Tanabata Princess

Tanabata princess - her poem floats on a scented leaf

　The Paper Mulberry Tree
and the Tanabata Princesses 　　


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Curry Daruma

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snowman daruma -
another vision of
curry rice








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WASHOKU
Daruma Curry だるまカレー 　




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backyard

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the backyard
of a poor man's home -
summer heat




Many started growing vegetables in pots now
to get over the recession ...






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HAIKU KARUTA

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haiku karuta -
study your culture
while you play







KARUTA
card games with poems or letters to match an image.

KARUTA ... kigo for the New Year


HAIKU KARUTA 俳句かるた / 俳句カルタ



WASHOKU
Karuta with vegetables, fish and other food


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Oku no Hosomichi - Karuta 奥の細道かるた

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

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Daruma Karuta　禅語かるた「だるま」
A set of karuta with Zen teachings, named DARUMA

from Hanasono Daigaku University 花園大学






source :　www.zenbunka.or.jp/zenken


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talisman

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summer at the shrine -
he buys a talisman
to keep his job


We live in hard times, and the Shinto shrines are making good business of it.
The Japanese are very fond of talismans.

You can buy a talisman for anything, from keeping your cell phone well, to improving the condition of your computer, from loosing your job ...




Look at some of them, with DARUMA




Greetings from recession in Japan
Gabi


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eco points

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eco points -
may our haiku get
upgraded too





エコポイント eco-point


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With the recent introduction of the Eco Points system of awards for buying environmentally-friendly products (although there’s still no system for spending said points), this recent survey conducted by goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com into said Eco Points system found that digital terrestrial-ready televisions were the most popular electronics that fall under the system’s umbrella.

Following up on the 12,000 yen cash handout to every resident, the Government of Japan is next having an Eco Point system, where for buying certain energy-efficient home electronics you get a 5% point award in return that you will be able to cash in for some as-yet not-very-well-specified items.

source : whatjapanthinks.com




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sumo belt

keshoo mawashi - tsuwamono nara no yume no ato 化粧回し兵ならの夢の跡 all that is left of a warrior's dreams - his sumo belt © PHOTO : 2009 Nihon Sumo Kyokai

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Takamiyama Daigoro 高見山大五郎
his Daruma mawashi and other memorabilia



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zuiki

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"shedding tears of joy" -
I find another meaning
for a vegetable



芋の葉に置く白露の
たまらぬは これやずいきの涙なるらん

imo no ha ni oku shiratsuyu no
tamaranu wa kore ya zuiki no namida naruran

This is a famous waka poem by Muso Kokushi, which gave the plant its name ZUIKI.

on the leaf of a taro
a white dewdrop lingers
and then falls off -
yes indeed this is
a tear of joy (of the Buddha)


zuiki 芋茎（ずいき）stem of the taro
Sato-Imo 里芋 taro


zuiki ... 芋茎 / 随喜
and Muso Kokushi 夢窓国師
and the ZUIKI MATSURI Festival in Kyoto.


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yes, this one truly shows that kigo is a deep and complex thing to do with a whole culture. I think it will take a long, long time for haiku-in-the West, or English-language haiku, to develop anything close to equivalent.
But like the culture of the bare earth, to farm or make a garden, we can begin.
Comments from AHA


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cherry blossoms

these cherry blossoms ah, these cherry blossoms cherry blossoms

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More
Cherry Blossom Walk




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stone walls and

stone walls and cherry blossoms - some haiku waiting to be born

Join me
Tsuyama Castle and Cherry Blossoms


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seed syllables

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seed syllables - the kigo seedlings begin to grow A seed syllable in a Japanese flower garland.

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There is one for every Buddha in the Buddhist Pantheon.
They are also used to meditate on it.

There is also a special meditation called AJIKAN for the seed syllables.
Reference : ajikan


Seed sylable mandala 種字　曼陀羅




Reference : seed syllables



For my RENKU friends.



. Temple Jindai-Ji 深大寺 and Sanskrit



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Datemaki

Datemaki ya the New Year starts on the stage

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Datemaki Egg Roll
WASHOKU : Egg Dishes (tamago)



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December 8

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demons in distress ...
a bowl of steaming soup
brings good luck



Joodoo-E Ceremony 成道会 Daikodaki 大根焚


ＷASHOKU : cooking radish soup, Jodoe 　

5000 radishes are cooked and served in 10.000 portions for two days to the parishers to celebrate the death day of Buddha on December 8, when Shakyamuni Buddha reached the final nirvana.
A bowl of soup costs 1000 Yen.



It was a very cold morning this year in Kyoto and the steam curling out of these many little bowls rising in the air could well frighten away anyone with a bad conscience.



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Ainu food

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Ainu food -
I look for medical herbs
in my own woods



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WASHOKU : Ainu Food アイヌ料理 Ainu ryoori 　





my inspiration for the above haiku


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echizen kurage

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Echizen kurage ...
a monster tamed with
miso paste







Checking about Washoku ...
the Echizen kurage are huge jellyfish at the coast of Echizen, lately bringing much harm to the local fishernets because of their enormous numbers and sheer size ...


And yes ...
if you have lemons, make lemonade, so the locals made it ...
chopped finely and eaten with a mix of miso paste and salted plum paste.

Enjoy Japanese Food, Culture and Haiku !
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/05/fukui.html




Echizen kurage 越前水母（えちぜんくらげ)
kigo for all summer
. WKD : Jellyfish (kurage) and related KIGO 　



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momijigari

counting momiji counting my blessings further up the mountains over the pass to Koshihata the smith's house CLICK for enlargement

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Lake Okutsu

Koshihata Village



Temple Entsuji









. "hunting for red leaves" momijigari
紅葉狩 (もみじがり) .


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murmur of waves

autumn equinox ... the murmur of waves slowly changes

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namakokabe

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LOOK
My visit to Katsuyama, Autumn 2008


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namakokabe　海鼠壁
Also written 生子壁
A traditional finish for *dozou-zukuri 土蔵造 and *ookabe-zukuri 大壁造 walls, devised to protect the vulnerable surface of the plaster from damage caused, in particular, by water. The wall surface is covered with rectangular flat tiles, *hiragawara 平瓦, held in position by nails, generally one at each corner of the tile, but sometimes passing through one more holes in the tile.

The interstices, meji 目地, between the tiles are then covered with fine plaster, *shikkui 漆喰, mounded up into a semicircular cross section, and modelled with great care to attain total regularity of form. It was from a resemblance perceived between the protective strips of plaster, designed to keep the water out, and the sea slug, namako 海鼠, that earned this wall-finishing technique its name.

The technique seems to have originated among the warrior elite and was first used in the early Edo period on the *nagaya 長屋 that surrounded warrior mansions, buke yashiki 武家屋敷. By the latter half of the Edo period, namakokabe were being widely used for vernacular houses, particularly on fireproof storehouses, *dozou 土蔵 and the walls of urban vernacular houses, *machiya 町家, and their outbuildings.

Geographically, it was most prominent in parts of western Japan, notably the San'in 山陰 and Sanyou 山陽 areas of western Honshuu 本州 and Shikoku 四国, and, from the 19c, further east, in the Izu 伊豆 peninsula. A considerable variety of design motifs were employed. In what are believed to have been the earliest types the tiles are simply set in straight horizontal rows with the joints of the different courses either aligned, (umanori meji 馬乗り目地) or staggered, (imomeji 芋目地). These did not shed water well, and soon deteriorated, so other patterns were tried, notably shihanbari 四半貼り, in which the tiles were hung diagonally, forming a lozenge or diamond-like pattern.

This pattern was the most efficient at shedding water and soon became the most common, though a range of still more decorative motifs were also developed, such as the *shippoumon 七宝文. When the nails were passed through holes in the tiles, circular blobs of plaster were used to cover their heads, thus creating another geometrical pattern.
source : JAANUS



. shakan, sakan 左官 plasterer, stucco master .
and shikkui　漆喰 lime plaster for the walls


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. WKD : namako 海鼠 sea cucumber, sea slug .
kigo for all winter


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higan

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烏鳴く　彼岸の朝の　烏鳴く
karasu naku higan no asa no karasu naku


crows crowing
on the morning of higan
crows crowing


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September 23
higan is the time to visit the graves of the ancesters.


. Autumn Equinox (aki higan) Japan


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autumn sunset

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Shiraishi Sunset September 2008
The Photo Album
From 01 to 70.



Benten Island Album






白石島　遍路　Shiraishi Island Henro Pilgrimage 2006



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