10/18/2010

pine and gate

  
  



look at this pine !
a home is growing
fairytales



19 pine above the gate








. 亀甲 - Kamenoko in Okayama   


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Tamago Egg Festival

  
  

たまごまつり 
Egg Festival in Kamenoko



亀甲黄福通りに遊びに来てみんちゃい~
美咲町

2010年10月18日(日)10:00~15:00



06 tensui no sato tent



07 tensui vegetables


10 tensui no sato stamp

"Tensui no Sato" Club
A group of my village, Ohaga


. 天水の郷クラブ Tensui no Sato



20 Egg Festival Eggs


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写真集 






. Egg (tamago, ran 卵) and KIGO  


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10/13/2010

dear flower

  
  



dear flower -
please teach me to grow old
so gracefully




10 growing old gracefully









. My Lady Murasaki


. Yellow Orchids




04 clouds reflected

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Takitani Pond Album






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No one gets out of here alive.

although we all like to believe
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our death is inevitable


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. Autumn flowers and kigo  



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Lady Murasaki

  
  




22 colors of hope






Lady Murasaki
tries on her new robes -
just for me





23 natural colors








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. Murasaki the Color and Kigo

Genji Monogatari and Murasaki Shikibu ... 紫式部




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orchids

  
  




15 yellow orchids by the roadside




haiku TBA



17 two orchid faces




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. Orchids and kigo  



. Autumn flowers and kigo



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10/11/2010

ten past ten

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ten past ten -
a long minute
for a short wish





Today is the tenth day
of the tenth month in the year
two thousand and ten.




Sunday (10/10/10)
Sunday, October 10, 2010








Double Tenth Day in Taiwan
10/10 The national day in Taiwan,
the anniversary of the Wuchang rebellion of 1911.



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10/10/2010

Autumn Festival

  
  

02 autumn festival at Ichi no Miya Shrine




autumn festival -
ever more moss
on the pines




05 moss and stone




06 the pine stem




07 more moss








. Wadakita Autumn Festival 2010
Photo Album ... start here
 



01 Wadakita Aki Matsuri .. Till Nr. 35


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9/28/2010

colors of hope Tanada

  
  




Tanada 01 higanbana till 05




before the storm -
all the colors
of hope




Tanada 04 just one yellow




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before the storm -
all the colors
of hope




Tanada 05 storm coming












TANADA 棚田 大垪和西

. Ohaga Nishi - the Terraced Rice Fields  



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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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. Abason Village 阿波村 my TEXT  



. Abason ... my Photo Album  




. 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

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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
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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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