9/26/2010

cosmos

  
  



F08 colorful cosmos



dear cosmos !
he points with his finger
at grandma






F07 pind and white cosmos








. kosumosu コスモス cosmos  

akizakura 秋桜(あきざくら) "autumn cherry"  



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Abason Village Visit

 




Chiiwa shrine 千磐神社

famous for its huge trees and clear water





06 stone water basin


water clears -
to quench the thirst
of all the demons








Abason, 阿波村, the village of Aba in Northern Okayama, north to Tomada district and bordering to Tottori, with a small pass leading over the mountains to Chizu town.


The shrine Chiiwa Jinja 千磐神社 looked rather forelorn and not in use. The wooden stage for the lion dance was in a very bad shape, certainly not ready to be used for this year's autumn festival.


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. Chizu 智頭 (Tottori)  


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In summer, the demons are out there in the heat :

邪鬼が踏む大和盆地の暑さかな
jaki ga fumu Yamato bonchi no atsusa kana

as if the demons
tread on the Yamado plains -
this heat


Kadokawa Haruki 角川春樹 (1942 - )


This year the summer heat was especially HOT, and it seems all demons had come out to dance in all of Japan. ....

seeing this huge bolder as a natural basin reminded me that the cool water of the River Yoshiigawa will now bring coolness to Okayama as will all the other rivers bring coolness to the other over-heated parts of Japan.



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. Water clears (mizu sumu)  
kigo for all autumn



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9/23/2010

one day at a time

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one day at a time -
we all have to cope
with life




For a Haiku Friend.




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9/19/2010

orange delight

  
  





F14 the crown is hers




here comes the queen -
she wears her crown
with dignity






F13 one more yellow face





F15 among the flowers



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F06 one yellow face




F05 orange cosmos










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Autumn Flowers 2010
 



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9/18/2010

spider and tanada

  
  




19 spider and Tanada whow




autumn deepens -
does the spider know
the big picture ?









06 Tanada valley








Tanada
LOOK at the terraced rice fields of today

. Photo Album : Rice Fields





Flowers ...  a hungry visitor butterfly

LOOK at the flowers and animals by the roadside

. Photo Album : Flowers by the Roadside



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9/17/2010

What’s a Basho?

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What’s a Basho?

This question has been asked (jokingly),
but I will try and answer with kigo.

We have to consider the spelling, basho and bashoo with a long-sounding oo in Japanese:





spring tournament, haru basho 春場所 (はるばしょ)
summer tournament, natsu basho 夏場所
shichigatsu basho 七月場所 (しちがつばしょ)
Nagoya basho 名古屋場所(なごやばしょ)Nagoya Grand Sumo
. Grand Sumo KIGO




bashoo 芭蕉 (ばしょう) plantain, banana plant ( Musa paradisiaca)
Japanese Skunk Cabbage , mizu bashoo (Lysichiton camtschatcense)
. bashoo in plant names




. bashoofu 芭蕉布(ばしょうふ) "banana fiber cloth"




Matsuo Basho, a Haiku Poet  
松尾芭蕉 (Matsuo Bashoo)







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The question is here

Is Haiku Poetry?
A Quiz of THF The Haiku Foundation

Is Haiku Poetry? / 4th POSITION




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9/16/2010

Japan in London

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Japan in London ...
my childhood dream
come true




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I went to school in London for a while,
getting immersed in Japanese Buddhist art and culture at the museums . . .


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Charnwood celebrates Japan in the Heart of London

Join us on the path to UK2K12 and contribute to the
London Japan Matsuri 2010
wherever in the world you are!

‘Haikumania’ Rides Again!
Haiku poets Paul Conneally and Kevin Ryan will revive their work with Loughborough based Charnwood Arts to launch a new two year programme of Haikumania projects beginning at the London Japan Matsuri 2010 at Spitalfields this Saturday, 18th September.
This event is in partnership with The Japan Society.

Haikumania at the Matsuri will involve a series of interactive haiku activities exploring Spitalfields Market and the surrounding area.

Haikumania will lead ‘Ginko‘, haiku walks, through and around the market and responding to the event itself. The resulting works will be displayed on a large 18 feet x 6 feet board featuring images, haiku and map references to the area and will be collected together to share back to participants later.


Details are HERE
. Haikumania in London


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London

is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, and the largest city, urban zone and metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium.
London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its square-mile medieaval boundaries.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !




London -
the Thames aspires to the sea
Big Ben's sound


- Shared by Gennady Nov -
Haiku Culture Magazine, 2013



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Years later after my stay in London, moving to Japan
I wrote two books about Buddhist art.


. Buddhastatuen ... Who is Who
Ein Wegweiser zur Ikonografie
von japanischen Buddhastatuen
 
ISBN 4-938864-01-0



. Buddhistische Kultgegenstände Japans  
ISBN 4-938864-05-3


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9/11/2010

writers block

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writer's BLOG -
I start a new one
on BLOGGER



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Any kind of expectation creates a problem.

We should accept, but not expect.
Whatever comes, accept it.
Whatever goes, accept it.

The immediate benefit is
that your mind is always peaceful.



Sri Swami Satchidananda
http://www.yogaville.org/

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When a haiku comes to mind, accept it ...
When no haiku comes to mind, accept it ...
(and do not call it writers block with negative feelings)


coming and going <>
to the haiku mind
no difference



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woodpecker drumming

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early morning -
a woodpecker's drumming
fills the valley


After the typhoon, mornings have become cool and I can leave the windows wide open ... this woodpecker seems to drum on the bamboo, it reverberates in a low tone all over the place and he is very powerfull, no breaks, just hammering away ...




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. woodpecker, kitsutsuki 啄木鳥  

kigo for all autumn



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our woodpecker working in this spring

02 woodpecker all round


01 woodpecker hole



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9/08/2010

uraja

  
  



URAJA
URA JA
URA URA URA JA















My Okayama Life

. URA JA - Kagura and Local Lore


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9/07/2010

typhoon 09

  
  








typhoon approaching -
I wish myself
a "bad night"









The first bouts of rain where quite amazing ... whowww ...
the gutters could not hold that amount of rain

Now it is only nine in the evening, and more to come ...



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NEXT MORNING at 6:00


The night was not too bad here in Ohaga ...
and now most of the rice in the fields is flattened ...




. Typhoon 09 / 台風9号



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9/06/2010

BIG BROTHER

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