabii ダービー Derby
Tookyoo Yuushun Kyoosoo
東京優駿競走（とうきょうゆうしゅんきょうそう）
Horse race in TokyoTokyo Yushun
Nihon daabii
日本ダービー（にほんだーびー） Japan Derby
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- source : 高石神社 流鏑馬 - yabusame
observance kigo for mid-summer
umayumi 騎射 (うまゆみ) "horses and bows"
..... 馬弓（うまゆみ）
..... yabusame 流鏑馬（やぶさめ）Yabusame
inuoumono 犬追物（いぬおうもの）
kasagake 笠懸（かさがけ）
kisha 騎射（きしゃ） shooting from horseback
Finally the great archery contest at the imperial palace takes place on the fifth day of the fifth month.
The horses have been selected in august of the previous year and again in April of this year for training.
more kigo in connection with this imperial Yabusame
sa-ukon no baba no umayumi
左右近の馬場の騎射 (さうこんのばばのうまゆみ)
archery contest of the guards at the imperial archery stadium
hiori no hi ひおりの日（ひおりのひ）"archery contest day"
sakon no aratetsugai 左近の荒手番（さこんのあらてつがい）
ukon no aratetsukgai 右近の荒手番（うこんのあらてつがい）
sakon no matetsugai 左近の真手番（さこんのまてつがい）
ukon no matetsugai 右近の真手番（うこんのまてつがい）
The imperial guards were divided into the left (sakon) and the right (ukon). They had to do take lots (tetsugai) to find out in which order they were to perform at this contest.
- Introduction -
. yabusame 流鏑馬 archery on horseback .
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observance kigo for mid-summer
chaguchagu umakko ちゃぐちゃぐ馬っこ
(ちゃぐちゃぐうまっこ) Chaguchagu horse festival
June 15 or second sunday in June
At Takizawa village 滝沢村 in Iwate prefecture, on June 15
and in Morioka city, at the shrine Hachimangu.
A day of rest for the farmer's horses. They are decorated colerfully and paraded along, with mount Iwakisan in the background. The bells around their head make the sound of "chagu chagu".
They walk to shrine Aomae jinja,(Komagata Jinja 駒形神社) where the protector deity of the local horses in enshrined.
. . . CLICK here for Photos of the festival !
駒形神社 Komagata shrine, partly located at the top of mount Komagata.
. . . CLICK here for Photos of the shrine !
Komagata no ookami (駒形大神) the great gods of Komagata
Composed of six gods:
Amaterasu oomikami (天照大御神)
Amenotokotachi no mikoto (天之常立尊)
Kuninosatsuchi no mikoto (国之狭槌尊)
Wagatsu no mikoto ( 吾勝尊)
Okise no mikoto (置瀬尊)
Hikohohodemi no mikoto (彦火火出見尊)
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observance kigo for late summer
nomaoi, noma oi 野馬追 (のまおい)
chasing wild horses
... nomaoi matsuri 野馬追祭（のまおいまつり）
festival of chasing wild horses
Sooma noma oi 相馬野馬追（そうまのまおい）Soma Nomaoi Festival
horse chasing in Soma
相馬野馬追 Stamp from 1965, July 16
Main event at the shrine Ota Jinja in Haramachi City and two other shrines
相馬太田神社、相馬小高神社, 相馬中村神社.
From July 23 to 25.
(It used to be in the fifth lunar month, on the first day of naka no saru.
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Soma-Nomaoi is a festival that recreates a battle scene from more than 1,000 years ago. It is annually held for 4 days from July 22 to 25 in Haramachi City, Fukushima Prefecture, in the eastern part of Japan. In this historical event, 600 mounted samurai in traditional Japanese armor, with long swords at their side and ancestral flagstaffs streaming from their backs, ride across open fields. Soma-Nomaoi has been designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
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Soma-Nomaoi has its origins in a military exercise: a general, the ancestor of the later holders of the Soma domain, released wild horses on to the plain for his cavalry to pursue and capture. The horses they caught were presented as offerings to a Shinto deity.
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Riders dressed in medieval armor take part in contests of equestrian race on July 24. The mounted samurai also compete to capture a banner shot up by fireworks. The events resemble a battle during the Warring States Period.
source : web-japan.org
Soma town has been hit hard by the earthquake and the Fukushima reactor problems.
Yet it has been announced on June 19 that the festival will take place, even on a smaller scale.
. June 19, 2011 .
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Fukushima perseveres with festival
An annual festival that traces its roots to the 10th century opened Saturday in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, featuring dozens of horsemen in full samurai armor and offering prayers for the victims of the March 11 quake and tsunami.
The event was almost canceled because of the Tohoku catastrophe and the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear crisis, but the organizing committee of the Soma Nomaoi (Soma Wild Horse Chase), headed by Minamisoma Mayor Katsunobu Sakurai, decided to carry on the ancient tradition, albeit on a smaller scale. As in previous years, the festival will run from Saturday through Monday.
During a ceremony at Soma Nakamura Shrine to kick off the three-day event, Michitane Soma 相馬行胤(みちたね), 36, the eldest son of the 33rd patriarch of the former Soma clan, offered prayers for the disaster victims. ...
This year, organizers were forced to cancel two of three key events as they are held between 20 km and 30 km from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the zone in which residents must be ready to evacuate or stay indoors in an emergency.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110724a6.html
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a cloud of dust
in horse races ...
grasses of summer
土煙る相馬野馬追い夏の草
- Shared by Taro Aizu -
Joys of Japan, July 2012
. Koma 駒 horse folk toys from Fukushima
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humanity kigo for early summer
takaki uma 田掻馬（たかきうま）horse for light ploughing
..... shiro uma 代馬（しろうま）
Farmers work in Summer
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Kigo for Autumn
horse grows fat, fatten a horse, uma koyuru 馬肥ゆる
horse market, uma ichi 馬市
... uma no ichi, 馬の市
Most areas of Northern Japan, in the Tohoku Region, used to have horse markets after the summer season is finished.
autumn colt, autumn pony, autumn horse
aki no koma 秋の駒
umasage 馬下げ（うまさげ）getting the horses down
maki tozasu 牧閉す (まきとざす) "closing down the open grazing land"
makigaeri 牧帰り（まきがえり） coming home from the grazing land
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observance kigo for early autumn
. Tanabata uma 七夕馬 horse for Tanabata .
makomo no uma 真菰の馬 (まこものうま) horse from Makomo wild rice
kusakari uma 草刈馬（くさかりうま）horse from cut grass
mukae uma 迎馬（むかえうま） welcoming horse
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observance kigo for mid-autumn
aki no komabiki 秋の駒牽 (あきのこまびき)
selecting horses in autumn
koma mukae 駒迎え（こまむかえ）"picking up the horses"
"going to meet the tribute horses"
..... koma mukai こまむかい
hikiwakezukai 引分使（ひきわけづかい）
mochizuki no koma 望月の駒（もちづきのこま）
horses in the full moon month
Kirihara no koma 霧原の駒（きりはらのこま）
horses in the misty plains of Kirihara, Nagano
This is an old custom since the Heian period, on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. An official from the court comes to pick up the horses (mukae, mukai) at Kirihara, from the various horse breeding regions.
餞別に草花添て馬むかへ
senbetsu ni kusabana soute uma mukae
a parting gift
of wildflowers...
seeing off the horse
駒引くよそばの世並はどの位
koma hiku yo soba no yonami wa donokurai
led-away pony --
how has this year's
buckwheat grown?
一袋そばも添けり駒迎
hito fukuro soba mo soe keri koma mukae
a sack of buckwheat
goes with him...
seeing off the pony
Kobayashi Issa
Tr. David Lanoue
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Kigo for Winter
horses standing in the cold, kandachi, kandatsu 寒立
..... kandachi uma 寒立ち馬
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This is a famous breed of Northern Japan, Aomori and the Shimokita and Shiriya Peninsula (Shimokita Hantoo 下北半島, 尻屋崎）. These horses are kept outside even in the winter storms, where they stand still with their noses toward the cold wind and wait for spring ... They have long warm hair and are very sure-footed in the rough terrain. They are a great attraction for tourists. I saw them in summer, a sturdy view in the rugged terrain, against the backdrop of the Hokkaido Mountains over the sea.
Kandachi is also used as kigo for the deer standing in the winter forest.
ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
bringing the horses to the sheds, uma sage(ru) 馬下げる
To protect them from the coming snow, horses are brought back, usually to the cowsheds, to pass the winter time.
stilts, "bamboo horses", take-uma, takeuma 竹馬
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Kigo for the New Year
"Spring Horse", pronounced harukoma 春駒 はるこま
spring horse dance, harukoma no mai 春駒の舞、harukoma odori 春駒踊り
spring horse performance, harukoma manzai 春駒万歳
Spring Horse, is a performer who makes the rounds on New Year's Day, singing songs at people's gates. He wears a horse head contraption of carries a horse heade made of wood or bamboo. This in one of the many performances of wandering artists in Japan (kadozuke geinoo 門付け芸能). The man with the horse head dances to the tune of a shamisen and drum. It can also be a young man dressed as a girl, holding the horse between her legs, trying to make people laugh. The performers get a little money for their dance and wander off to the next corner.
Issa refers to this custom, which is still alive to our day in many rural communities, especially in Northern Japan and the Sado Island. If you happen to see this Spring Horse, you will be lucky for the rest of the year. A local song in the area goes like this:
"Well, well, well, how lucky!
I saw the Spring Horse in my dream!
That's good enough for this year's good luck!"
In Okinawa, there is a similar custom called
Juri Horse, juriuma じゅりうま, ジュリ馬 , 尾類馬
a dance on the 25th of January.
JURI is the Okinawa dialect for joroo 女郎, the ladies of redlight districts.
Look at Photos of the Okinawa Performance
Spring Horse Performers in Northern Japan
http://www.manabi.pref.gunma.jp/jigyodan/map/shiryo/harukoma.htm
In English we have "stick horses", in German "Steckenpferd".
http://www.bigblackbear.com/stickhorses.html
Some "Spring Horse" haiku by Issa
「春駒のうたでとかすや門の雪」
haru koma no uta de tokasu ya kado no yuki
melting to the tune
of the New Year's singer...
snow at the gate
(Tr. David Lanoue)
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The following three are translated by Sakuo Nakamura
「春駒は竹でしてさえいさみけり」
harukoma wa take de shite sae isami keri
even if made of bamboo
the spring horse
looks brave
Issa refers to a toy of this name, made of bamboo looking like a horse head.
Look at a doll with Fukusuke and the Spring Horse
「春駒を人のしてさえいさみけり」
harukoma o hito no shite sae isami keri
if he plays "spring horse"
he looks like
a brave horse
「春駒や人が真似てもいさましき」
harukoma ya hito ga manete mo isamashiki
if he gestures
like the spring horse
he looks brave
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observance kigo for the New Year
uma norizome 馬騎初 (うまのりぞめ) First riding of the horses
..... kiba hajime 騎馬始（きばはじめ）、nori hajime 騎始（のりはじめ）、norizome 騎初（のりぞめ）、hatsu nori 初騎（はつのり）
baba hajime 馬場始（ばばはじめ）"first riding ground"
Imperial Court Ceremony.
During the Muromachi period, it was helt on the second day of the first lunar month.
In the Edo period, on the fifth day.
SAIJIKI – NEW YEAR OBSERVANCES
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. . hakubasai, hakuba sai 白馬祭（はくばさい）
Festival of the White Horse
..... hakuba sechi-e 白馬節会
nanuka no sechi-e なぬかのせちえ【七日の節会】
Seasonal Feast on the seventh day (of the New Year)
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Worldwide use
Germany
Pferd, Fohlen, Pony
Horse meat, baniku (ばにく/ 馬肉) basashi, sakuranabe
and Haiku
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North America
Here in California, rodeos and horse backing riding, etc are summer activities.
Robert Wilson
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Things found on the way
源の義経 Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - 1189)
. Yoshitsune and his horses 義経の馬 .
太夫黒 Tayuguro, Tayu-guro
Ippondatara, Ippon-datara 一本ダタラ - Ippon tatara
ipponashi 一本足
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Bato Kannon with a horse head
Horse-headed Deities of Japan
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The Kabuki Horse . 歌舞伎の馬
"The Kabuki stage horse is a work of art, a splendid structure of wood and velvet borne by two specialist assistants. These assistants have exercised a monopoly for generations and there is very little about the behavior of horses that they do not know and reproduce. Their beasts toss their heads, paw the ground, back away from obstacles and fret at the bit like any thoroughbred. Trotting is a proud specialty and the authors have even seen a gentle canter.
The actor who rides such horses must give a tip known as "hay money" (kaibaryô) to the artists if he does not wish to risk an undignified fall - the pleasing tradition persists at least, even if present-day stage discipline militates against any such calculated mishaps"
(Aubrey and Giovanna Halford in "The Kabuki Handbook").
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Amulet to hit the target at Yabusame
from OkuniTama Shrine 大国魂神社
. Atariya 当たり矢 arrow to hit good luck .
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HAIKU
- uma 馬 - koma 駒 horse, horses -
All haiku and hokku by
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .
ritt übers moor.
ich lenke das pferd dorthin,
wo der kuckuck ruft.
Matsuo Basho
http://lulus-world.blogspot.com/2006/04/spring-bei-uns-im-engadin-ist-noch.html
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A sudden shower falls -
and naked I am riding
on a naked horse!
Issa
http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/
Issa and the Horse Shit - 馬糞山
with a lovely haiga by Nakamura Sakuo
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竹馬や いろは に ほへと ちりぢりに
take uma ya iroha ni hoheto chirijiri ni
Kubota Mantaroo
bamboo horse -
once we studied the iroha syllabary
now we are scattered in all directions
(Tr. G. Blankestijn)
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> bamboo stick-horses--
> we who learned our ABC's
> gone our separate ways...
Translation and discussion, by Larry Bole
Old friends from childhood are called Chikuba no Tomo 竹馬の友, friends of the bamboo stilts.
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繋ぎ馬雪一双の鐙かな
tsunagi-uma yuki issoo no abumi kana
a tethered horse
with snow in both
stirrups ...
The cut marker KANA is at the end of line 3.
. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .
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Related words
***** Donkey, roba 驢馬、ロバ
exhaust fumes
a donkey crops grass
on the road divider
Johannes Manjrekar, India, August 2006
***** mule
an ghrian os cionn na Himáilithe
ólann mo mhiúil
as an nGainséis
the sun above the Himalayas
my mule is drinking
from the Ganges
Gabriel Rosenstock at
http://ireland.poetryinternational.org/cwolk/view/28470
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***** Cow (ushi)
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***** plowing, tagayashi 耕たがやし
kigo for all spring
spring plowing, shunkoo 春耕（しゅんこう）
man plowing the fields, koojin 耕人（こうじん）
cow for plowing, koogyuu 耕牛（こうぎゅう）
horse for plowing, kooba 耕馬（こうば）、bakoo 馬耕（ばこう）
The Chinese character is made up of a plow and an enclosure.
Plowing represents a joyful time for the farmer and haiku should reflect this.
first plowing -
the waterbuffalo trods
steadily
Gabi Greve, China 1988
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. komakusa 駒草 (こまくさ) "young horse plant" .
Dicentra peregrina
. komatsunagi 駒繫 (こまつなぎ) "binding a horse" plant .
Indigofera pseudo-tinctoria
. Shiro - Japanese Castle Legends お城と伝説 .
at Matsumoto Castle, Nagano, there was a famous cherry tree called 八幡太郎駒繋ぎ桜,
Hachimantaro koma tsunagi, where "Hachiman Taro bound his horse", - its stump is still there and now a new tree is blossoming.
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Horse meat, baniku (ばにく/ 馬肉) basashi, sakuranabe
. Koma 駒 Horse as Folk Toys .
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