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2/15/2010

egret


  
 



  
 
 


this egret -
out of a gray cloud
into a gray cloud




  
 
 








and then slowly out of sight
over our roof on this rainy morning



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a little later, while walking up the road to get the newspaper



rainy morning -
three pheasants take off
from the withered field





KIGO
. egret in winter, fuyu sagi 冬鷺 (ふゆさぎ)
nokorisagi 残り鷺(のこりさぎ)
 



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11/02/2007

violet chrysanthemum

  
  



01 morning chrysanthemum



good morning !
she nodds in the
autumn sunshine




02 detail





shadows
in the flower heart -
her outstreched arms




05 detail shadows






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01 redyellow chrysanthemums


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03 CLICK for enlargement !



04 some more



05 just one









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6/26/2009

all the birds

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early summer morning
I am
all the birds




autumn sunset
I am
all the colors




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my . MORNING . haiku



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Philosophy or not ?

Instead of regarding Heaven as great and admiring it,
Why not foster it as a thing and regulate it?

Instead of obeying Heaven and singing praise to it.
Why not control the Mandate of Heaven and use it?

Instead of looking on the seasons and waiting for them,
Why not respond to them and make use of them?

Instead of letting things multiply by themselves,
Why not exercise your ability to transform [and increase] them?

Instead of thinking about things as things,
Why not attend to them so you won't lose them?

Instead of admiring how things come into being,
Why not do something to bring them to a fun development?

Hsun Tzu, Han-Dynasty period

quote from
A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy
Wing-Tsit Chan

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963


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12/21/2007

sunny morning

  
  



winter morning <>
I share a sunny moment
just with myself







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9/29/2008

rainy morning

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rainy morning ...
the sea of clouds wraps around
distant mountains





Typhoon Nr. 15 is approaching !




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2/18/2008

short lifespan

  
  




02 monochrome tiles



morning meditation -
the short lifespan
of snow patterns




01 Monday manhole till Nr. 09






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This morning meditation is a kind of Quigong, standing position 站椿功 , for about 10 minutes, during which time the snow was all gone.




For those who might need a more concrete imagery in the last two lines ...


snow patterns -
my cat passes
without a glance






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7/19/2008

very early morning

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cicadas, frogs 'n crows ...
the sounds of my valley
above the clouds



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The rainy season is over, but still the moisture of the nearby lake producing a "Sea of Clouds" in the early morning hours.

The scene of life below my window is breathtaking!


The photo is one of the evening delights.


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4/28/2009

morning meditation

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morning meditation -
his gentle snore
and birdsong





THE BIRD SAIJIKI
saezuri 囀 (さえずり)
twittering of birds, chirping, warbling, birdsong



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1/25/2008

snow and icicles

  
  





03 one drop



midnight -
the icicles grow
steadily





01 foxes at night





ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo




06 early morning Buddha



early morning
meditation in snow
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Enjoy my snow !
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1/15/2010

cold spell

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I am almost glued
to my warm futon ...
icy morning



We have quite a cold spell, with minus 5 centigrade
in the morning and about

a warm PLUS ZERO during daytime ...





A warm Hamburger Futon !




. FUTON ... some warm KIGO



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1/30/2011

icicles and Kisagata

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cold sunshine -
the icicles refuse
to melt

rondo in my valley -
now snowfall
now sunshine


Morning minus seven centigrade
Mid-day minus three centigrade



next morning, Monday 31

minus nine -9℃ 



kylmä auringon paiste -
jääpuikot kieltäytyvät
sulamasta


My Icicle haiku in Finnish, translated by
Juhani Tikkanen
(facebook)


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and this is how America feels in the last few days, too much snow

Snow My Gosh
Snomageddon
Snowpocalypse
Snowtorious
Snowzilla

all snover again

Mega Snowstorm Pounds Moves East with Snow, Ice, Freezing Temperatures

A colossal winter storm dropping snow and ice from Texas to Maine has left two thirds of the nation facing downed power lines, shuttered highways and thousands of airport cancellations.
source : abcnews.go.com


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drinking at the lake
first it is sunny
then it rains

SU DONG-PO (1037-1101)


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象潟の欠をかぞへて鳴千鳥
kisagata no kake wo kazoete naku chidori

counting the remains
of Kisa Lagoon...
a singing plover


This haiku has the prescript: "Into the bowels of the earth." Kisa Lagoon (Kisagata) was ravaged by an earthquake in Sixth Month, 1804. The effect, according to Shinji Ogawa, was that the seabed was raised and the "beautiful scenery like a miniature archipelago suddenly became dry land."
Tr. and comment, David Lanoue


象潟や蛍まぶれの早苗舟
kisagata ya hotaru mabure no sanae fune

Kisagata lagoon -
fireflies sparkle
around the rice-planting boat


. Kobayashi Issa  小林一茶 .


When I visited Kisakata in Akita, it was not a lagoon any more, an earthquake in 1804 had lifted the ground and many former islands where standing above the ground.
The landscape is most impressive, often compared to the islands of Matsushima.






象潟や 雨に西施が ねぶの花
kisakata ya ame ni seishi ga nebu no hana

Kisagata lagoon,
in the rain Xishi,s eyes are closed
blossoms of the silk tree

Tr. Massih


A flowering silk tree in the sleepy rain of Kisakata
Reminds me of Lady Seishi
In sorrowful lament
Tr. Nobuyuki Yuasa

Matsuo Basho


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Matsuo Basho - Oku no Hosomichi
. Tsuruoka and Kisakata 鶴岡 と 象潟 (きさかた).


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8/07/2010

lavender spotlight

  
  




waiting for the morning sun
























burning bush -
the long wait for
the sun




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And here is its friend next-door

. Lady Sunflower  




. rabendaa ラベンダー lavender
KIGO
  



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10/28/2007

Misty Morning

  
  



GokuRakuAn in the morning mist

03 GokuRakuAn Hermitage



Ancestors Graves

05 susuki grass



Susuki Grass Wilderness

06 susuki wilderness END






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12/31/2008

pheasant

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early morning -
a pheasant hollers
right above me



There were two of them in two groves opposite the valley, having a long conversation right across space, even outmouthing the crows today.

And then the one in the bushes near my home took off to meet the friend over there, and flapped right above me, hollering all the way, with his most unusual silouhette and flapping wings against the light morning sky !

A scene of wonder indeed !


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Pheasant (kiji) Japan : KIGO for early spring


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8/14/2007

Early Morning

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early morning -
the joy to be
BACK again



gentle rain
on the parched fields -
Namu Amida Butsu




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4/23/2011

First Swallow - MEMO

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First swallow record of many years ...



Swallow, Tsubame, a kigo
first swallow, hatsu tsubame 初燕



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hatsu tsubame ...
so early, so early,
why did you come ?







April 6, 2007

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First Typhoon of the Season 2007

Next, we have Frost in the Morning !

Worried about climate changes !



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hatsu tsubame, April 10, 2008



first swallow -
the cherries in full bloom
and chirping in the sky



first swallow -
the silcenc after
a busy day


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hatsu tsubame, April 23, 2011


first swallow -
the rainy sky turns
sunny






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hatsu tsubame, April 4, 2012


first swallow -
trying to cruize
the spring storm


A typhoon-like weather pattern is over Japan since yesterday, this morning was ice on the water basin.


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. Ohaga Michi no Eki .


hatsu tsubame, April 13, 2016

With the cherry blossoms just scattering . . .



hatsu tsubame, April 16, 2017


hatsu tsubame, April 1, 2021
The cherry blossoms were 2 weeks earlier this year ! Global Wariming !



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1/09/2010

life's lessons

  
  




06 frosty morning






life's lessons -
the fast change from
frost to sunshine



09 from frost to sunshine





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4/18/2007

Cold morning

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cold spring morning -
a sip of hot tea
from the new tea cup



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1/07/2008

Frosty morning

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frosty morning -
sipping hot tea
sipping happiness




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3/03/2007

WKD - Sleep ... in various seasons

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春眠や 古井戸の水 ピチャピチャと
shunmin ya furu-ido no mizu picha-picha to



sleepy in spring ー
the water of our well
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The color code is 9ec2be, Japanese water's color
水色(みずいろ).



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KIGO for all spring

sleepy in spring, spring sleepiness,
spring slug-abed 春眠 shunmin

..... shunsui 春睡(しゅんすい)
..... haru no nemuri 春の眠(はるのねむり)sleep in spring
..... haru nemushi 春眠し(はるねむし)

asane 朝寝 (あさね) sleeping late in the morning

haru no yume 春の夢 (はるのゆめ) dream in spring


.SAIJIKI ... HUMANITY
Kigo for Spring
 


kigo for SPRING
Früjahrsmüdigkeit


虫売のかごとがましき 朝寝哉
mushi uri no kagotogamashiki asane kana

The insect seller
Pretends it's summer, or so it seems, and
Sleeps in this morning.

Tr. Thomas McAuley

This is a pun on kago 籠 cage for insects , kagotogamashi かごとがまし someone who likes to complain and kagoto 託言 someone who has to comment on anything.

. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .


. mushi-uri 虫売り dealer for insects .
kigo for autumn

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.First Dream, hatsu-yume 初夢
sleep and dream kigo for the New Year 


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kigo for all summer


. hirune, hiru-ne 昼寝 (ひるね) nap, Mittagsschlaf
gosui 午睡(ごすい)afternoon nap
hirunezame 昼寝覚(ひるねざめ)wake up from a nap
hiruneoki 昼寝起(ひるねおき)get up from a nap
hirunebito 昼寝人(ひるねびと)person taking a nap
sanjakune 三尺寝(さんじゃくね) "short nap"
lit. "as long as three shaku"




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nebie 寝冷 (ねびえ) getting chilled whilst sleeping

nebieko 寝冷子(ねびえご) child getting chilled whilst sleeping
When children move around while sleeping, they loose the cover and their sweaty bodies in the cooling air get cold, chilled and they easily catch a cold. Now with airconditioning this is a severe problem, so mothers watch over the little ones and put the covers back in place.


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kigo for late summer

sotone, soto-ne 外寝 (そとね) sleeping outside
On the veranda or in a cool place of the garden.



. SAIJIKI ... HUMANITY - - - Kigo for Summer  


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- quote - Susumu Takiguchi about Ono Rinka 大野林火 (1904~1982)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . my peaceful slumber


"It is only in modern times that the Japanese became conscious of the question of 'ego.' [I wonder if this is really true.] This is mainly because the concept was brought to Japan from the West when it opened its shores in the mid-19th century, ending a seclusion policy that had stood for generations.

"The question of whether or not to bring ego (subjective viewpoints)into haiku became acute with Shiki Masaoka, one of the pioneers ofintroducing Western learning and culture. It was Kyoshi Takahama whoperfected the theory that haiku should be directed by objectiveviewpoints and that it is only through an objective sketch of what one sees that one's subjective view will be given the chance to manifest itself. Others were not that bothered by the ego issue. One such was Rinka Ohno (1904-1982). He was convinced that haiku started from 'self.'

mi o tsukarasete/shunya o nemuru/sube oboe

learning the knack
of sleeping on a spring night...
making myself exhausted


"Spring is a sleepy season. For most people, that is. Therefore, something must be wrong with a person who has insomnia in spring. That is why this haiku becomes very personal, talking about the author's personal circumstance. I have done exactly the same thing he describes, doing something to make myself so tired that I cannot but
go out like a light when I hurl myself into bed. However, I have never thought of making it into a haiku."
quoted from Yomiuri Shinbun, 2007



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marune まる寝 a good "round" sleep

足洗うてつひ明けやすき丸寝かな
. ashi aroote tsui akeyasuki marune kana .
- - - - - Matsuo Basho


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tabine  旅ね寝 sleeping on the road

. Matsuo Basho - tabine 旅寝 haiku collection .


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wabine 侘寝 to sleep alone, to spend a lonely night
It was quite common to share a futon bedding with another person, especially on a cold winter night, to keep warm.

暮れ暮れて餅を木魂の侘寝哉
. kure kurete mochi o kodama no wabine kana .
- - - - - Matsuo Basho


嵐雪とふとん引合ふ侘寝かな
. ransetsu to futon hiki-au wabine kana .
- - - - - Yosa Buson
(more about futon bedding on this link !)


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- - - - - MORE about sleeping by
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .

. mizu samuku ne-iri kanetaru kagome kana .
(winter) cold water and sea gull. it can not go to sleep

. sake nomeba itodo nerarenu yoru no yuki .
(winter) snow at night. when I drink sake I can not sleep

. samukeredo futari neru yoru zo tanomoshiki .
sleeping together is quite a pleasure
(spending the night with his good friend, - Tsuboi Tokoku 坪井杜国 -

. uma ni nete zanmu tsuki tooshi cha no keburi .
(autumn) moon. horseback. I sleep. dream. smoke from tea

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. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .

抱籠やひと夜ふしみのさゝめごと
dakikago ya hitoyo fushimi no sasame goto

Sleep with "daki kago"!
As with a one-night harlot at Fushimi
Exchanging lovers' talks.

- Comment by Shoji Kumano


. "hug basket" dakikago 抱籠 .
kigo for all summer




hana ni kite hana ni ineburu itoma kana

To cherry blooms I come,
and under the blossoms go to sleep--
no duties to be done!

Tr. Henderson




ichi wa kite neru tori wa nani ume no tsuki

What bird comes
And sleeps there alone?
An apricot in bloom and the moon.

Tr. Nelson/Saito



inemurite wareni kakuren fuyugomori

Going off to sleep,
I want to hide in myself--
winter isolation.

Tr. Sawa/ Shiffert

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子を寐せて出て行く闇や鉢たゝき
ko o nesete dete yuku yami ya hachitataki

he puts the child to sleep
and goes out into the dark -
hachitataki prayers

Tr. Gabi Greve


waga yado no hiru o karine ya hachitataki

during daytime
he sleeps in his home -
hachitataki prayers

Tr. Gabi Greve

. hachitataki, Hachi Tataki 鉢叩 鉢敲, 鉢扣 prayer for Saint Kuya 空也上人 .
kigo for the New Year

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kutabirete ne ni kaeru hana no aruji kana

exhausted he leaves us
to go to sleep
the blossom lord

Tr. Robin D. Gill



matsu mo toshi wasurete neru ya yoru no yuki
(1768)

this pine tree
also sleeps to forget the old year -
snow at night

Tr. Gabi Greve



村々の寝ごころ更けぬ落し水
muramura no negokoro fukenu otoshimizu

Night deepens,
And sleep in the villages;
Sounds of falling water.

Tr. Blyth

. otoshimizu, otoshi mizu 落し水 draining water from the paddies .
kigo for mid-autumn




negurushiki fuse yo o dereba natsu no tsuki

Unable to sleep,
going out from the cottage--
the summer moon. [

Tr. Sawa/ Shiffert



noki ni neru hito ou koe ya yowa no aki

Asleep in the shelter of eaves,
he is chased away by a voice--
autumn midnight.

Tr. Sawa/ Shiffert



okite ite moo neta to iu yosamu kana
(1776)

Though awake
"Asleep already," say I
The night chill.

Tr. Nelson/Saito



to ni inu no negaeru oto ya fuyugomori

Sound against the door
A sleeping dog rolling over--
Winter hibernation.

Tr. Nelson/Saito



妻や子の寝顔も見えつ薬喰
tsuma ya ko no negao mo mietsu kusurigui

wife and children asleep
he also glances at their faces -
eating medicine

Tr. Gabi Greve

. kusuri gui 薬喰 "eating medicine" .
kigo for all winter



釣鐘にとまりてねむる胡蝶かな
. tsurigane ni tomarite nemuru kochoo kana .
a butterfly sleeping on the temple bell




yoru no yuki nete iru ie wa nao shiroshi

snow at night -
the sleeping home
looks even more white

Tr. Gabi Greve



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Rapid eye movement sleep (REM sleep)
is a normal stage of sleep characterized by the rapid and random movement of the eyes. REM sleep is classified into two categories: tonic and phasic.
It was identified and defined by Nathaniel Kleitman, Eugene Aserinsky, and Jon Birtwell in the early 1950s. Criteria for REM sleep includes rapid eye movement, but also low muscle tone and a rapid, low-voltage EEG; these features are easily discernible in a polysomnogram, the sleep study typically done for patients with suspected sleep disorders.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !






Rapid Eye Movement
Arboreal Reverie
Flora Fauna Fuse


- Shared by Samuel G. Fields 09/17/12 © -
Joys of Japan, September 2012


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. HUMANITY KIGO - for all seasons



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