counting shadows

clear water of autumn - counting shadows counting fish

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Join me on a slide show of Lake Okutsu .
(36 photos)
Slide Show, take your time to enjoy!



Water clears (mizu sumu) Water in Autumn (aki no mizu)


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Gabi
the first haiku in particular is just wonderful!
I couldn't resist sharing it with my esperantist friends:


aŭtuna lumo klara
nombranta ombrojn
nombranta fiŝojn

tr. Darlington

Hajko en Esperanto

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Globalization

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globalization -
he serves the sushi fish
on french bread


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I am talking about Japanese food here, not Haiku !


click the smiley, grin ...


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This kind of SUSHI is maybe my own invention.

Since my husband's diet is without rice in the evening, we started placing the delicious sushi fish cuts from the local store on french bread ... and well ... it tastes great. I love the red caviar (ikura) best!


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Gabi, to me sushi means fish, which makes the word "fish" redundant.
But I may be wrong. (I do prefer the rhythm without "fish.")

a friend

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Dear friend

here is Japan, they put a lot of things on sushi rice (rice cooked with vinegar, sumeshi 酢飯), maybe I can pick up the details up later ...

cucumbers or aubergines or other vegetable, sorts of omelette and egg stuff (they cook it with a bit of sugar, it is a wee bit sweet)

raw chicken or raw horse meet (yes!!) with lots of wasabi for the faint of heart ...

other types of seafood of any kind like mussles and shripms ... and so on.




We usually buy an item called .. cut fish pieces for sushi rice .. at a special fish store and put it on the french bread, my husband is on a diet, but we do without most of the other ingredients.

Enjoy Japanese food and Japanese culture and Haiku on the sideline !

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Thanks for the information, Gabi.
To New Yorkers "sushi" means pretty much a way of preparing raw fish.
But, then, to New Yorkers, "haiku" means a light or humorous verse arranged in three lines of 5, 7, 5 syllables, e. g., "Haikus for Jews," "Haikus for Gays," "Haiku U."


The Conclusion of this discussion:
Raw Fish: Sashimi and Sushi

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And, Gabi, American definitions of "haiku" are still another story.
Your friend

... ... agreed, agreed, my dear American friend!


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WKD - Goldfish and KOI

. koi 鯉と伝説 Legends about carps - Karpfen .

. higoi 緋鯉 / ヒゴイ Legends about the Red Carp .

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鯉さんも 恋煩いあるか 夜熱し
koi san mo koi wazurai aru ka yoru atsushi

can a carp
get love-sick?
hot summer night


©　Gabi Greve, Summer 2007

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This is a play on the word KOI

koi, the carp　 鯉
koi, the love　　恋

koi wazurai, lovesick 恋煩い



©　PHOTO　aimako0358.hustle.ne.jp

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carp, koi　鯉
kigo for all summer

golden red carp, higoi 緋鯉 ひごい
"carp with freckles", madaragoi 斑鯉（まだらごい）
"sun carp", higoi 日鯉（ひごい）
"brocade carp", nishikigoi 錦鯉（にしきごい）、 Nishiki
"special carp", kawarigoi 変り鯉（かわりごい）
carp changing its color





Carp is a common name for various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.
©　Read the WIKIPEDIA !


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kigo for all summer

kingyo 金魚 goldfish
Goldfisch

some special names, all kigo

wakin 和金（わきん）"Japanese Gold"
ranchuu 蘭鋳（らんちゅう）
ryuukin 琉金（りゅうきん）
maruo 丸子（まるこ）"round kid"
onaga 尾長（おなが）"long tail"
demekin 出目金（でめきん）"eyes popping out"
shinakin 支那金（しなきん）chinese goldfish
shishigashira 獅子頭（ししがしら）"maks of a lion dancer"
oranda shishigashira 和蘭陀獅子頭（おらんだししがしら）
shuukin 秋金（しゅうきん）"autumn goldfish"
shubunkin 朱文金（しゅぶんきん）
kinranshi 錦蘭子（きんらんし）


gingyo 銀魚（ぎんぎょ）"silver fish"


. kingyouri kingyo uri 金魚売 (きんぎょうり)
vendor of goldfish 　




kingyodama 金魚玉 (きんぎょだま) round goldfish bowl

..... kingyobachi 金魚鉢（きんぎょばち）


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plant kigo for mid-summer

kingyosoo 金魚草 (きんぎょそう) "goldfish plant"
common snapdragon
Antirrhinum majus. Löwenmaul (lion's mouth) in German




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plant kigo for all summer

. kingyomo 金魚藻 "goldfish water weeds" .
..... matsumo 松藻（まつも) kind of hornwort）
matsubamo 松葉藻（まつばも）
Analipus japonicus
some of them are placed in goldfish bowls.


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kigo for late winter


kangoi 寒鯉 かんごい carp in the cold
itegoi 凍鯉（いてごい）freezing carp

kangoi tsuri 寒鯉釣（かんごいつり）
fishing for carp


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. Goldfish - a Hobby in Edo ! .

kingyo shiiku 金魚飼育 breeding goldfish
Before the advent of glass containers, people used pottery basins to look a the goldfish "from above" (uwami 上見）.



Breeders　tried to produce fish with an attractive back.
Later glass containers were used, and fish cold be
yokomi 横見 viewed from the side.



Individual goldfish where carried around in small glass bowls.

- source : hakomoto.com/kingyo -


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Past and Present: The History of Goldfish
The history of goldfish begins with the red species found among a group of wild “funa” also known as Crucian Carp, in the southern district of China some 2,000 years ago. These red ancestors have developed into the goldfish we are familiar with today through selective breeding over the centuries.
It is generally believed that goldfish were introduced to Japan from China in 1502, during the middle of Muromachi period. However, in those days, they were exclusively kept by the aristocrats and the wealthy as rare pets. It was not until the Meiji period, after the Edo military government was brought to end, that they became popular among common people.
The history of goldfish cultivation in Yamatokoriyama City is said to date back to 1724 when Lord Yanagisawa Yoshisato entered Yamatokoriyama domain from the realm of Kai (present Yamanashi prefecture). . . .
- source : city.yamatokoriyama.nara.jp -

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"Two Koi
Swimming Towards Happiness"　喜


- TigerHouseArt print studio　－


Two fishes are a symbol of good fortune throughout Asia.
They originally represented two rivers in India -- the Ganges and Yamuna, and in later centuries spread to China, Korea and Japan.
Since water is the source of life, food and wealth, the two fishes have become a standard ICON of good fortune throughout most of Asia.

- Thanks to Mark Schumacher, fb -


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引越しのたびに大きくなる金魚
hikkoshi no tabi ni ookiku naru kingyo

every time we move
the goldfish
grows bigger

Hoshino Tsunehiko 星野恒彦


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. Crucian carp (buna 鮒) in all seasons 　
Fam. Carassius


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fuku Daruma 福ダルマ / 福だるま / フクダルマ
goldfish named DARUMA




a goldfish
named ”Daruma” -
yes, we KAN

The new prime minister of Japan, Kan Naoto　菅直人, is now in office.
June 2010.


. Daruma Museum 　


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Koi Herpes Virus
Symptoms include a loss of coordination, skin lesions, sunken eyes, bleeding gills. The ranger tells us they'd lose thirty of the beloved old fish each day at the height of the epidemic. Even the survivors had to be euthanized. Since then, the pond has been drained, cleaned, treated, and now awaits new filters before restocking. The problem is that people still come to the garden to dump their outgrown pet store koi.

a flash of orange
deep in the isolation tank--
spawning season

Linda Papanicolaou
June 2010

Recently, the Yuki Teikei Haiku Club did its annual meeting at the Japanese Friendship Garden in San Jose, California. The central feature of the garden is a koi pond, once filled with fish that were a gift in 1966 from San Jose's sister city, Okayama! Part of our day's activities was a talk by one of the park rangers about their experiences with the Koi Herpes Virus, and a tour of the new fish that are waiting to be reintroduced.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Friendship_Garden_(Kelley_Park)
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/36708781
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/04/29/Virus-suspected-in-San-Jose-koi-deaths/UPI-88251241037108/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koi_herpes_virus


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Fish SAIJIKI


WASHOKU : Carp Dishes from Yonezawa, Yamagata 　


. ANIMALS in all SEASONS
SAIJIKI

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Scooping little Goldfish
kingyo sukui 金魚すくい

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Goldfish scooping
(金魚すくい, 金魚掬い Kingyo-sukui) is a traditional Japanese game in which a player scoops goldfish with a special scooper. It is also called, "Scooping Goldfish", "Dipping for Goldfish" or "Snatching Goldfish". "Kingyo" means goldfish and "sukui" means scooping. Sometimes bouncy balls are used instead of goldfish. Japanese summer festivals or ennichi commonly have a stall for this activity. Both children and adults enjoy the game.
The varieties of goldfish often used in goldfish scooping are "Koaka", "Demekin", and "Anekin".
Rules: .....
Requirements .....
Poi (ポイ poi)
The poi consists of a round plastic frame with a hand grip, and paper on the frame. The poi paper can break easily when put into water, so players should not move the poi too quickly. There are different classes of poi paper. No.7 (7号?) is weaker, and No.5 (5号?) is stronger. In some stalls, staff have unbreakable poi which consist of a net to scoop goldfish instead of paper.
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Utamaro Kitagawa "Kingyo"
喜多川歌麿　『金魚』



famous actor posing as a goldfish vendor
俳優見立夏商人 -- 金魚売り
歌川国貞 Utagawa Kunisada
At the handle of the bucket there are three little glass containers with the fish.


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(Summer 2011)
This summer, because of saving electricity and the general mood, there are less summer festivals with fireworks and most festivals close down at 6 in the evening, before it gets dark.
. Japan after the BIG earthquake .

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. Koi 鯉 carp and fish as folk toys




Yanai no kingyo choochin 柳井の金魚堤灯
goldfish lanterns from Yanagii

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Goldfish Lanterns in Yanai
..... Yanai is a small city with a population of just over 34,000.
..... Dating back to the Edo period and once home to Yanai’s prosperous merchant population, the Shirakabe no Machi is a charming district of cobbled streets and small shops selling local handicrafts.
..... Yes, goldfish. The whole city, but particularly the Shirakabe no Machi, is filled with them. Not real goldfish, but delicate paper lanterns that hang outside many of the houses, shops and restaurants. The story goes that, 150 years ago, some of Yanai’s merchants decided to make paper goldfish to entertain their children. They carefully stretched red-dyed tissue paper over bamboo frames, and then pasted on the large round eyes and flowing fins that make the lanterns so distinctive today.
..... On 13th August each year, the city comes to life when more than 2000 goldfish lanterns light up the streets in what is sometimes described as the ‘goldfish nebuta’,
- source : en.japantravel.com/yamaguchi - Amber Mezbourian -




柳井金魚ちょうちん祭り Yanai Goldfish Festival
- source : - city-yanai.jp/site/kanko


. Yamaguchi Folk Art - 山口県　 .

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CLICK for more of his parodies with goldfish. 金魚づくし
This is a parody on the fireworks, animals calling
Tamaya, Tamaya, 玉や玉や, a famous fireworks maker in Edo.


Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 / 金魚づくし kingyo zukushi

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. koi 鯉と伝説 Legends about carps - Karpfen .

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WKD - lizard tokage chameleon

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cutting trees -
a lizard watches
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lizard 蜥蜴 (とかげ) tokage

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Lizards are a large and widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 5,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains. The group, traditionally recognized as the suborder Lacertilia, is defined as all extant members of the Lepidosauria (reptiles with overlapping scales) which are neither sphenodonts (i.e., Tuatara) nor snakes. While the snakes are recognized as falling phylogenetically within the anguimorph lizards from which they evolved, the sphenodonts are the sister group to the squamates, the larger monophyletic group which includes both the lizards and the snakes.
Most lizard species are harmless to humans. Only the very largest lizard species pose threat of death; the Komodo dragon, for example, has been known to stalk, attack, and kill humans.

Gekkota
Active hunters, the Gekkota includes three families comprising the distinctive cosmopolitan geckos and the legless flap-footed lizards of Australia and New Zealand. Like snakes, the geckos and the flap-footed lizards lack eyelids. Unlike snakes, they use their tongues to clean their often highly developed eyes. While gecko feet have unique surfaces which allow them to cling to glass and run on ceilings, the flapfoot has lost its limbs. The three families of this suborder are:
Family Eublepharidae – Eublepharid Geckos
Family Gekkonidae – Geckos
Family Pygopodidae – Flap-footed Lizards
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !
lizzard
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KIGO for various seasons

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kigo for spring

tokage ana o izu 蜥蜴穴を出づ (とかげあなをいづ )
lizzard coming out of his hole
togake ana o deru 蜥蜴穴を出る（とかげあなをでる）
tokage izu 蜥蜴出づ（とかげいづ） lizard coming out
kigo for mid-spring



AUSTRALIA
dragon lizard
kigo for spring

Goanna / Monitor Lizard
topic for haiku in Australia


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all summer

tokage 蜥蜴 (とかげ) lizard
aotokage 青蜥蜴（あおとかげ）
ruritokage 瑠璃蜥蜴（るりとかげ）
shimatokage 縞蜥蜴（しまとかげ）


kurotokage 黒蜥蜴 black tokage
. . . CLICK here for TOKAGE Photos !



yamori 守宮 (やもり) Japanese gecko
... 屋守（やもり, ヤモリ）
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imori 井守 (いもり) newt, eft, kind of salamander
akahara 赤腹（あかはら）
ibo imori イボイモリ (Tylototriton andersoni)
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source :　library666.seesaa.net

sanshoouo, sanshoo uo
山椒魚 さんしょううお salamander
..... hanzaki はんざき / 鯢 "cut in half"
(referring to the tail that might come off in danger, but the animal is not killed by this)
Hanzaki Daimyojin 鯢大明神 from Okayama
岡山県真庭市の湯原温泉の旅館街に祀られています。鯢はオオサンショウウオの別名です。
- 鯨鯢供養の地域的展開－捕鯨地域を中心に / by 松崎憲三


..... hashigami uo 椒魚（はしがみうお）"mountain pepper fish"
aburame 油魚（あぶらめ）"oil fish"
hatake dojoo はたけどじょう "loach of the field"
Hakone sanshoo uo 箱根山椒魚（はこねさんしょううお）
"salamander from Hakone"
Fuji sanshoo uo 富士山椒魚（ふじさんしょううお）
"salamander from Mount Fuji"


The hanzaki
is an aggressive salamander that grabs its prey with its powerful jaws.

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the Hanzaki is harmless... but others seem to disagree, as it does possess a good bite and has bitten humans prying too near its underwater home. Granted, the salamander in the River Monsters video is pretty pissed off at being unceremoniously ripped from its hiding hole.

. . . Anyhow ... here's some facts:
also known as the giant pepper fish (Ōsanshōuo
(オオサンショウウオ/大山椒魚)
lives to about 80 years of age - a captive one live for 52 years;
5-feet (1.524 meters) long;
50 pounds (22.7 kilograms);
long muscular body;
has hands and fingers;
has rows of hidden teeth inside its mouth;
eats fish, but will swallow it whole, where the fish is alive inside it until its gastric juices kill it;
nocturnal;
lives in cool, clear streams;
when threatened it releases a milky substance that smells like pepper;
poor eyesight;
has sensory cells along body that help it hunt and sense prey;
lays eggs under water - two eggs sacs each containing about 70 eggs at a time;
2nd-largest salamander in world after Chinese Giant Salamander at 1.8 meters (6-feet);
survivor from the Upper Jurassic age of 140 million years ago.

According to a story from Japan, about 400 years ago in Asahigawa Asahi River at a placed called Ryuto-ga-fuchi (Dragon's Head Abyss) locals say there was a giant Giant Salamander that was 11 meters (36 feet) in length with a body diameter of about 5.5 meters (18 feet).
... So... do the legends of the Japanese Kappa water spirit owes it origins to the Hanzaki Japanese giant salamander?
We'll never know, of course, unless someone invents a WayBack Machine... but it seems as good a place to start as any.
source : Andrew Joseph



. Kappa names - hanzaki はんざき . 　
- The Kappapedia Blog -


. hazekoi はぜ鯉 sanshouo 山椒魚 Salamander .
6 legends about the salamander to explore


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kigo for mid-summer

yamori o tsuku 守宮を搗く (やもりをつく)
pounding a gecko
imori o tsuku 井守を搗く（いもりをつく）pounding a newt
imori no in 井守の印（いもりのしるし） seal of a newt

In ancient China it was believed that when you smear the body of a woman with the blood of a yamori, the red color could not be washed off, only if she sleeps with a man would it disappear. To give a proof of the chastity of the concubines in the Imperial Palace, it was the custom on May 5 to pound these animals and smear the blood on the girls' bodies. (Hence the spelling of Japanese characters, meaning "protector of the palace".)
This custom was practised in Japan for some time, it seems.


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kigo for mid-autumn

tokage ana ni iru 蜥蜴穴に入る（とかげあなにいる）
lizard begins to hibernate
"lizard goes into his hole"


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Not a kigo

. Komodo Dragon (Indonesia ) 　


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found on the way

imori no kuroyaki いもりのくろやき(井守の黒焼（き）)
love potion
A mail and female newt are smoldered black and then made into a powder, which is put secretly into the glass of ricewine or other drink of your darling-to-be.

WASHOKU :
Love potion (horegusuri 惚薬) Liebestrunk


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Australia

. Skink lizzard, Blue-tongued skink .
the skink family (Scincidae)

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Florida, USA

Ameiva, commonly called jungle-runners, is a genus of whiptail lizards that belongs to the family of Teiidae. Member species are found in South America, Central America, Mexico, and throughout various islands of the Caribbean. Additionally, the Giant Ameiva has been introduced to Florida in the United States.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !

They are around all year and thus a topic for haiku.


june morning -
a giant ameiva
runs from a bird

- Shawn Lee Whitney - JOJ -


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Kenya

Chameleon
topic for haiku

bright morning -
a colored chameleon
on a flower vase

Elung'ata Barrack, Kenya


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(kamereon in Japanses カメレオン, a kind of tokage)


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a chameleon
slowly crossing the road . . .
Longido Hills

Patrick Wafula

Arusha Diary 2010


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a salamander peeps
through a cracked wall-
sudden light

Andrew Otinga


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chameleon --
my cousin screams
while running away


coffee plant --
a chameleon turns
to green colour

Douglas Nugi


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YEMEN

Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)



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HAIKU


old tree--
into its stillness
a grass lizard

roh mih, Manila, Philippines


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how small!
the lizard
I am afraid of

- Shared by Hengameh Ahmadi -
Joys of Japan, August 2012


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old pine --
a lizard leaves its tail
in my fingers

- Shared by Ed Bremson -
Joys of Japan, August 2012



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Amida Buddha 阿弥陀如来

Anemones ... アネモーネの朝露

..... Asian Haiku Trevelogue
China, Taiwan, Thailand and more .....

Autumn Days 。。。秋の天高し

Autumn Festival 2005 秋祭り、境神社

Autumn Flowers 2002　秋の花
..... Autumn Flowers 2005 　雨粒と花　Raindrops
..... Autumn 2005

Autumn Leaves 2005 紅葉

Azalea and Shaka つつじとお釈迦様


Badgers / Tanuki in my Garden 2005 狸

Bamboo 竹の物語

Birds, our Birds 鳥 の話. Our Roof. 我屋根

Black Sheep 黒き羊

Bonsai 盆栽

Bridges .. 橋

Buddha's Footprints (Bussokuseki) 　　仏足石

Buddha's Voice Frog 仏の声の蛙

Buds in Winter 冬の命
..... Dry Flowers 冬の命


Camellia / Tsubaki 椿

Carpet Meditations 2007

Cats in Paradise .. O-Tsu and Haiku-Kun お津と俳句くん、猫の天国

Cat and the Mouse .. Fun with my Computer

CHINA 中国の旅
..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: China
..... Autumn Memories Keilin, Guilin 桂林

Cicada Birthday 050725 　蝉の誕生　semi セミ

Cold Morning 　寒い朝、2006

Cooking a Cat ! 猫と一杯, 2005　夏

Cherry Blossoms <> Sakura .. 桜　桜　桜 2005

Cherry Blossom Lake Saigyo and our Lake 西行法師 2005

Cherry Blossom Road 桜道　2005

Chrysanthemums, Fireworks 花火菊 2005

Clouds in my Valley 谷に雲

Clouds after the Rain Chinese Ink Painting, July 2005 中国の墨絵

Clouds at Lake Tomada 雲と池の早春 2005

Cold coming back 寒戻り　2005年3月

Cold Samui 寒い朝 First time below zero, 2005

Cosmos Flowers 　コスモス、秋桜


Mt. Daisen 2005 , Beachflowers and WIND

Decoration Flowers Takahashi Temples, 0507

Dew Tsuyu 朝露

Dimensions ヂメンシオン


Fallen Leaves - Ochiba 落ち葉

First Snow .. 初雪　2005年

First Shrine Visit 2006 Hatsu Mode

First Sunrise 2005 .. 初日の出

Frankenfood, frankengrass, franken rice genetically modified problems



Ghost Stories お化けの話　：o)

Goldenrod (seitaka awadachisoo) 　　背高泡立草

Graves in the Mist 霞に墓


Healing Power 癒しと俳句と祈り

Henro Pilgrims 遍路と無縁仏

Illusions with Fish 空想と魚

..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: INDIA


..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: JAPAN 1977

Jizoo　地蔵 .. a smiling Stone friend


Kannon, the Bosatsu of Mercy 　観音菩薩
.. .. .. Horseheaded Kannon
.. .. .. Kannon in the winter sun, 2006


Karl the Froggie 　　.. 蛙とカラー
..... Frog in Buddha's Eye 仏の目にカール君

KOAN and Haiku (01) .. 公案と俳句
KOAN and Haiku (02) .. Dreams 夢
KOAN and Haiku (03) .. Original face and Immortality

Koya-san in Wakayama .. Ginko　.. Haiku-walk


Lake and Clouds　　池と雲

Last Fudo Ceremony 2005 Osame-Fudo 　収め不動

Lily, My Kannon-Lily 観音ユリ
..... July 2006 : Lily in the Rain 2006年の観音百合

Love 　ミモサと愛情　Mimosa

LOTUS 蓮、蓮華の花


Magnolia 木蓮　Mokuren

MANDALA .. Just the Beginning　。。曼荼羅

Medicine Buddha : Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来


.. .. .. .. Mimasaka Haiku
.. .. .. .. From the Province where I live in Japan.
..... 　Mimasaka, Postal Town of Doi: My Haiku Walk December 2006
美作市土居宿 , 出雲街道


Moss 石に苔
... Moss at Mt. Mitoku, October 2006

Mother, for my mother

Mountain Gods Yama no kami 　山の神

Mountains smiling Yama Warau 山笑う

November 2006


Outhouse Joy ..便所の話


Peace, August 6, 2006 Introducing Okamoto Taro　岡本太郎と平和

Pine <> Matsu 松の木

Pottery and Haiku 焼物と俳句


Quietude and the Galactic Ant 　静けさと蟻のクシャミ
..... The Sound of Wind, Sound of Clouds (essay) 風の音、雲の音、お茶の音


Rain dripping ..雨もまだ

Rain, Prayer of Rain on my roof 屋根に雨の祈り, September 2006

Rainy Season Tsuyu 　梅雨さなかに　満福
..... Rainy Season, Whow ! July 2006 2006年のすごい梅雨

Reflections .. Graves in a mirror 。。田舎の墓


Sea of Clouds 秋の雲海、2005　Autumn

Shelter 仏様にまかせる。。。

Shintoo Shrine 神道と宮

Shiraishi Island, a Pilgrim's Path 。。。白石島の遍路道、June 2006

Silence 静けさ ... Silence 2005

Simple Daily Happiness 簡単な毎日の幸せ


SNOW
..... snowed in December 2005
Snowman Daruma, Yukidaruma .. .. 雪だるま
First Snow 2006


Spring 2006 2006年の春

Soaring Mind 鳶の話　Tobi

Spiders in Paradise 。。極楽の蜘蛛

Spring Weeds 2006, a HAIKU WALK 雑草の春の色

Stone Buddhas .. 石仏
... Amida Buddha
　　　　　... Arhats in Stone 五百羅漢
... Buddha's Footprints (Bussokuseki) 仏足石
　　　　　... Buddha's Voice (Shakyamuni)
... Azalea and Shaka (Shakyamuni)
... Horseheaded Kannon　馬頭観音
... Snow Night Meditation (Shakyamuni)
... Walking with the Gods 神様の散歩道


Stone Garden 石庭、小堀作

Stone Wall 我が家の石垣


............ SUMMER

Summer Flowers 夏の花々

Summer Iris 杜若

Summer Metamorphosis 夏の変化

Summer Morning 夏の朝、酔仙翁・スイセンノウ

Summer Sky 夏の空


Sunbeam for us all ! 皆のための太陽
..... Sunset in Pink, August 2006


..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: TAIWAN

Tanada .. Terraced Rice Fields in my Area 大垪和の棚田

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. Tao, Dao and Haiku 道教と俳句
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. Tao of a useless tree 　

..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: THAILAND

Tokei-Ji in Kamakura, January 2006

NEW in 2007: Travelogue through Asia
..... Photos and Haiku from my various trips. China, Taiwan, Thailand

Trees, my best friends ..　巨木
................................ Camphor Tree Kusunoki 楠木　くすのき
................................ Tao of a useless tree 　

Trumpet Creeper 　　凌霄花　のうぜんかずら

Tulips 　　チューリップの嵐

Typhoon Tokage in Japan October 23, 2004 　台風トカゲ

Typhoon Nabi 14 September 2005 　台風14号
............................... Green Apples fallen by the typhoon　青林檎
............................... Humans Powerless Katrina 2005


Universe sparkles .. 宇宙の物語

Voice of Buddha .. .. Frogs Farting :o) 。。蛙の屁


Weeds, my Wonderful Weeds

Wild Boars Inoshishi　猪の訪問

Windows Temple Window Shapes お寺の窓の形

Winter 200/06, from December 2005 2005/6年の冬

Winter Wonders ..冬物語

Wisdom 知恵と無知恵

Woodpecker きつつき

Yin and Yang Cats ..陰と陽と猫

Zen Riddles with BEE ..ミツバチと禅
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Haiku and Moments

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. QUOTES . .. .. .. .. .. to enjoy haiku even more


Hundred Years with Haiku
Translation from Japanese Haikupoets older than 90 years

Introducing Japanese Haiku Poets　

Saijiki for Buddhist Events .. 『俳句仏教歳時記』

Shikoku Summer 2005 Our own Haiku Pilgrimage　四国遍路

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......................... Some of my Haiku Theory


Contents of the Archives

One Haiku, two Ideas The Basics

English Spelling and Punctuation

One-Line Haiku : three sections, three lines

THEORY : Counting on your fingers: 5-7-5 Cultural Differences

THEORY : Why 5-7-5 ? or rather, WHY NOT in English!

Japanese Spelling and the Hepburn System Romaji

THEORY : Why 5-7-5 ? or rather, WHY NOT in English!

GINKOO, a Haiku Walk 吟行

Gijinka, Personification : some thoughts

Technical Support and Haiku Theory ARCHIVES

Teaching Haiku to Children / also usuful for adults



Translating Haiku, my special forum for all your questions


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.. .. .. Health and Happiness

Daruma teaching visceral wisdom

Mead and your Health, Kneipp and Dioskurides
..... ミードと健康の話、デイオスクリデスの有名な薬学集

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。。。。。。。。　Enjoy My Japan and My Haiku !

© 。。Gabi Greve 2004
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/


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