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Introducing Japanese Haiku Poets

Detailed discussions of various translations,
introducing Japanese culture through haiku.

. GENERAL SEARCH
for the name of a poet . 　

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Abe Midorijo 阿部みどり女 (1886 - 1980)

Aoki Getto (1879 - 1949)

Akimoto Fujio (1901-1977)

Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1892 - 1927). Kappa, Gaki

Arii Shokyu-Ni(1713-1781) "the Nun Shokyu". Nagamatsu Nami, Kohakuan.
Kohakuan Fufuu, Arii Fufuu (1702 - 1762), her husband
Chomu (Choomu) 蝶夢 (1732 - 1796), a Buddhist priest
shookyuuni shokyuuni shokyu ni
Arima Akito (1930 - )

Awano Seiho (1899-1992)

Basho, Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694)
..... Basho Jittetsu
蕉門十哲 / 10 important Disciples of Matsuo Basho

Bojo Toshiki Born July 7, 1957

Buson, Yosa Buson (1715-1783) ... Painter and Poet

Butsugai Fusen ... 1795～1867 Takeda Genkotsu Motsugi

Chiyo-Ni (Chiyoni), Kaga no Chiyo jo (1703-1775)

Date Masamune 伊達政宗 (1567 - 1636)

Den Sutejo (1633-1698)

Enomoto Seifu-Jo (1731 - 1814) 榎本星布尼

Fukuda Kodoojin 福田古道人 Fukuda Kodojin (1865-1944) Painter and Haiku Poet

. GENROKU - Haikai Poets until the Genroku Period

Goto Takatoshi (Gotoo Takatoshi) 1968 - . Takatoshi Gotoh

Hasegawa Kai
1954 -

Hasegawa Kanajo 長谷川かな女 (1887 - 1969)

Hashimoto Takako 橋本多佳子 (1899-1963)
..... Takako Hashimoto, Death Poems

Hatano Soha (Sooha) 波多野爽波 (1923-1991)

Hideichi Oshiro Hideichi USA

Hino Sojo (1901-1956)

Hoshino Tsubaki (1930 - )

Hosomi Ayako (1907～1997)

Ichihara Tayo-Jo (1772 - 1865)

Iga Manko (Banko) 伊賀万乎（まんこ） (? - 1724, August 15)
and the Iga Students of Basho 伊賀蕉門 Iga Shoomon

Iida Ryuta (Iida Ryouta) 1920-2007
Iida Dakotsu, his father (1885 - 1962)

Imaizumi Sogetsu-ni and her husband, Tsunemaru
(Tsunemaru 1750 - 1810)

Inahata Teiko (1931 -)
President of the Japan Traditional Haiku Association

Inoue Shiro (Inoue Shiroo) 1742 - 1812

Ishida Hakyo (Ishida Hakyoo) (1913-1969)

Kaneko Tohta (Kaneko Toota) 1919- and "Gendai Haiku"

Kato, Shuson Kato (1905-1993). Katoo Shuuson

Katsura Nobuko (1914 - 2004)

Kawabata Bosha (Kawabata Boosha, Bousha) (1897-1941)

Kawahigashi Hekigoto (Hekigodo) (1873-1937)

Kawai Chigetsu 川井智月 / 河合智月 ?(1634-1718)
Kawai Otokuni 川井乙州, her younger brother

Kawasaki Tenko (Tenkoo) Born 1927

Kikaku, Enomoto Kikaku (1661-1707) Takarai Kikaku

Kimura Hiroko 木村浩子 (1937 - )

Kitamura Kigin 北村季吟 June 15. 1623-1705

Kobayashi Issa (June 15, 1763 - January 5, 1828) ISSA

Koha (Kooha)　香波 "Fragrant Wave" (? - 1897、August 14)

Konishi Raizan 小西来山 1654 - 1716, October 3 or November 16)

Kubota Mantaro (Mantaroo) 久保田万太郎 (1889 - 1963)

Kubota Seifu 久保田成布 (1783 - 1848)
..... Kubota Shunkoo 久保田春耕, her husband

Kuroda Momoko 黒田杏子 (b. 1938)

Kuroyanagi Korekoma 黒柳維駒
Kuroyanagi Shooha 黒柳召波 (1727 - 1771) (his father)

Kusumoto Kenkichi 楠本憲吉 (1922‐1988)

Masahide, Mizuta Masahide (1657-1723). 水田正秀（孫右衛門）

Masaki Yuuko, Yuko Masaki 正木ゆう子 (1952 - )

Masaoka Shiki and Matsuyama
(Shiki : 17 September 1867 –19 September 1902)

Matsumoto Koyuu-Ni (18th c.) / Matsumoto Koyu-ni
..... Baba Songi 馬場存義

Matsunaga Teitoku 松永貞徳 (1571-1653) The Teimon Haikai Group

Mayuzumi Madoka 黛まどか (July 31, 1965 -)
Mayuzumi Shu 黛執(まゆずみしゅう)

Mitsuhashi Takajo (1899-1972)

Mitsuhashi Toshio (1920–2001)

Miwa Suiu-Jo (1766 - 1846)

Miyake Shozan 三宅嘯山 Miyake Shoozan (1718 - 1801)

Miyasaka Shizuo 宮坂静生

Miyazawa Kenji Miyazawa (1896 - 1933)

Mizuhara Shūōshi (Shuuooshi, Shuuoushi) (1892-1981)

Mori Sumio (1919 - August 18, 2010)

Mukai Kyorai and Rakushisha Cottage

Murou Saisei (1889 - 1962)

Naito Meisetsu (Naitoo Meisetsu) (1847 - 1926)

Naito Joso (Naitoo Joosoo) (1662 - 1704)

Nakamura Kusatao 中村草田男 (1901-1983)

Nakaoka Toshio 中岡敏雄

Natsume Soseki 夏目漱石 (1867 – 1916)

Nishiyama Soin and the Danrin School (Soo-In) 西山宗因, 談林派
（1605 - May 5, 1682）

Nomura Kiwao 野村喜和夫 (1951 - )

Nozawa Boncho 野沢凡兆 (Nozawa Bonchoo, 1640? - 1714) and his wife Tome, Ukoo 羽紅

Ochi Etsujin 越智越人（1655　- 1739) / (1656 - 1730)

Ogawa Haritsu (1663～1747) Haiku Poet and Artist

Otagaki Rengetsu 太田垣蓮月 (1791 - 1875) Waka poetess, nun Lotus Moon

Ozaki Hōsai 尾崎放哉
Ozaki Hosai, Ozaki Hoosai (1885 - 1926)

Ozawa Minoru 小澤實 (1956 - )

Ransetsu, Hattori Ransetsu (1654-1707)

Sakai Yamei 坂井野明 (1662-1713)

Sakurai Baishitsu 桜井梅室（1769-1852）

Santoka Taneda Santoka (Taneda Santooka 種田山頭火 (1882-1940)

Sato Koroku (1874 - 1949)

Saito Sanki 西東三鬼 (Saitoo Sanki) (1900-1962)

Shayo (Shioe Shayoo) 潮江車要 Pupil of Matsuo Basho

Shiba Sonome 斯波園女 (1664-1726)

Shinohara Hosaku 篠原鳳作 Hoosaku (1905-1936)

Shoso Otsuni / Shoosoo Otsuni 松窓乙二 Iwama Otsuni 岩間乙二. (1756 - 1823)

Shushiki (Shuushiki 秋色) (1668-1725). Ume Shuushiki (or O-aki or Ogawa Shushiki)
Her Husband is Kangyoku.

Sugita Hisajo (1890-1946)

Suzuki Masajo (1906-2003)

Suzuki Shizuko 鈴木しづ子 (1919 - ?)

Tachibana Hokushi (1665-1718)

Tagami Kikusha (1753-1826)

Takaha Shugyo 鷹羽狩行 Takaha Shugyoo (1930, October 5 - )

Takahama Kyoshi (1874 - 1959)

Takano Sujuu (Takano Suju) (1893 - 1976)

Takaya Soshu 高屋窓秋 Takaya Sooshuu (1910-1999)

Takebe Socho 建部巣兆 Takebe Soochoo (1761-1814)

Takiguchi Susumu 滝口進 World Haiku Club, World Haiku Review

Tan Taigi (1709 -1771)

Taneda Santoka (1882-1940)　 Santooka and Sake

Tomiyasu Fusei (Fuusei) (1885 - 1979)

Tsubouchi Nenten (1944 - )

Tsukushi Bansei 筑紫磐井
(1950, January 14 - )

Uchida Hyakken 内田百間 May 29, 1889 — April 20, 1971

Ueda Akinari (1734 - 1809)

Uejima Onitsura (1660-1738) Ueshima Onitsura

Usuda Aroo 臼田亜浪 (1879-1951) Aro Usuda

Yamaguchi Seishi （1901 - 1994）

Yamaguchi Seison (1892 - 1988)

Yamazaki Naoko 山崎直子 (1970 - )

Yamazaki Sokan 山崎宗鑑 Yamazaki Sookan (1465 - 1553)

Yasuhara Teishitsu (1610-73)

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.................... About Japanese Names

The names of sons in an old family were often very simple

Eldest, second, third ... Taroo　太郎, Jiroo　次郎, Saburo　三郎

Girls were named the same way

choojo　長女, jijo　次女, sanjo 三女

When a married woman lost her husband, she often shaved her hair and joined a monastery, taking on the name ending of NI　尼, nun.

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Woman Haiku Poets 女性俳句の世界

Well, Takahama Kyoshi called their works "kitchen haiku" !

高浜虚子が「台所俳句」を提唱した大正時代.

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Japanese women poets: an anthology
By Hiroaki Sato / googlebooks

Ogawa Shoofu (1633 - 1698)
Taniguchi Denjo (? - 1779)
Ema Saikoo (1787 - 1861)
Kamei Shookin (1798 - 1857)
Hara Saihin (1798 - 1859)

Takahashi Gyokushoo (1802 - 1868)
Yanagawa Kooran (1804 - 1879)
Furukawa Kasane (1808 - 1830
Sakuma Tachieko (1814 - 1861)

Takeshita Shizunojo (1887-1951)
Ishibashi Hideno (1909-1947)
Yoshino Yoshiko (b. 1915)

. Tsuda Kiyoko 津田清子 (b. 1920) 　

Uda Kiyoko 宇多喜代子 (b. 1935)

Tsuji Momoko (b. 1945)

Katayama Yumiko (b. 1952)

.. Far beyond the Field:
Haiku by Japanese Women .
by Makoto Ueda, googlebooks

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Still to come

Abe Kanichi 阿部完市
1928-

Emori Getsukyo 江森月居（えもり　げつきよ）
宝暦六年（１７５６）～文政七年（１８２４）

Hagiwara Seisensui 荻原井泉水
1884-1976

Hara Sekitei 原石鼎
1886-1951

Hori Bakusui 堀麦水（ほり　ばくすい）
享保三年（１７１８）～天明三年（１７８３）

Ichihara Tayojo 市原多代女（いちはら　たよじょ）
安永四年（１７７５）～慶応元年（１８６５）

Imaizumi Tsunemaru 今泉恒丸（いまいずみ　つねまる）
寛延三年（１７５０）～文化七年（１８１０）

Inoue Shiroo 井上士朗（いのうえ　しろう）
寛保二年（１７４２）～文化九年（１８１２）

Isaoka Gantoo 砂岡雁宕（いさおか　がんとう）
生年不詳～安永二年（１７７３）

Katoo Gyootai 加藤暁台（かとう　ぎょうたい）
享保十七年（１７３２）～寛政四年（１７９２）

Katoo, Kato Ikuya 加藤郁乎
1929-

Kawahara Biwao 河原枇杷男
1930-

Kawakami Fuhaku 川上不白（かわかみ　ふはく）
享保四年（１７１９）～文化四年（１８０７）

Kaya Shirao 加舎白雄（かや　しらお）
元文三年（１７３８）～寛政三年（１７９１）

Kitsukawa Gomei 吉川五明（きつかわ　ごめい）
享保十六年（１７３１）～享和（１８０３）

Kurita Chodoo 栗田樗堂（くりた　ちょどう）
（１７４８）～文化十一年（１８１４）

Kuroyanagi Shooha 黒柳召波（くろやなぎ　しょうは）
享保十二年（１７２７）～明和八年（１７７１）

Kyuu Shigyoo 宮紫暁（きゅう　しぎょう）
延宝二年（１７４５）～享和二年（１８０２）

Maeda Fura 前田普羅
1886-1954

Matsuoka Seira 松岡青蘿（まつおか　せいら）
元文五年（１７４０）～寛政三年（１７９１）

Matsuse Seisei 松瀬青々 (1869 - 1937)
Tr. by Gabi Greve

Mimura Junya 三村純也 (1953 - )

Mine Ryooshoo 峯寥松（みね　りょうしょう）
宝暦十二年（１７６２）～天保三年（１８３２）

Miura Chora 三浦樗良（みうら　ちょら）
享保十四年（１７２９）～安永九年（１７８０）

Mizoguchi Somaru 溝口素丸（みぞぐち　そまる）
正徳三年（１７１３）～寛政七年（１７９５）

Murakami Kijoo 村上鬼城
1865-1938

Nagata Kooi 永田耕衣
1900-1997

Nakamura Teijo 中村汀女
1900-1988
Chataku 茶托saucers for tea cups
Teijo, Haiku tr. by Gabi Greve

Nakatsuka Ippekiro (Nakatsuka) 中塚一碧楼
1887-1946

Narita Sookyuu 成田蒼きゅう（なりた　そうきゅう）
宝暦十年（１７６０）～天保十三年（１８４２）

Natsuishi Banya 夏石番矢
1955-
Banya, Haiku tr. by Gabi Greve

Natsume Seihi 夏目成美（なつめ　せいび）
寛延二年（１７４９）～文化十三年（１８１６）

Ooshima Ryoota 大島蓼太（おおしま　りょうた）
享保三年（１７１８）～天明七年（１７８７）

Sahara Oifusa 佐藤鬼房
1919-2002

Sakai Hooitsu 酒井抱一（さかい　ほういつ）
（１７６１～１８２８）from Harima

Settsu Sachihiko 摂津幸彦
1947-1996

Shiba Fukio 芝不器男
1903-1930

Shimizu Itsubyoo 清水一瓢（しみず　いつびよう）
明和七年（１７７０）～天保十一年（１８４０）

Suzuki Murio 鈴木六林男
1919-2004

Suzuki Michihiko 鈴木道彦（すずき　みちひこ）
宝暦七年（１７５７）～文政二年（１８１９）

Tagawa Hooroo 田川鳳郎（たがわ　ほうろう）
宝暦十二年（１７６２）～弘化二年（１８４５）

Takahashi Ichigu 高橋一具（たかはし　いちぐ）
安永九年（１７８０）～嘉永六年（１８５３）

Takai Kitoo 高井几菫（たかい　きとう）
寛保元年（１７４１）～寛政元年（１７８９）

TakakuwaRankoo 高桑蘭更（たかくわ　らんこう）
享保十一年（１７２６）～寛政十年（１７９８）

Takayanagi Junshin 高柳重信
1923-1983

Takayanagi Sootan 高柳荘丹（たかやなぎ　そうたん）
享保十九年（１７３４）～文化十四年（１８１７）

Tani Sogai 谷素外（たに　そがい）
享保二年（1717）～文化六年（1809）

Tatebe Soochoo 建部巣兆（たてべ　そうちょう）
宝暦十一年（１７６１）～文化十一年（１８１４）

Tomizawa, Tomisawa Kakio 富沢赤黄男
1902-1962

Watanabe Hakusen 渡辺白泉
1913-1969

Watanabe Suiha 渡辺水巴
1882-1946

Yagi Mikajo 八木三日女(やぎみかじょ)
1924 -
http://gendaihaiku.com/mikajo/index.html

Yasui Koji 安井浩司
1936-

Yokoi Yayuu 横井也有（よこい　やゆう）
元禄十五年（１７０２）～天明三年（１７８３）

Yoshiwake Tairo 吉分大魯（よしわけ　たいろ）
享保十五年（１７３０）～安永七年（１７７８）

List of haijin

ABC List wikipedia

Hitomi Enkichi Tomei 人見圓吉東明
1883 -1974

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Binard, Arthur Binard アーサビナード

L. A. Davidson, USA

Keene, Donald Keene

Herman Van Rompuy President of the European Council

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AKAHIKO, Shimaki Akahiko 島木赤彦 (しまきあかひこ)
1876年(明治9年)12月17日 - 1926年(大正15年)3月27日 March 27）
Akahiko Ki 赤彦忌（あかひこき）
Shimaki Akahiko GOOGLE

ANGO, Sakaguchi Ango 坂口安吾
February 17. 1906 - 1955) Novelist
Ango Ki 安吾忌 (あんごき)
Ango Sakaguchi / FACTS

BRIGID, Saint Brigid Ireland
St. Brigid (or Bridget, Brighid, Bridgid or Bríd)
February 1.

BUDDHA Shakyamuni Birthday
Kanbutsu E 潅仏会 and many more kigo

CHIKUREI, Tsunoda Chikurei 角田竹冷
March 20. 1856-1919, Haiku Poet.
Chikurei Ki 竹冷忌 (ちくれいき)
Choousoo Ki 聴雨窓忌（ちょううそうき）

FUKIO, Shiba Fukio 芝不器男
February 24. 1903年(明治36年)4月18日 - 1930年(昭和5年)2月24日）Haiku Poet in Matsuyama.
Fukio Ki 不器男忌 (ふきおき)
Shiba Fukio / LINKS

GENSEI, Saint Gensei, Gensei Shoonin 元政上人
April 28. Nichiren sect monk, scholar and autor of the early Edo Period.
Gensei Ki 元政忌 (げんせいき)
Gensei / LINKS

GETTO, Aoki Getto 青木月斗
March 13. 1879–1949). Haiku poet.
Getto Ki 月斗忌 (げっとき) Getto memorial day

GIOO, Gio 祗王 the dancer Gio, mistress of Kiyomori
kigo for mid-spring
Gioo Ki 妓王忌 (ぎおうき)
Gioo Ki 祗王忌（ぎおうき）

GYOKI Bosatsu Gyooki, Gyōki 行基菩薩
Gyooki Mairi 行基参, Gyooki moode 行基詣,
Gyooki Bosatsu-ki 行基菩薩忌 Memorial Day
... also Nozaki Pilgrimage, Japan

HITOMARU, Kakimoto Hitomaru,
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (柿本人麻呂)
Poet, c. 662 - 710. included in the Man'yōshū Poetry Collection
Hitomaru Ki 人丸忌 (ひとまるき)
Hitomaru Ki 人麿忌（ひとまろき）
Hitomaru Matsuri 人丸祭（ひとまるまつり）
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro / FACTS

HONEN (Hoonen Shoonin) 法然上人
Gyoki 御忌, Gyoki Moode 御忌詣　
..... Hoonen Ki　法然忌　（ほうねんき）
..... Gyoki Ceremony, Gyoki e 御忌会　
Enkoo Ki 円光忌（えんこうき）
Gyoki no tera 御忌の寺（ぎょきのてら）Temple with a memorial ceremony for Honen
Gyoki no kane 御忌の鐘（ぎょきのかね）Ringing the bell for Honen
Bentoo hajime 弁当始め（べんとうはじめ）First eating of a Lunch Box
Ishoo kurabe 衣裳競べ（いしょうくらべ）Competition of Costumes
Gyoki kosode 御忌小袖（ぎょきこそで）Festive Kimonos for Honen Competition
Kyoo no himotoki 経の紐解（きょうのひもとき）Openeing the knots of the Sutras
Yugyoo-Ji Kaisan-Ki 遊行寺開山忌 Memorial Day of the Founder of Temple Yugyoo-Ji

HOOSAI, Ozaki Hoosai, Ozaki Hosai
20 January 1885 - 7 April 1926
Hoosai Ki 放哉忌 (ほうさいき)

HYAKKEN, Uchida Hyakken 内田百間
May 29, 1889—April 20, 1971.
Hyakken Ki 百閒忌（ひゃっけんき）
Hyakki-En Ki 百鬼園忌（ひゃっきえんき）
Mokuren Ki 木蓮忌（もくれんき）
WKD : Hyakken Uchida Hyakken

INGEN 隠元
Ingen Ryuuki, 隠元隆き, 隠元隆琦（いんげん・りゅうき)
文禄元年11月4日(1592年12月7日) - 寛文13年4月3日(1673年5月19日)
Chinese Name: Yin-yuan Longqi
Ingen-Ki 隠元忌　（いんげんき）

JAYANTI, Ambedkar Jayanti, Birthday India.

JOOSOO, Naitoo Joosoo 内藤丈草
April 24. 寛文2年（1662年） - 宝永元年（1704年）
One of the 10 important disciples of Basho.
Joosoo Ki 丈草忌 (じょうそうき)
Naito Joso / FACTS

KAFUU, Nagai Kafu 永井荷風
December 4, 1879 - April 30, 1959. Novelist
Kafuu Ki 荷風忌（かふうき）
Nagai Kafu / FACTS

KANOKO, Okamoto Kanoko 岡本かの子
1 March 1889 - 18 February 1939. Author, tanka poet and Buddhism scholar.
Kanoko no ki かの子忌 (かのこき)
Kanoko Okamoto / FACTS

KANZOO, Uchimura Kanzo 内村鑑三
26 March 1861 – 28 March 1930.
Japanese author, Christian evangelist, and the founder of the Nonchurch Movement (Mukyōkai) of Christianity
Kanzoo Ki 鑑三忌 (かんぞうき)
Uchimura Kanzō / FACTS

KENKOO, Yoshida Kenko 吉田兼好
1283?–1350?)
弘安6年(1283年) - 観応元年/正平5年4月8日(1350年5月14日)
Autor of Tsurezuregusa 徒然草 Essays in Idleness.
Kenkoo Ki 兼好忌 (けんこうき)

KIKAKU, Enomoto Kikaku
(1661-1707) Tarai Kikaku 宝井基角
Kikaku Ki 基角忌 (きかくき)
Shinshi Ki 晋子忌（しんしき）
Shinoo Ki 晋翁忌（しんおうき）

KOBO DAISHI, Kukai (Kooboo Daishi, Kuukai) 　弘法大師　空海
Kuukai-Ki 空海忌 Kukai-Ki
..... Miei-Ku 御影供 Memorial Service for Kobo Daishi
Shoo Miei-Ku 正御影供（しょうみえいく）, Mieku みえく
Miei koo 御影講（みえいこう）
Kooboo Ki 弘法忌（こうぼうき）, Kuukai Ki 空海忌（くうかいき
Kooboo San 弘法さん（こうぼうさん）
O koromo gae 御衣替（おころもがえ）
O koromo i 御衣井（おころもい）、
三弘法詣（さんこうぼうまいり）
o muro mairi 御室詣（おむろまいり）
Takao san moode 高雄山女詣（たかおさんおんなもうで）

KOOETSU, Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦
1558-1637 - craftsman, potter, lacquerer, and calligrapher
Kooetsu Ki 光悦忌 (こうえつき)
Honami Koetsu / FACTS

. KOMACHI, Ono no Komachi 小野小町 or おののこまち .
c. 825 — c. 900. Waka Poetess and Beauty
Komachi Ki 小町忌 (こまちき)
Ono no Komachi Ki 小野小町忌（おののこまちき）

KOOTAROO, Takamura Kotaro 高村光太郎
March 13, 1883 – April 2, 1956). Poet and sculptor
Kootaroo Ki 光太郎忌 (こうたろうき)
Rengyoo Ki 連翹忌（れんぎょうき）
Kōtarō Takamura / FACTS

KUBUTSU, Ootani Kubutsu, 大谷句仏
otani Koen. Ootani Kooen 大谷光演（おおたにこうえん)
February 6. 1875年（明治8年）2月27日 - 1943年（昭和18年）2月6日）
Priest at Higashi Honganji/Kyoto. Haiku poet.
Kubutsu Ki 句仏忌 (くぶつき)
Otani Kubutsu / LINKS

KYOSHI, Takahama Kyoshi 高浜虚子
(22 February 1874 — 8 April 1959)
Kyohsi Ki 虚子忌 (きょしき )
Chinju Ki 椿寿忌（ちんじゅき）

MEISETSU, Naito Meisetsu, Naitoo Meisetsu 内藤鳴雪
Naito Meisetsu and Daruma san /Memorial Day of Meisetsu
February 20. 1847 - 1926. Haiku Poet of the Meiji Period.　
Meisetsu Ki 鳴雪忌 (めいせつき)
"Old Plum Tree Day", Roobai Ki 老梅忌（ろうばいき）

MOKICHI, Saitoo, Saitō Mokichi 斎藤茂吉
1882年5月14日（戸籍では7月27日） - 1953年2月25日 February 25）
Tanka Poet.
He was the family doctor of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and assisted in his suicide.
Mokichi Ki 茂吉忌 (もきちき)

OOISHI Kuranosuke and the 47 Ronin
February 4. Chushingura. Oishi Kuranosuke
Ooishi Ki 大石忌 (おおいしき)

O-KUNI, Izumo no O-Kuni 出雲の阿国,
Kabuki Theater ... 歌舞伎
(1572?-?) Dancer.
main founder of kabuki theater. She was believed to be a miko shrine maiden at the Grand Shrine of Izumo who began a new style of dance in the dry riverbeds of Kyoto.
Okuni Ki お国忌（おくにき）
Okuni Ki 阿国忌（おくにき）
Izumo no Okuni / FACTS

PATRICK, Saint Patrick Ireland
March 17.
Christian missionary and is the patron saint of Ireland.

PICASSO, Pablo Ruiz Picasso
(October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973), Spain. Painter

RENNYO, Saint Rennyo 蓮如
(1415-1499) 8th abbot of the Jōdo Shinshū sect.
Rennyo-Ki 蓮如忌　（れんにょき）
Yoshizaki moode 吉崎詣（よしざきもうで）
Rennyo / FACTS

RIKYUU, Sen no Rikkyu 千利休
1522 - April 21, 1591. Tea Master
Rikyuu Ki 利休忌 (りきゅうき)
Sooeki Ki 宗易忌（そうえきき）
Rikyuu Ki 利久忌（りきゅうき）

RYOKAN (Ryookan) 良寛
1758-1831. One of the best known monk-poets. Nickname: Great Fool、Taigu 大愚
Ryookan Ki 良寛忌 (りょうかんき)

SAIGYO, Saigyo Hooshi (西行法師)
Saigyoo Ki 西行忌　（さいぎょうき）
Saigyo Hooshi (西行法師) and the Cherry Blossoms
En-I Ki 円位忌（えんいき）

SAIMARO, Shiigamoto Saimaro 椎本才麿 (しいがもとさいまろ)
(1656-1738) Poet from Osaka
Saimaro Ki 才麿忌 (さいまろき)

SAISEI, Murou Saisei 室生犀星
March 26. 1889年（明治22年）8月1日 - 1962年（昭和37年）3月26日）
Poet and novelist.
Saisei Ki 犀星忌 (さいせいき)

SANETOMO, Minamoto no Sanetomo (源実朝)
September 17, 1192 – February 13, 1219, r. 1203–1219)
third shogun of the Kamakura shogunate
Sanetomo Ki 実朝忌 (さねともき)
Kingai Ki 金槐忌（きんかいき）、
Kamakura Daijin Ki 鎌倉右大臣忌（かまくらうだいじんき）
Minamoto no Sanetomo and Kamakura

SANKI, Saitoo Sanki 西東三鬼
1900年（明治33年）5月15日 - 1962年（昭和37年）4月1日）Haiku Poet
三鬼忌（さんきき）
Saitoo Ki 西東忌（さいとうき）
Sanki no Ki三鬼の忌（さんきのき）
　Saito Sanki and Shinko Haiku

SANTEI 三汀忌, Kume Santei 久米三汀
Masao Kume (久米正雄)
February 29. 1891 - 1925. Writer of the Meiji Period.
Santei Ki 三汀忌　（さんていき）
Bikushoo Ki 微苦笑忌（びくしょうき）
Kaidoo Ki 海棠忌（かいどうき)
Kume Masao / FACTS

SEIGETSU, Murakami Seigetsu　村上霽月
Murakami Hantaroo
February 15.1869-1946　Haiku poet of the Meiji period.
Seigetsu Ki 霽月忌 (せいげつき)
Murakami Seigetsu / LINKS

SHOTOKU TAISHI Shootoku Taishi 聖徳太子
Shooryoo-E 聖霊会 Memorial Ceremonies for
Shootoku Taishi 聖徳太子 (Shotoku Taishi) and Daruma san in Japan !
Taishi Memorial Service, Taishi E 太子会 (たいしえ)
Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子, Shōtoku Taishi, 573–621), also known as Prince Umayado (厩戸皇子, Umayado no ōji) / FACTS

SHOOYOO, Tsubouchi Shoyo 坪内逍遥
(May 22, 1859 - February 28, 1935) Tsubouchi Shōyō
Japanese author, critic, playwright, translator and editor
Shooyoo Ki 逍遙忌しょうようき
Tsubouchi Shoyo / FACTS

SHUNKAN, Priest Shunkan 俊寛
1143-79), Death Day - April 22,
There is a famous Noh Play with his name.
Shunkan-Ki 俊寛忌 (しゅうかんき）
Shunka Memorial Service on the 17 and 22 of each month
..... Shunkan Hooyoo (俊寛法要)
Shunkan / FACTS

SOOIN, Nishiyama Soin 西山宗因
March 28. 1605, Higo Province, Japan, died May 5, 1682, Kyoto)
慶長10年（1605年） - 天和2年3月28日（1682年5月5日）
Renga Poet of the early Edo Period.
Sooin Ki 宗因忌 (そういんき)
Saioo Ki 西翁忌（さいおうき)
Baioo Ki 梅翁忌（ばいおうき）
Nishiyama Soin and the "Danrin School" Danrin-Ha 談林派

SOOKYUU, Narita Sookyuu　成田蒼虬, 成田蒼磊
March 13. Haiku Poet of the late Edo Period. 成田蒼きゅう
Second inhabitant of the Basho-An.
Sookyuu Ki　蒼虬忌（そうきゅうき）

SUGAWARA no Michizane, Tenjin 菅原道真
(845 - March 26, 903), also known as Kan Shōjō (菅丞相)
Kitano Natane Goku 北野菜種御供 (きたのなたねごく)
Kitano Baikasai 北野梅花祭（きたのばいかさい）Kitano Plum Blossom Ceremony
... Baika Goku 梅花御供（ばいかごく）
Tenjin Goki 天神御忌（てんじんごき）、
Michizane-Ki 道真忌（みちざねき）
Sugawara no Michizane / FACTS

TAKASHI, Nagatsuka Takashi 長塚節（ながつかたかし)
February 8. 1879年4月3日 - 1915年2月8日）Poet.
Takashi Ki 節忌 (たかしき)
Takashi Nagatsuka / FACTS

TAKIJI, Kobayashi Takiji 小林多喜二
October 13, 1903–February 20, 1933. Author of proletarian literature.
Takiji Ki 多喜二忌たきじき
Takiji Kobayashi / FACTS

TAKUBOKU, Ishikawa Takuboku 石川啄木
February 20, 1886–April 13, 1912. Poet
Takuboku Ki 啄木忌 (たくぼくき)
Takuboku Ishikawa / FACTS

TATSUJI, Miyoshi Tatsuji 三好達治
23 August 1900 – 5 April 1964), poet, literary critic, and literary editor
Tatsuki Ki 達治忌 (たつじき)
Miyoshi Ki 三好忌（みよしき）
"Sea Gull Day", Kamome Ki 鴎忌（かもめき）
Tatsuji Miyoshi / FACTS

UKON, Takayama Ukon 高山右近
(1552 - February 4, 1615),Dom Justo Takayama
Christian Feudal Lord in the Early Edo Period
Ukon Ki 右近忌 (うこんき)
Takayama Ukon Ki 高山右近忌（たかやまうこんき）
Dom Justo Takayama / FACTS

UMEWAKAMARU 梅若丸
UMEWAKA Memorial Day and Temple Mokubo-Ji
木母寺(もくぼじ)　and　Legend of Umewakamaru 梅若丸伝説
Great Amida Prayer Ceremony (Mokuboji dainenbutsu 木母寺大念仏)
Umewaka Ki 梅若忌 (うめわかき)
Umewasa Matsuri Festival 梅若祭（うめわかまつり）
Umewaka no namida ame, rain of tears
..... 梅若の涙雨（うめわかのなみだあめ）、
umewasasama 梅若様（うめわかさま）
Umewaka goto梅若ごと（うめわかごと）
Koto no hi ことの日（ことのひ）
Koto Matsuri こと祭（ことまつり）

Saint VALENTINE Italia
St. Valentine

YABA, Shida Yaba, Shida Yaha 志太野波 (しだやば)
［1662～1740］One of the 10 important disciples of Basho.
Yaba Ki 野波忌 (やばき)
Shida Yaba / LINKS

YASUNARI, Yasunari Kawabata 川端康成
14 June 1899 - 16 April 1972) Writer
Yasunair Ki 康成忌 (やすなりき)
Yasunari Kawabata / FACTS

YOSHINAKA, Kiso Yoshinaka　木曾義仲
,
War Lord. 1154 - 1184. Minamoto no Yoshinaka 源義仲
Yoshinaka Ki 義仲忌 (よしなかき)
(and more about Tomoe Gozen　巴御前)

YUUGIRI, Yugiri, "Evening Mist"
famous character in the Genji Monogatari
Yuugiri Ki 夕霧忌 (ゆうぎりき)

ZENDOO Daishi 善導大師
Priest Shan-tao from China. (613 - 681, March 24)
Pure Land Sect of Buddhism.
Zendoo-Ki (善導忌)

Statue of Zendo Daishi at Komyo-Ji, Kamakura

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AKIKO, Yosano Akiko 与謝野晶子（よさのあきこ)
7 December 1878 - 29 May 1942. Poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer
Akiko Ki 晶子忌 (あきこき)
Akiko Yosano / FACTS

AKINARI, Ueda Akinari, Ueda Shūsei (上田秋成)
June 27. July 25, 1734, Osaka - August 8, 1809, Kyoto)
author, scholar, and waka poet
Akinari Ki 秋成忌 (あきなりき)
Ueda Akinari / FACTS

BOOSHA, Kawabata Bosha, 川端茅舎
July 17.　1897年8月17日 - 1941年7月17日
Haiku Poet.
Boosha Ki 茅舎忌 (ぼうしゃき)

Curie, Madame Curie
(7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934)
Kyurii fujin sai キュリー夫人祭 (きゅりーふじんさい)
Kyuri ki キュリー忌（きゅりーき) / Kyuurii ki キュウリー忌

DENGYOO Daishi Saichoo 伝教大師最澄
(766-822). Priest
Dengyoo-E 伝教会

DOPPO, Kunikida Doppo 国木田独歩（くにきだどっぽ)
15 July 1871 – 23 June 1908
明治4年7月15日（1871年8月30日） - 明治41年（1908年）6月23日）Novelist.
Doppo Ki 独歩忌 (どっぽき)
Kunikida Doppo 國木田獨歩/ FACTS

EISAI 栄西, Eisai Zenji Eisai Zenji 栄西禅師
(April 20, 1141–July 5, 1215)
Eisai-Ki 栄西忌
Kennin-Ji Kaisan Ki 建仁寺開山忌（けんにんじかいさんき）
Myōan Eisai (明菴栄西) / FACTS

FUJIO, Akimoto Fujio 秋元不死男
July 25. 1901年11月3日 - 1977年7月25日
He supervised a poetry journal called Hyokai.
Fujio Ki 不死男忌 (ふじおき)
Kanro Ki 甘露忌（かんろき）
Manza Ki万座忌（まんざき）
Akimoto Fujio 秋元不死男

FUMIKO, Hayashi Fumiko 林芙美子
June 2. December 31, 1903 or 1904 - June 28, 1951)
Novelist and poet.
Fumiko Ki 芙美子忌 (ふみこき)
Fumiko Hayashi / FACTS

Priest GANJIN 鑑真
Ganjin-Ki 鑑真忌

GENJIN
687-763
恵心僧都源信. Tendai and Pure Land Sect of Buddhism Priest.
Genjin-Ki 源信忌
Eshin-Ki 惠信忌 (えしんき)

HARUO, Sato Haruo, Satoo Haruo 佐藤春夫
born April 9, 1892, Shingu, Wakayama prefecture, Japan
died May 6, 1964, Tokyo
Japanese poet, novelist, and critic whose fiction is noted for its poetic vision and romantic imagination.
Haruo Ki 春夫忌 (はるおき)
Two Japanese Haiku

HOKUSAI, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
1817 Bunka 14 58 October 5, depiction of ukiyo-e, the floating world woodblock prints
Hokusai Ki 北斎忌 (ほくさいき)

HOKUSHI, Tachibana Hokushi 立花北枝
(1665-1718) 生年不詳 - 享保3年５月12日. One of Basho's 10 famous disciples.
Hokushi Ki 北枝忌 (ほくしき)
Chooshi Ki 趙子忌（ちょうしき）

HOOMEI, Iwano Homei, Iwano Hōmei 岩野泡鳴
1873.1.20 - 1920.5.9. poetry, fiction, criticism
Hoomei Ki 泡鳴忌 (ほうめいき)
Iwano Homei / FACTS

IEYASU, Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川家康
Founder of the Edo Shogunat Government, 1543 - 1616
Iyeyasu Ki 家康忌 (いえやすき)

INUKAI, Inukai Tsuyoshi 犬養毅
Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi, Killed on May 15, 1932
Mokudoo Ki 木堂忌もくどうき
Inukai Ki 犬養忌（いぬかいき）
Inukai Tsuyoshi / FACTS May 15

JOOZAN, Ishikawa Jozan 石川丈山
May 23. 1583年(天正11年) - 1672年6月18日(寛文12年5月23日)
Poet and Scholar of Chinese poetry in the early Edo period.
Joozan Ki 丈山忌 (じょうざんき)
Ishikawa Jozan / LINKS

KIGIN, Kitamura Kigin 北村季吟
June 15. 1623-1705.
Haiku Poet, teacher of Basho.
Kigin Ki 季吟忌 (きぎんき)
Shuusui Ken Ki 拾穂軒忌（しゅうすいけんき）

KONGOOSHOO JI. Kongosho Temple Founders Day
Promoted by Emperor 欽明天皇のころ(539-71)
First Priest was Kyotai 暁台上人.
Later Kobo Daishi enlarged the temple.
Memorial Day for the first priest,
..... Kongooshoo-ji Kaisan-Ki 金剛証寺開山忌
Japanese LINK with Photos of the Temple

KOORIN, Ogata Korin, (尾形光琳)
1657 - June 2, 1716). Artist, painter and lacquerer.
Koorin Ki 光琳忌 (こうりんき)
Ogata Kōrin / FACTS
Daruma Museum : Ogata Korin

KOOROKU, Sato Koroku, Satoo Kooroku 佐藤紅緑
June 3. 1874年（明治7年）7月6日 - 1949年（昭和24年）6月3日）
Haiku Poet of Northern Japan. Studend of Kyoshi.
Kooroku Ki 紅緑忌 (こうろくき)

MANTAROO, Kubota Mantaro 久保田万太郎
11 November 1889 - 6 May 1963. Haiku Poet
Mantaroo Ki 万太郎忌 (まんたろうき)
San-u Ki 傘雨忌（さんうき）
Mantarō Kubota / FACTS

NARIHIRA, Ariwara no Narihira (在原業平)
825 - July 9, 880) Waka poet and aristocrat.
Narihira Ki 業平忌 (なりひらき)
Zaigo Ki 在五忌（ざいごき）
Ariwara no Narihira / FACTS

OOGAI, Mori Ogai Mori Ōgai (森鷗外 / 森鴎外)
(17 February 1862–8 July 1922) Physician, translator, novelist and poet.
Oogai Ki 鷗外忌 (おうがいき)
Mori Ōgai / FACTS

OOTOO, Dazai Osamu 太宰治
June 13. 明治42年(1909年)6月19日 - 昭和23年(1948年)6月13日）
Fiction autor.
Ootoo Ki 桜桃忌 (おうとうき) (Cherry and Peach Day)
Dasai-Ki 太宰忌（だざいき）
Osamu Dazai / FACTS

Perry Festival ペリー祭 Perii sai
Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858)

RAITE-U, Hiratsuka Raiteu 平塚らいてう
Raichō Hiratsuka (平塚雷鳥 Hiratsuka Raichō, Hiratsuka Haruko)
May 24. 1886年2月10日 - 1971年5月24日
Activist for the Liberation of Women
Raite-U Ki らいてう忌
Raichoo Ki らいちょうき
Hiratsuka Raichō / LINKS

REDON, Odilon Redon
(April 22, 1840 – July 6, 1916) France. Painter

ROHAN, Kooda Rohan 幸田露伴（こうだろはん)
23 July 1867 – 30 July 1947. Author. He lived in Kagyu-an or "snail cottage".
Rohan Ki 露伴忌 (ろはんき)
Kagyuu KI 蝸牛忌（かぎゅうき）
Kōda Rohan / FACTS

RYUNOSUKE, Akutagawa Ryunosuke 芥川龍之介
(March 1, 1892 - July 24, 1927) Writer.
Gaki ki 餓鬼忌　and the Ghosts
Kappa ki 河童忌, Chookoodoo ki　澄江堂

SACHIO, Ito Sachio 伊藤佐千夫
18 September 1864 - 30 July 1913) Tanka poet and novelist.
Sachio Ki 左千夫忌 (さちおき)
Sachio Itō / FACTS

SAKUTAROO, Hagiwara Sakutaro 萩原朔太郎
1886年（明治19年）11月1日 - 1942年（昭和17年）5月11日）
born Nov. 1, 1886, Maebashi, Japan
died May 11, 1942, Tokyo. Father of free verse
Sakutaro Ki 朔太郎忌 (さくたろうき)
Sakutarō Hagiwara / FACTS

SANPUU, Sugiyama Sanpu 杉山杉風
June 13.
One of the 10 importand disciples of Basho.
Sanpuu Ki 杉風忌 (さんぷうき)
Koiya Ki 鯉屋忌（こいやき）(Goldfish Dealer)
Sugiyama Sanpu / LINKS

SEIHOO, Shimada Seiho 嶋田青峰
May 31. 1882 - 1944. Haiku Poet.
Seihoo Ki 青峰忌 (せいほうき)
Shimada Seiho / LINKS

SEMIMARU 蝉丸
died ５月２４日 in Otsu. Blind Biwa Musician. There is a shrine in his honour, 蝉丸神社 Semimaru Jinja.
Semimaru Ki 蝉丸忌 (せみまるき)
Semimaru Matsuri Festival蝉丸祭（せみまるまつり）
Seki no Myoojin Matsuri 関明神祭（せきのみょうじんまつり）
The Legend of Semimaru, Blind Musician of Japan

SHIHOODA, Sakamoto Shihoda　坂本四方太
Sakamoto Yomota. May 16. 1871 - 1916 / 1873 - 1917
Haiku Poet, disciple of Masaoka Shiki.
Shihooda Ki 四方太忌しほうだき
Sakamoto Yomota / LINKS

SHIMEI, Futabatei Shimei 二葉亭四迷
元治元年2月28日（1864年4月4日） - 明治42年（1909年）5月10日）
Poet. Born Hasegawa Tatsunosuke (長谷川辰之助)
Shimei Ki 四迷忌 (しめいき)
Futabatei Shimei / FACTS

SHIMEI, Nakagawa Shimei 中川四明（なかがわ・しめい）
1849-1917. Disciple of Takahama Kyoshi.
Shimei Ki 四明忌 (しめいき)
Nakagawa Shimei LINKS

SHIROO, Inoue Shiro 井上士朗
May 16. 1742 - 1712
寛保二年(一七四二)- 文化九年五月十六日(一八一二)
Medical doctor, haiga painter and Haiku Poet from Nagoya.
Shiroo Ki 士朗忌 (しろうき)
Biwaen Ki 枇杷園忌（びわえんき）Biwa-En was his haiku name.
Shujusoo Ki 朱樹叟忌 (しゅじゅそうき)

SOOSHIN, Yoshino Hideo 吉野秀雄
July 13. (3 July 1902 - 13 July 1967) Waka Poet.
Sooshin Ki 艸心忌そうしんき
Yoshino Hideo Ki 吉野秀雄忌（よしのひでおき）
Hideo Yoshino / FACTS

TAKAKO, Hashimoto Takako 橋本多佳子
(January 15, 1899 - May 29, 1963)
Takako Ki 多佳子忌 (たかこき)

TAKASHI, Matsumoto Takashi 松本たかし
5 January 1906 – 11 May 1956) Haiku Poet
Takashi Ki たかし忌 (たかしき)
"Peony Day", Botan Ki 牡丹忌
Takashi Matsumoto / FACTS

TANIZAKI, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (谷崎潤一郎
(24 July 1886 — 30 July 1965)
Tanizaki Ki 谷崎忌 (たにざきき)
Junichiroo Ki 潤一郎忌（じゅんいちろうき）
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō / FACTS

TATSUO, Hori Tatsuo 堀辰雄
28 December 1904 – 28 May 1953. Writer, poet, and translator
Tatsuo Ki 辰雄忌 (たつおき)
Hori Tatsuo / FACTS

TOOKOKU, Kitamura Tokoku 北村透谷
(29 December 1868 – 16 May 1894). Poet, essayist, Japanese romantic literary movement
Tookoku Ki 透谷忌 (とうこくき)
Kitamura Tokoku / FACTS

TUKARAM, Sant Tukaram, Saint Tukaram India
(1608-1650) Poet. Warkaris.

UTAMARO, Kitagawa Utamaro, 喜多川歌麿
(ca. 1753 - 1806) printmaker and painter
Utamaro Ki 歌麿忌 (うたまろき)
Kitagawa Utamaro / FACTS

Weston Festival uesuton sai ウェストン祭
Reverend Walter Weston (1861~1940)

YORIMASA, Minamoto no Yorimasa (源頼政)
(1106 – 1180)
Yorimasa Ki 頼政忌 (よりまさき)
Genzanmi Ki 源三位忌（げんざんみき）
Minamoto Yorimasa / FACTS

YOSHITSUNE, Yoshitsune and Benkei
Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義経), Warriour. (1159 – June 15, 1189)
Yoshitsune Ki 義経忌 (よしつねき)

YUUJI, Kinoshita Yuji 木下夕爾
August 4. 1914-1965。Poet and Haijin.
Yuuji Ki 夕爾忌ゆうじき
Yuji Kinoshita / LINKS

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CHIYONI, Chiyo-Ni, Kaga no Chiyo-Ni 加賀千代
(1703-1775) 1703年（元禄16年） - 1775年10月2日（安永4年9月8日)
Haiku Poetess
Chiyoni Ki 千代尼忌ちよにき
Soen Ki 素園忌（そえんき）

CHUUKUU, Origuchi Shinobu 折口信夫
September 3. 明治20年（1887年）2月11日 - 昭和28年（1953年）9月3日）
Shaki Chuukuu 釈迢空（しゃくちょうくう）
Famous scholar of Japanese Learnng.
Chuukoo Ki 迢空忌 (ちょうくうき)
Origuchi Shinobu / LINKS

DAKOTSU, Iida Dakotsu (飯田蛇笏)
26 April 1885 – 3 October 1962) haiku poet from Yamanashi
Dakotsu Ki 蛇笏忌 (だこつき)
Sanro Ki 山廬忌（さんろき）
Dakotsu Iida / FACTS

DOGEN. Zen Master, Doogen Zenji 道元禅師
(19 January 1200 – 22 September 1253)
Doogen-Ki 道元忌 (どうげんき )
Founder of Soto Zen Sect, Sootoo Shuu Kanzan Ki 曹洞宗開山忌（そうとうしゅうかいさんき）
Founder of Temple Eihei-Ji, Eiheiji Kaisan Ki 永平寺開山忌（えいへいじかいさんき）
..... WKD : Eihei-Ji Temple and Dogen 永平寺
Dōgen Zenji; also Dōgen Kigen 道元希玄, or Eihei Dōgen 永平道元, or Koso Joyo Daishi) / FACTS

DOOKAN, Ota Dokan, Oota Dookan (太田道灌)
(1432-1486) Died 文明18年7月26日（1486年8月25日 August 25）
Daimyo. In 1457, he built Edo Castle
Dokan Ki 道灌忌どうかんき
Ōta Dōkan / FACTS

DONRYUU, Priest Donryu 呑龍 "Storm Dragon"
August 9. (present day September 9.)
弘治2年4月23日（1556年6月2日） - 元和9年8月9日（1623年9月3日）
Donryuu Ki 呑龍忌 (どんりゅうき)
Donryu / LINKS

GENYOSHI, Kadokawa Genyoshi 角川源義
October 27. (1917-1975).
1917年（大正6年）10月9日 - 1975年（昭和50年）10月27日）
Founder of Kadokawa Book Store
Genyoshi Ki 源義忌 (げんよしき)
"autumn Lark Day", Shuuen Ki 秋燕忌（しゅうえんき）
Genyoshi Kadokawa / LINKS

GISHUU, Nakayama Gishu, 中山義秀（なかやまぎしゅう)
August 19. 1900-1969. Novelist
Gishuu Ki 義秀忌 (ぎしゅうき)

GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832). Germany
Goethetag, 27. August / 28. August
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe / FACTS

GONSUI, Ikenishi Gonsui 池西言水
September 24. 1650-1722. Haiku Poet, friend of Basho.
Gonsui Ki 言水忌 (ごんすいき)
Ikenishi Gonsui / LINKS

HASEKURA, Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga 支倉六右衛門常長
July 1. (1571 – 1622) Samurai from the Date domain.
He led a diplomatic mission to New Spain (Mexico) and then Europe between 1613 and 1620
Hasekura Ki 支倉忌 (はせくらき)
Hasekura Tsunenaga / FACTS

HIDENO, Ishibashi Hideno 石橋秀野
September 26. 1909-1947. Woman Haiku Poet.
Hideno Ki 秀野忌 (ひでのき)
Hideno Ishibashi / LINKS

Higginson, William "Bill" Higginson
passed away 11th October 2008
William J. Higginson, 1938-2008
by George Swede

HIROSHIGE, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
1797 in Edo – October 12, 1858. "Andoo, Andō Hiroshige" (安藤広重)
Woodblock Pring ukiyo-e artist
Hiroshige Ki 広重忌 (ひろしげき)
Hiroshige / FACTS

HOKI-ICHI, Hanawa Hokiichi 塙保己一 ( はなわほきいち )
September 12. 延享3年5月5日（1746年6月23日） - 文政4年9月12日（1821年10月7日）
Scholar of "National Learning"
Hokiichi Ki 保己一忌 (ほきいちき)
Hanawa Hokiichi / LINKS

HOOSAKU, Shinohara Hosaku 篠原鳳作
September 17. (1905 ~ 1936). Haiku Poet.
Hoosaku Ki 鳳作忌 (ほうさくき)

IPPEN Shoonin, Saint Ippen, 一遍上人, Zuien
(1234 – 1289)
Ippen-Ki 一遍忌
Yugyoo-Ki 遊行忌
Ippen / FACTS

KEIROO, Ishikawa Keiro 石川桂郞
November 6. (1909-1975). Autor and haiku poet.
Keiro Ki 桂郞忌 (けいろうき)
Ganshuu Ki 含羞忌（がんしゅうき）
Keiro Ishikawa / LINKS

KIJOO, Murakami Kijo 村上鬼城
September 17. 1865 - 1938. Haiku Poet
Kijoo Ki 鬼城忌 (きじょうき )
Kijo Murakami / LINKS

KOOYOO, Ozaki Koyo 尾崎紅葉
January 10, 1868 - October 30, 1903) Autor and haiku poet. He was the center of the Tochimandoo Haiku Group.
"Red Autumn Leaves Day", Kooyoo Ki 紅葉忌 (こうようき)
Tochimandoo Ki 十千万堂忌（とちまんどうき）
Koyo Ozaki / FACTS

KUNIO, Yanagida Kunio, Yanagita Kunio 柳田國男
July 31, 1875 - August 8, 1962
the father of Japanese native ethnology
Kunio Ki 国男忌 (くにおき)
Yanagita Kunio / FACTS

KYORAI, Mukai Kyorai 向井去来
慶安4年（1651年） - 宝永元年9月10日（1704年10月8日 October 8)
One of the 10 important haiku disciples of Basho.
Kyorai Ki 去来忌 (きょらいき)
Mukai Kyorai / LINKS

KYOROKU, Morikawa Kyoroku 森川許六
1656-1715. One of the 10 important haiku disciples of Basho.
One of his works: Fuzoku monzen tsushaku 風俗文選通釋.
Kyoroku Ki 許六忌 (きょろくき)
Gorosei Ki 五老井忌（ごろうせいき）
Morikawa Kyoroku / LINKS

MONGAKU, Priest Mongaku 文覚（もんがく)
July 20. 保延5年（1139年） - 建仁3年7月21日（1203年8月29日）
His name was Endoo Moritoo 遠藤盛遠（えんどうもりとお）
Mongaku Ki 文覚忌 (もんがくき)
Moritoo Ki 盛遠忌（もりとおき）
Mongaku / LINKS

MOPPO, Tomita Moppo 富田木歩
April 14,1897 - September 1,1923 . Haiku Poet.
Moppo Ki 木歩忌 (もっぽき)
Moppo Tomita / LINKS

MORITAKE, Arakida Moritake 荒木田守武
August 8. (1473-1549). Head priest at Ise Shrine. Waka poet.
Moritake Ki 守武忌もりたけき
Arakida Moritake / LINKS and FACTS

MUSO Soseki (Musoo 夢窓疎石（むそうそせき)
建治元年（1275） - 観応2年9月30日（1351, October 20））
Zen-Priest.
Musoo-Ki 夢窓忌 (むそうき)
Soseki Ki 疎石忌（そせきき）
Muso Kokushi Soseki 夢窓国師 and the ZUIKI festival
(zuiki 随喜 to weep with joy
zuiki 芋茎（ずいき）stem of the taro plant)

NICHIREN, Saint Nichiren, Nichiren Shoonin 日蓮
(February 16, 1222 – October 13, 1282). Founder of Nichiren Sect of Buddhism
Nichiren Omeikoo 御命講
..... Daimoku Tate 題目立 Picture
Nichiren (日蓮) / FACTS

NOGI, Nogi Maresuke (乃木希典)
(25 December 1849 - 13 September 1912) Kiten, Count Nogi.
General in the Imperial Japanese Army, and a prominent figure in the Russo-Japanese War.
Nogi Ki 乃木忌（のぎき）
Nogi SAI 乃木祭 (のぎさい)
Nogi Matsuri 乃木まつり（のぎまつり）
Maresuke Ki 希典忌（まれすけき）
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nogi_Maresuke

NORINAGA, Motoori Norinaga (本居宣長)
21 June 1730–5 November 1801) Scholar of "Japanese Studies", Kokugaku during the Edo period.
Norinaga Ki 宣長忌 (のりながき)
Suzu no Ya KI 鈴の屋忌（すずのやき）
Motoori Norinaga / FACTS

OOKYO, Maruyama Okyo, Ohkyo 円山応挙
1733年6月12日） - （1795年8月31日) Painter.
Ookyo Ki 応挙忌 (おうきょき)

ONITSURA, Uejima Onitsura 上島鬼貫（うえしまおにつら） Ueshima Onitsura
(1660-1738) Died August 2, 1738. Haiku Poet.
Onitsura Ki 鬼貫忌 (おにつらき)

ROGETSU, Ishii Rogetsu 石井露月
September 18. (1873-1928)
Rogetsu Ki 露月忌 (ろげつき )
Kabocha Ki 南瓜忌（かぼちゃき)
Senjin Ki 山人忌（さんじんき）
Rogetsu Ishii / LINKS

RYOOI, RYOO-I, Sumi-no-kura Ryooi 角倉了以（すみのくらりょうい)
July 12. 天文23年（1554年） - 慶長19年7月12日（1614年8月17日）
Suminokura Ryoi
Very rich merchant in Kyoto. In the 1590s Hideyoshi granted him a license for overseas trade with what is now Vietnam. This endeavor brought in huge profits for Suminokura and his son Soan - until the Tokugawas closed the country in 1635.
Ryooi Ki 了以忌 (りょういき)
Suminokura / LINKS

RYOOTA, Oshima Ryota 大島蓼太
September 9. 1718-1787. Haiku Poet
Ryoota Ki 蓼太忌 (りょうたき)
Oshima Ryota / LINKS

SAIGOO, Saigo Takamori, Saigō Takamori (西郷隆盛)
23 January 1827/28 — 24 September 1877). Satsuma Samurai of the late Edo Period.
Nanshuu Ki 南洲忌 (なんしゅうき)
Saigoo Ki 西郷忌（さいごうき）
Takamori Ki 隆盛忌（たかもりき）
Saigō Takamori / FACTS

SAIKAKU, Ibara Saikaku, Ihara Saikaku 井原西鶴
1642–1693. Creator of the "floating world" genre of Japanese prose (ukiyo-zōshi
Saikaku Ki 西鶴忌 (さいかくき)

SANTOKA, Taneda Santooka 種田山頭火
(1882-1940) Haiku Poet.
Santooka Ki 山頭火忌

SHIKI, Masaoka Shiki Nobo san のぼさん
(1867-1902, September 19) Haiku Poet.
Shiki Ki 子規忌 Shiki memorial day
Hechima-ki 糸瓜忌 (へちまき) Sponge-gourd Anniversary
Dassai Ki 獺祭忌（だっさいき）"otter festival day"

SHIRAO, Kaya Shirao 加舎白雄
September 13. (1738–1791) Haiku Poet
Shirao Ki 白雄忌 (しらおき)
Shirao Kaya / FACTS

SODOO, Yamaguchi Sodo 山口素堂
August 15. 1642-1716. Haiku poet
寛永19年5月5日（1642年6月1日） - 享保元年8月15日（1716年9月30日）
Sodoo Ki 素堂忌 (そどうき)
Yamaguchi Sodo　/ LINKS

SOOGI, Sogi, Io Sogi (Soogi, Sougi 飯尾宗祇　いいおそうぎ)
Iio Soogi, born 1421, Japan ... died Sept. 1, 1502, Hakone, Japan
Buddhist monk and greatest master of renga (linked verse)
Soogi Ki 宗祇忌 (そうぎき)

SOSEI, Hasegawa Sosei 長谷川素逝
September 10. 1907 - 1946. Haiku Poet.
Sosei Ki 素逝忌 (そせいき)
Sosei Hasegawa / LINKS

SUIHA, Watanabe Suiha, 渡辺水巴 , 水巴渡辺
August 8. (1882 - 1946) Haiku Poet.
Suiha Ki 水巴忌 (すいはき)
Watanabe Suiha / LINKS

SUJUU, Takano Sujuu 高野素十 (Takano Suju)
October 4. 1893 - 1976. Haiku Poet.
1893年(明治26年)3月3日 - 1976年(昭和51年)10月4日）
One of the four "S" of the Hototogisu Haiku Group.
Sujuu Ki 素十忌 (すじゅうき)

TAGORE, Rabindranath Tagore India
Kigo for the Rains, Varsha, in India.
(1861-August 7, 1941) Poet.

TAIGI, Tan Taigi 炭太祇 (たんたいぎ)
(1738-1791) Haiku Poet
Taigi Ki 太祗忌 (たいぎき)
Fuya An Ki 不夜庵忌（ふやあんき）

TAIKOO, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣秀吉)
February 2, 1536, or March 26, 1537 – September 18, 1598). Hashiba Hideyoshi
Sengoku period daimyo who helped unify Japan.
Taikoo Ki 太閤忌 (たいこうき)
Hideyoshi Ki 秀吉忌（ひでよしき）
Toyotomi Hideyoshi / FACTS

TEIKA, Fujiwara no Teika 藤原定家)
1162年（応保2年） - 1241年9月26日（仁治2年8月20日）
Famous waka poet, calligrapher, novelist, anthologist, and scholar.
Teika Ki 定家忌ていかき
Fujiwara Teika / FACTS

TOBA SOJO, Kakuyuu 覚猷（かくゆう)
天喜元年（1053年） - 保延6年9月15日（1140年10月27日）
Priest of the Tendai Sect in the Heian Period.
Toba Soojoo KI 鳥羽僧正忌 (とばそうじょうき )
Kakuyuu Ki 覚猷忌（かくゆうき）
Toba Sojo (1053-1140) / FACTS

YOSHINO DAYUU, Yoshino Tayu 吉野太夫
September 25. (1606-1643)
慶長11年3月3日（1606年4月10日） - 寛永20年8月25日（1643年10月7日）
most famous courtesan. of the time
Yoshino Daiyuu Ki 吉野太夫忌よしのだゆうき
Yoshino Ki 吉野忌（よしのき）
Yoshino Dayu / LINKS

ZEAMI, Zeami Motokiyo (世阿弥元清)
c. 1363 – c. 1443. Aesthetician, actor and playwright.
Zeami Ki 世阿弥忌 (ぜあみき)
Yugen (yuugen 幽玄) and Haiku

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AROO, Usuda Aro 臼田亜浪
November 11. (1879-1951)
Haiku poet.
Aroo Ki 亜浪忌 (あろうき)
Usuda Aroo / LINKS

Matsuo BASHO
(1644-1694). Haiku Poet.
Basho Ki 芭蕉忌
"Winter Rain" Anniversary (shigure Ki 時雨忌（しぐれき）
... shigure-e 時雨会)
Old Master's Day (Okina no hi 翁の日, おきなき)
... Okina no Hi 翁の日（おきなのひ)
Green Peach Day (Toosei ki 桃青忌, とうせいき）　
Meeting in Memory of Basho, bashoo E 芭蕉会（ばしょうえ）

BONIFACIO Philippines
Andres Bonifacio (November 30, 1863 – May 10, 1897). Political Hero.

BUSON, Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村
1716 – December 25, 1784. Haiku Poet and Painter.
Buson Ki 蕪村忌 (ぶそんき)
Shunsei Ki 春星忌（しゅんせいき）

CHIKAMATSU, Chikamatsu Monzaemon　近松門左衛門
Sugimori Nobumori, 杉森信盛
1653 – 6 January 1725. Scenario writer for Puppet Theater (bunraku)
Chikamatsu Ki 近松忌 (ちかまつき)
Soorin shi Ki 巣林子忌（そうりんしき)
Soorin Ki 、巣林忌（そうりんき）
Chikamatsu Monzaemon / FACTS

DAITOO Kokushi 大燈国師
1283-1337
Daitoo Ki 大燈忌（だいとうき）
Memorial Day of the Founder of Daitoku-Ji Temple, Daitoku-ji Kaisan-Ki 大徳寺開山忌 (だいとくじかいさんき)
Daitoo Kokushi Ki 大燈国師忌（だいとうこくしき）
Picture
Daito Kokushi LINKS

DARUMA Daishi 達磨大師, Bodhidharuma
Daruma Memorial Day, Daruma-Ki 達磨忌
Shoorin Ki 少林忌（しょうりんき）
"Day of the Founder", shoso Ki 初祖忌（しょそき）
Daruma Snowman 雪達磨 Daruma as a Snowman
Daruma Museum Japan / Gabi Greve

EIKAN, Priest Eikan of Temple Zenrin-Ji 永観
November 2. 長元6年（1033年）－天永2年11月2日（1111年12月4日）
Eikan Ki 永観忌 (えいかんき)
Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji (永観堂禅林寺) / FACTS

EN NO GYOJA and Shugendoo
En no Gyooja Ki 役行者忌

HAKUSHUU, Kitahara Hakushu 北原白秋, Kitahara Hakushū
25 January 1885 – 2 November 1942
Pen-name of tanka poet Kitahara Ryūkichi (北原隆吉).
Hakushuu Ki 白秋忌 (はくしゅうき)
Kitahara Hakushū / FACTS

HAKYOO, Ishida Hakyoo 石田波郷（いしだはきょう)
(1913-1969)/ 1913年3月18日 - 1969年11月21日
Hakyoo Ki 波郷忌 (はきょうき)
Nintoo Ki 忍冬忌（にんとうき）
Fuukaku Ki 風鶴忌（ふうかくき）
Shakumyoo Ki 惜命忌（しゃくみょうき）

HEKIGOTOO, Kawahigashi Hekigoto 河東碧梧桐
1873年02月26日～ 1937年02月01日
Hekigotoo Ki 碧梧桐忌 (へきごとうき)
"Day when the cold ende", Kan-ake Ki 寒明忌（かんあけき）

HISAJO, Sugita Hisajo 杉田久女
May 30, 1890 - January 1, 1946
Hisajo Ki 久女忌 ( ひさじょき)

ICHIYOO, Higuchi Ichiyo 樋口一葉
May 2, 1872 - November 23, 1896
Female Higuchi Natsu (樋口奈津), Higuchi Natsuko (樋口夏子).
Ichiyo Ki 一葉忌 (いちようき)

IPPEKIROO, Nakatsuka Ippekiro 中塚一碧楼
(1887 ~ 1946)
Ippekiroo Ki 一碧楼忌 (いっぺきろうき)
Ippekiro Nakatsuka / FACTS

ISAMU, Yoshii Isamu 吉井勇
November 19. (8 October 1886 - 19 November 1960)
Isamu Ki 勇忌 (いさむき)
"This and That.. Day" Kanikaku かにかく忌（かにかくき）
Kootoo Ki 紅燈忌（こうとうき）
Isamu Yoshii / FACTS

ISSA, Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶
(June 15, 1763 - January 5, 1828)
Issa Ki 一茶忌 (いっさき)

JESUS Christ and Christmas
JESUS Christ and Easter

JINGEN, Tenkai, 天海（てんかい)
(1536-1643) 1536年（天文5年）? - 1643年11月13日（寛永20年10月2日）
High Priest of the Tendai Sect. He was close to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Jigen Ki 慈眼忌（じげんき）
Founder of Temple Toeizan, Tooeizan Kaisan Ki 東叡山開山忌 (とうえいざんかいさんき)
Jigen Daishi Ki 慈眼大師忌（じげんだいしき）
Tenkai and Temple Kanei-Ji in Ueno

John the Apostle
Sei Johanne no hi 聖ヨハネの日 (せいよはねのひ) Day of Saint John

KAKUNYO, Saint Kakunyo 覚如
文永7年12月28日（1271年2月9日） - 正平6年/観応2年1月19日（1351年2月15日）
Kakunyo-Ki 覚如忌
First chief priest of the Temple Hongan-ji, Kyoto.
Temple Hongan-ji (本願寺) / FACTS

KIKEI, Takai Kikei 高井几圭
December 23. (1687-1761)
Father of Kito.
Kikei Ki 几圭忌 (きけいき)
Takai Kikei / Japanese LINKS

KITOO, Takai Kito 高井几董
October 23. (1741-1789)。Disciple of Buson. Second Son of Kikei.
Kitoo Ki 几董忌 (きとうき)
Takai Kito / LINKS

KOBO DAISHI, Kukai (Kooboo Daishi, Kuukai) 弘法大師　空海
Winter Kigo for him.

KUYA, Saint Kuya, Kuya Shonin 空也
(903-72) Priest of the Pure Land Sect
Kuuya-Ki 空也忌 (くうやき)
Kuuya Nenbutsu 空也念仏
..... Hachi Tataki 鉢叩 Memorial Service for Kuuya Shoonin

MISHIMA , Mishima Yukio, Yukio Mishima (三島由紀夫)
Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡公威)
January 14, 1925–November 25, 1970. Author and playwright.
Mishima Ki 三島忌 (みしまき)
Yuukoku Ki 憂国忌（ゆうこくき）
Yukio Ki由紀夫忌（ゆきおき）
Yukio Mishima / FACTS

MYOE (Myooe, Myo-E) Toomyoo Myoe 東明慧日
文永9年（1272）－暦応3年/興国元年10月4日（1340, October 25）
Buddhist monk active during the Kamakura period
Myooe-Ki 明慧忌 (みょうえき）
Toomyoo-e nichi 東明慧日（とうみょうえにち)
Myōe / FACTS

MYOOSHIN-JI Temple Founder 妙心寺開山
Kanzan Egen Zenji 関山慧玄慧玄（かんざんえげん、無相大師）
Founded in the year 1342 by the venerable Zen Master Kanzan-Egen Zenji (1277-1360)
Myooshinji Kaisan-Ki 妙心寺開山忌 (みょうしんじかいさんき)
Kanzan Ki 関山忌（かんざんき）
Musoo Ki 無相忌（むそうき）
Temple Myoshin-Ji / FACTS

Pandit Jawaharlal NEHRU India.
Frost- Hemant Season of India
Birthday on November 14

NICOLAUS, Saint Nicolaus, Santa Claus
St. Nicholas. Nikolaus. December 6.

OTSUJI, Oosuga Otsuji 大須賀乙字
(Seki Osuga) Poet from Fukushima.
明治１４：１８８１～大正９：１９２０年１月２０日
Otsuji Ki 乙字忌 (おつじき )
Kanrai Ki 寒雷忌（かんらいき）
Hatsuka Ki 二十日忌（はつかき）
Osuga Otsuji / LINKS

RANSETSU, Hattori Ransetsu 服部嵐雪 (はっとりらんせつ)
承応3年（1654年） - 宝永4年10月13日（1707年11月6日）
Ransetsu Ki 嵐雪忌らんせつき

ROOBEN, Saint Roben 良弁
689 in der Provinz Ōmi; - 773; postum: Konshō gyōja)
Rooben-Ki 良弁忌
Roben / FACTS

ROOKA, Saint Roka of the temple Zuisen-Ji
November 11, October 9. (1672 - 1703)
Haiku poet and disciple of Basho. 釋浪化（しゃく　ろうか））
Rooka Ki 浪化忌 (ろうかき)

RYOKAN, Ryokan San (Ryookan 良寛)
(1758–1831) Ryōkan Taigu
Ryookan-Ki 良寛忌

SEKITEI, Hara Sekitei 原石鼎
December 20. (1889 ~ 1951)
Haiku Poet of the Hototogisu group.
Sekitei Ki 石鼎忌 (せきていき)
Hara Sekitei / LINKS

SHINRAN, Saint Shinran, Shinran Shoonin　親鸞聖人
Goshoo-Ki 御正忌 Memorial Services at Temple Hongan-Ji
Betsuji Nenbutsu-E 別時念仏会 Memorial Service for Shinran Shoonin
Otorikoshi 御取越　Memorial Ceremony for Shinran Shoonin
Okoonagi 御講凪 Memorial Ceremony for Shinran Shoonin
Temple Hongan-ji (本願寺) / FACTS

SOOJOO, Hino Sojo, Hino Soojoo 日野草城
1901年（明治34年）7月18日 - 1956年（昭和31年）1月29日）
Soojoo Ki 草城忌 (そうじょうき)
"Crane in the Cold" Day, Itezuru Ki 凍鶴忌（いてづるき）
Kairui Ki 鶴唳忌（かくるいき）
Tookaku Ki 東鶴忌（とうかくき）
"Silver Day", Shirogane 銀忌（しろがねき）

SOOKAN, Yamazaki Sokan 山崎宗鑑
October 2. 1465-1553. Haikai and renga poet.
Sookan Ki 宗鑑忌 (そうかんき)

SOOSEKI, Natsume Soseki 夏目漱石
9 February 1867 - 9 December 1916. Novelist of the Meiji Era
Sooseki Ki 漱石忌そうせきき

STEPHEN, Saint Stephen Ireland
St Stephen was the first Martyr in Christian history.

TEITOKU, Matsunaga Teitoku 松永貞德
November 15. (1571-1653)
Founder of the Teitoku Haiku Group.
Teitoku Ki 貞德忌 (ていとくき)
Matsunaga Teitoku / LINKS

TOOFUKUJI Temple Founder 東福寺開山
Kaisan-Ki 東福寺開山忌 Memorial Day for the Founder of Temple Tofuku-Ji
His name was Enni Ben’en 圓爾辯圓 (1201–1280).
Shooichi Ki, Sei Ichi Ki 聖一忌 (しょういちき) （せいいちき)
Kokushi Ki 国師忌（こくしき）
Bentoo Osame 行廚納 (べんとうおさめ)
The temple was established in 1236 by the chancellor Kujo Michiie 九条道家 (1192–1252)
Temple Tofukuji / FACTS
Temple Name: Tofuku-ji 東福寺/ More FACTS

TORAHIKO, Terada Torahiko 寺田寅彦
November 28, 1878 - December 31, 1935
Physicist and author
Torahiko Ki 寅彦忌 (とらひこき)
Tora Hiko Ki 寅日子忌（とらひこき)
Fuyuhiko Ki 冬彦忌（ふゆひこき）
Torahiko Terada / FACTS

Xavier, Saint Francis Xavier
Sei Sabieru no hi 聖ザビエルの日 (せいざびえるのひ) Day of Saint Xavier

YAICHI, Aizu Yaichi 会津八一
August 1, 1881 - November 21, 1956
Poet, calligrapher and historian.
Yaichi Ki 八一忌 (やいちき)
Shuusoo Ki 秋艸忌（しゅうそうき）
Konsai Ki 渾斎忌（こんさいき）
Aizu Yaichi / FACTS

YOKOMITSU, Yokomitsu Riichi (横光利一)
17 March 1898 - 30 December 1947) Autor. Friend of Kyoshi.
横光忌よこみつき
Ri-Ichi 利一忌（りいちき）
Ri-Ichi no Ki 利一の忌（りいちのき）
Riichi Yokomitsu / FACTS

YUIMA, Vimalakirti 維摩
The first Zen Buddhist Master.
Yuima-E 維摩会 Ceremony for Yuima
Vimalakirti Sutra, Vimalakīrtinirdeśa

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The Genroku Period of Japan
1688-1704

Genroku (元禄) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengoo, lit. "year name") after Jōkyō and before Hōei. This period spanned the years from 1688 through 1704.
The reigning emperor was Higashiyama-tennō (東山天皇).

G1, 1st month: Ihara Saikaku publishes Japan's Eternal Treasury.
G2 (September 16, 1689): German physician Engelbert Kaempfer arrives at Dejima.
G8, 8th month: Minting begun of Genroku coinage.

Prominent figures of the Genroku era

Chikamatsu Monzaemon—jōruri playwright
Ichikawa Danjūrō I, Sakata Tōjūrō I, Yoshizawa Ayame I — kabuki actors
Ihara Saikaku — novelist
Arai Hakuseki — Confucian scholar and shogunal advisor
The Forty-seven Ronin
Ogata Korin and Ogata Kenzan — Rinpa school artists
Torii Kiyonobu, Hishikawa Moronobu, Miyagawa Chōshun — ukiyo-e artists

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Haikai poets until the Genroku Period

Their dates refer to the Asian lunar calendar.

the 10 great and most important disciples of Basho

Basho jittetsu 芭蕉十哲 (ばしょうじってつ
Tachibana Hokushi 立花北枝, Enomoto Kikaku 榎本其角、Hattori Ransetsu 服部嵐雪、Mukai Kyorai 向井去来、Morikawa Kyoroku 森川許六、Kagami Shikoo 名務支考、Naito Joso (Naitoo Joosoo) 内藤丈草、Ochi Etsujin 越智越人、Shida Yaba 志田野坡 (1662-1740), Sugiyama Sanpuu 杉山杉風.

in ABC order

Amano Tooorin 天野　桃隣（あまの　とうりん）
寛永十六年（1639）～享保四年（1719）
from Iga, Ueno, blood relative of Basho

Arakida Moritake 荒木田　守武（あらきだ　もりたけ）
文明五年（１４７３）～天文十八年（１５４９）
priest at Shrine Ise Jingu

Den Sutejo (1633-1698) 田捨女（でん　すてじょ）

Enju Fuchiku Enjuu 槐諷竹（えんじゅ　ふうちく）
生年不詳～正徳元年（? - １７１１）

Enomoto Kikaku (1661-1707) 榎本其角
Takarai Kikaku
A most important student of Basho.

Esa Shoohaku 江左　尚白（えさ　しようはく）
慶安三年（１６５０）～享保七年（１７２２）
from Otsu, Shiga

Hattori Ransetsu 服部　嵐雪（はっとり　らんせつ） (1654-1707)
承応三年（１６５４）～宝永四年（１７０７）

Hattori Tohoo 服部　土芳(はっとり　とほう)
明暦三年(1657)～享保十五年(1730)
from Iga, Ueno, like Basho

Hayano Hajin 早野　巴人（はやの　はじん）
延宝五年（１６７７）～寛保二年（１７４２）
from Tochigi, he was close to Buson

Hirose Izen 広瀬　惟然（ひろせ　いぜん）
？～宝永八年（? - １７１１）
from Mino, from a rich family, but he left wife and children behind and began roaming Japan as a poet. He was about 60 when he died.
Osaka Haikai

Ikenishi Gonsui 池西　言水（いけにし　ごんすい）
慶安三年（１６５０）～享保七年（１７２２）
from Nara

Inbe Rotsu 斎部　路通（いんべ　ろつう）
慶安二年（１６４９）～元文三年（１７３８）
from Kyoto

Itoo Fuukoku 伊藤　風國（いとう　ふうこく）
生年不詳～元禄十四年（１７０１）
doctor in Kyoto

Itoo Shintoku 伊藤　信徳（いとう　しんとく）
寛永十年（１６３３）～元禄十一年（１６９８）
from Kyoto

Iwata Ryooto 岩田　涼莵（いわた　りょうと）
万治二年（１６５９）～享保二年（１７１７）
from Iga, Mie, a Shinto priest who travelled a lot

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Kawai Chigetsuni 川合智月尼（かわいちげつ）
寛永十一年（１６３６）～宝永五年（１７０８）
from Kyoto/ 河合智月
The Nun Chigetsu, Kawai Chigetsu-Ni 智月尼
and
Kawai Otokuni 川井乙州/ 河井乙州 / 河合乙州, her younger brother

Kawai Sora 河合　曾良（かあい　そら）
慶安二年（１６４９）～宝永七年（１７１０）
from Mino, companion of Oku no Hosomichi

Kagami Shikoo 各務　支考（かがみ　しこう）
寛文五年（１６６５）～享保十六年（１７３１）
from Mino
Osaka Haikai

Kawai Otokuni 河井　乙州(かわい　おとくに)
享保五年没　享年六十四才 / (1675 - 1720)
from Omi, Otsu.
He as well loved by Basho. He brought the remains of Basho to his home after Basho's death and held a memorial service for him together with his sister, Chigetsu.

Kishi Senshuu 貴志　沾州（きし　せんしゅう）
寛文十年（１６７０）～元文四年（１７３９）
from Edo

Kitamura Kigin 北村季吟
1625-1705. June 15, ６月１５日　

Konishi Raizan 小西　来山（こにし　らいざん）
承応三年（１６５４）～享保元年（１７１６）
from Osaka

Koono Riyuu 河野　李由（こうの　りゆう）
寛文二年（１６６２）～宝永二年（１７０５）
from Hikone, Shiga

Kosugi Isshoo 小杉　一笑（こすぎ　いっしょう）
元禄元年（１６３２）～寛永九年（１６６８）
"one laugh"
from Kaga, Kanazawa, now Ishikawa

Kuranashi Issetsu 椋梨　一雪（くらなし　いっせつ）
元和六年（１６２０）～延宝八年（１６８０）
from Kyoto

Matsue Shigeyori 松江　重頼（まつえ　しげより）
慶長七年（１６０２）～延宝八年（１６８０）
from Izumo

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Matsuo Basho 松尾　芭蕉（まつお　ばしょう）
Basho, Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694)

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Miyazaki Keikoo 宮崎　荊口（みやざき　けいこう）
生年不詳～享保十二年（? - １７２５）
from Ogaki, Mino

Mizuma Sentoku 水間　沾徳（みずま　せんとく）
寛文元年（１６６１）～享保十一年（１７２６）
from Edo, he was the center of the Edo Haidan 江戸俳壇

Mizuta Masahide 水田正秀(みずたまさひで)
From Omi. ～享保8年（1723）8月3日、享年67歳

Mochizuki Mokusetsu 望月　木節(もちづき　もくせつ)
生没年不詳 dates are unknown
from Omi, Otsu, a medical doctor
He was at Basho's side and gave him medicine, until the master died.

Mokudoo (Mokudo) 木導
disciple of Matsuo Basho

Morikawa Kyoriku (Kyoroku) 森川　許六（もりかわ　きよりく）
明暦二年（１６５６）～正徳五年（１７１５）
from Hikone, Omi
Kyoroku Ki 許六忌 (きょろくき)
Gorosei Ki 五老井忌（ごろうせいき）

Mukai Kyorai and Rakushisha Cottage
向井　去来（むかい　きょらい）
慶安四年（１６５１）～宝永元年（１７０４）

Naemura Chiri 苗村　千里（なえむら　ちり）
正保三年（1647）～享保元年（１７１６）
from Yamato, Nara, lived in Asakusa, Edo

Naitoo Joosoo 内藤　丈草（ないとう　じょうそう）
寛文二年（１６６２）～宝永元年（１７０４）

Nakagawa Otsuyuu 中川　乙由（なかがわ　おつゆう）
延宝十二年（１６７５）～元文四年（１７３９）
from Ise

Nakamura Fumikuni 中村　史邦（なかむら　ふみくに）
生没年不詳 dates not known
from Inuyama, Owari

Nakarai Bakuyoo 半井　卜養（なからい　ぼくよう
（１６０７－１６７８）
medical doctor of the bakufu government

Nishijima no tsuma 西島の妻（にしじまのつま）
生没年不詳 dates not known
wife of Nishijima, from Asakusa, Edo
maybe the wife of Nozawa Boncho 野沢凡兆の妻

Nishiyama Soin and the Danrin School (Soo-In) 西山宗因, 談林派
慶長十年（１６０５）～天和二年（１６８２）
from Kumamoto

Nonoguchi Ryuuho 野々口　立圃（ののぐち　りゅうほ）
文禄四年（１５９５）～寛文九年（１６６９）
born in Kyoto

Nozawa Boncho 野沢凡兆 (Nozawa Bonchoo, 1640? - 1714)
and his wife Tome, Ukoo 羽紅

Nukata Fuushi 額田　風之（ぬかた　ふうし）
貞享三年（１６８６）～延享四年（１７４７）
from Kyoto

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Ochi Etsujin 越智越人（おち　えつじん）
（1655　- 1739) / (1656 - 1730)

Okanishi Ichiyuu 岡西　惟中（おかにし　いちゆう）
寛永十六年（１６３９）～正徳元年（１７１１）
from Inaba (Tottori)

Ootaka Shiyoo 大高　子葉（おおたか　しよう）
寛文十二年（１６７２）～元禄十六年（１７０３）
One of the 47 Akaho Ronin.

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Sengoku Rogenboo 仙石　廬元坊（せんごく　ろげんぼう）
元禄元年（１６８８）～延享四年（１７４７）
from Mino.

Shaku Rooka 釋　浪化（しゃく　ろうか)
Saint Roka of the temple Zuisen-Ji
寛文十一年（１６７１）～元禄（１７０３）
from Kyoto
Rooka Ki 浪化忌 (ろうかき)

Shayo (Shioe Shayoo) 潮江車要 Pupil of Matsuo Basho 車庸（しやよう）
and
Hamada Chinseki / Shadoo 浜田珍夕/珍碩（洒堂）
Yuutoo 膳所游刀 from Omi

Shiba Sonome 斯波　園女（しば　そのめ）
寛文四年（１６６４）～享保（１７２６）
from Iga, Mie. Daughter of a Shinto priest

Shida Yaba 志太　野坡（しだ　やば）
寛文三年（１６６３）～元文五年（１７４０）
from Echizen
Yaba Ki 野波忌 (やばき)

Shiinomoto Saimaru 椎本　才麿（しいのもと　さいまろ）
明暦二年（１６５６）～元文三年（１７３８）
from Yamato (Nara)

Shuu Shoku 秋　色（しゅうしょく）
寛文八年(１６６８)～享保十年（１７２５）
"autumn color"
a student of Kikaku, his name was Ogawa Oaki 小川おあき

Suganuma Kyokusui 菅沼　曲翠（すがぬま　きょくすい）
～享保二年（? - １７１７）
official from Omi

Tachibana Hokushi 立花北枝（たちばな・ほくし）
(1665-1718) 生年不詳 - 享保3年５月12日
from Kaga, Ishikawa

Tagami no Ama 田上尼（たがみのあま）
寛永二十年（１６４３）～享保四年（１７１９）
From Nagasaki. Kume Katsu 久米かつ
Tagami Kikusha 田上菊舎 (1753-1826) The Nun Kikusha

Takarai Kikaku 宝井　基角（たからいきかく）
see Enomoto

Tani Soobaku 谷　宗牧（たに　そうぼく）
生年不詳～天文十四年（? - １５４５）
from Osaka

Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉
天文六年（１５３７）～慶長三年（１５９８）
Regent of Japan

Tsuboi Tokoku 坪井　杜国（つぼい　とこく）
承応二年（１６５３）～元禄三年（１６９０）
from Nagoya

Uejima Onitsura (1660-1738) Ueshima Onitsura
上島　鬼貫（うえじま　おにつら）

Umetsu Kida 梅津　基雫（うめつ　きだ）
（１６７１－１７２０）
From Akita, Satake han

Yamaguchi Sodoo 山口　素堂（やまぐち　そどう）
Sodoo Ki 素堂忌 (そどうき)
寛永十九年（１６４２）～享保元年（１７１６）
from Kaii (Yamanashi)

Yamamoto Kakei 山本　荷兮（やまもと　かけい）
慶安元年（１６４８）～享保元年（１７１６）
doctor from Nagoya

Yamazaki Sookan 山崎　宗鑑（やまざき　そうかん）
生年不詳～天文八年、九年（? - １５３９．４０）
from Omi

Yasurai Teishitsu 安原　貞室（やすはら　ていしつ）
慶長十五年（１６１０）～寛文十三年（１６７３）
from Kyoto

Yaunken, Ya-unken 也雲軒(やうんけん)
a haikai school in the Genroku era 元禄の俳句塾

Ya Unken 也雲軒

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. Issues of Value in Genroku Haikai
David Cannell, University of California, Irvine　

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Big Spenders, the 18 Playboys of Edo (juuhachi daitsuu) 十八大通
Binzuru, the Arhat 賓頭盧, びんずる、びんづる　ビンヅル
Bukan 豊干 Feng-Kan Chinese Zen Monk
Busshi 仏師 ... Buddhist sculptors
Butsugai Fusen 物外不遷 1795～1867. Takeda Genkotsu Motsugi. Painter, Haiku Poet, Martial Arts Teacher ...

Chisho Daishi Enchin 智證大師圓珍 (814 - 891)
Chuang-tzu, Zhuangzi 荘子 / 莊周 Sooshi, Sooji Chinese philosopher
Confucius, a Chinese Scholar Kooshi, Koshi 孔子

Date Masamune 伊達政宗 (1567 - 1636)

Ekin 絵金 Hirose Kinzo 弘瀬金蔵 Painter of bloody sceenes in Tosa, Akaoka 土佐赤岡町
Enku 円空 Master Carver
Ennin, Jikaku Daishi ... 円仁。慈覚大師仁円　
Escher, M.C. Escher (1898 - 1972)

Five Hundred Arhats Gohyaku Rakan 五百羅漢
Fukuda Kodoojin 福田古道人 Fukuda Kodojin (1865-1944) Painter and Haiku Poet

Nomura Kiwao

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Nomura Kiwao 野村喜和夫

October 20, 1951 -

Authors Homepage
source : www.kiwao.com/

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Kiwao Nomura (Saitama, 1951)
is one of the undisputed driving forces behind contemporary Japanese poetry. His initial orientation was towards an academic career: he studied Japanese literature at Waseda University and taught for a number of years at Meiji University. For the past ten years or so, however, he has concentrated exclusively on creative work – as a publicist, performer, main editor of his own periodical and organiser of poetry festivals.

Nomura made his debut at the age of thirty-six with the collection of poems Wilting river, an immediate masterpiece in which a new voice could be heard, a ‘genuine’ poet with his own style and personal themes. It led to his being awarded his first important literary prize (the Rekitei Prize for Young Poets), the beginning of a whole series of awards that could now be considered a whole collection (including the prestigious Takami Jun Prize). To date, Nomura has had a dozen or so collections of poetry published, with such attractive titles as
The rainbow under the cover of town clothes is a snake.

As early as the first collection of poems from 1987 we meet such poems as ‘We, madly are we sown with dust...’, in which the language constantly shifts like a meandering river, with incantatory rhythms that rely on an almost compulsive repetition of just a limited number of concepts or images, often seen from a slightly transposed perspective. This poetry is immediately pleasing to the ear and lends itself to interaction with other art forms. Nomura also likes to collaborate with musicians and visual artists – he sometimes when performing has a cellist as accompanist, he has produced a CD (L’ascension spectacle) where his hypnotic voice alternates with organ music by Olivier Messiaen, or he reads his poems beneath a screen onto which animations of abstract art are projected.

In all such experiments, Nomura shows himself to be very much in search of a centre of gravity where the almost ritual repetitions and revisitations of captivating sounds and (often erotic) images dissolve of their own accord into the night, darkness, nothingness, the end of a delirium – lullabies for adults, one could perhaps call them, not denigrating but in need of help. In the exasperating state of insomnia in which we, creatures of the present age, live, the poetry of Kiwao Nomura serves as a welcome release.

Jan Lauwereyns (Translated by John Irons, 2007)
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Spectacle & Pigsty:
Selected Poems of Kiwao Nomura
Tr. Kyoko Yoshida / Forrest Gander

About the author: Kiwao Nomura was born October 20, 1951, in Saitama Prefecture. He graduated from Waseda University, majoring in Japanese literature. A leading writer of the post-war generation, he is in the forefront of contemporary poetry. At the same time, he is known to be a prolific critic, translator, and essayist on comparative poetics. His work has been translated into many languages and published in magazines abroad, especially in France and the United States. He has performed internationally and released two CDs of collaborations with musicians.

He played a leading role in "Contemporary Poetry Festival 95: Poetry Goes Out" and "Contemporary Poetry Festival 97: Dance and Poésie." In 2007, he organized "The Festival of International Poetry: Toward the Pacific Rim." From August to November 2005, he was a fellow at the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa in the United States. In December of the same year, he served as a director of the "Japan-European Contemporary Poetry Festival in Tokyo."
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Spectacle & Pigsty

Nomura plays with language in radical and diverse ways, employing subtleties of rhythm, semantics, image, gender, punctuation, and repetition, often all within the same short stanza.

Reading poetry in translation often raises the question of how possible it is to translate poetry in the first place (even as we gain something invaluable from the process), the task of fully representing nuances of language, culture, and history daunting at best. Spectacle & Pigsty, the first full-length English translation of contemporary Japanese poet Kiwao Nomura, tests these limits of translation in both style and substance. Nomura plays with language in radical and diverse ways, employing subtleties of rhythm, semantics, image, gender, punctuation, and repetition, often all within the same short stanza. While it seems Sisyphean to relate these subtleties into a different language, those qualities are also the reason Spectacle & Pigsty can be such an exciting read.
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The translators Kyoko Yoshida and Forrest Gander even went so far as to take butoh movement classes together in an effort to better understand poems in Spectacle & Pigsty, as dance and performance are fundamental to what happens on these pages. Here, the rhythms are often the most striking components. We are inundated with the repetition of phrases, the layering of sounds, and experimental play with punctuation, lines littered with commas and parenthetical beginnings. At times, these rhythmic repetitions drive the poem, as in “Barely Hinged:”

now in persistent strings of rain
I’ve seen a bird fluttering gone from sight
which is to say persistently

I’ve seen a fluttering bird gone from sight
so to speak in another incantation
seen I’ve gone from sight a bird fluttering
and so it goes in vain

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　　　いましきりと雨条のなかを　　　　　　　
　　　　私は鳥がはばたいて消え去るのをみた

source :　08kido.htm

His famous poem

岩は樹間をさわやかに泳いで行った、
source :　hannah5.exblog.jp

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Japanese Reference

- 野村喜和夫 -

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Otagaki Rengetsu

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Otagaki Rengetsu 太田垣蓮月
Ōtagaki Rengetsu, Ootagaki Rengetsu

February 10, 1791 – December 10, 1875

A Buddhist nun who is widely regarded to have been one of the greatest Japanese poets of the 19th century. She was also a skilled potter and painter and expert calligrapher.

Born into a samurai family with the surname Tōdō, she was adopted at a young age by the Ōtagaki family. She was a lady in waiting at Kameoka castle from age 7 to 16, when she was married. However, her husband died in 1823. Ōtagaki joined the temple Chion-in and became a nun, taking Rengetsu ("Lotus Moon") as her Buddhist name.
She remained at the Chion-in for nearly ten years, and lived in a number of other temples for the following three decades, until 1865, when she settled at the Jinkō-in where she lived out the rest of her life.

Though best known as a waka poet, Rengetsu was also accomplished at dance, sewing, some of the martial arts, and Japanese tea ceremony. She admired and studied under a number of great poets including Ozawa Roan and Ueda Akinari, and later in her life became a close friend and mentor to the artist Tomioka Tessai. A number of Tessai's works, though painted by him, feature calligraphy by Rengetsu.

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She didn't have a studio, wheel or kiln.
She hand built her ware and fired in other potter's kilns.

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Winter Confinement in Shigaraki Village
by Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875)

Last night's storm was fierce,
As I can see by this morning's
Thick blanket of snow:
Rising to kindle wood chips
In lonely Shigaraki Village.

Shigaraki Village is where Rengetsu would go to get the clay for her pottery. This is such a beautifully simple poem — a woman enters a hut, she's come some distance, she's worked all day. Darkness comes. At dawn, she sees snow blanketing the hills and knows that there must have been a fierce storm in the night. She kindles the fire. In its thusness, it is just thus.
source : shobogenzo/g/genjo_koan

modern Shigaraki tea cups

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The Rengetsu Foundation Project
source : http://rengetsu.org/

Yorozuyo no
haru no hajime to
utau nari
ko wa shikishima no
yamatobito kamo.

As it has for 10,000 ages
the onset of spring
brings singing
to these sacred isles
the people of Yamato.

Me yori mazu
kasumi some taru
hatsugoyomi
nanasoji chikaki
haru zo shira ruru.

My eyesight
getting misty
as the year turns to spring
reminding me
that I am nearing seventy.

source : rengetsu.org/poetry_db

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つまごとの　りちのしらべに　通ひきて
こえおもしろき　軒の松風　

tsumagoto no richi no shirabe ni tsuuikite
koe omoshiroki noki no matsukaze

Through the window of my hut:
The sound of a koto
Searching for the right melody
Mingling with the sound
Of the autumn wind blowing in the pines.

source : www.robynbuntin.com

. richi no shirabe 律の調べ the sound of richi .
kigo for all autumn

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Lotus Moon:
The Poetry of Rengetsu (Companions for the Journey)

Black Robe, White Mist:
Art of the Japanese Buddhist Nun Rengetsu
Melanie Eastburn

source : Rengetsu at Amazon.com

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Japanese Reference

太田垣蓮月

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Shigaraki ware
is pottery and stoneware made in Shigaraki area, Japan. The kiln is one of ‘The Six Old Kilns’ in Japan. Although figures representing the Raccoon Dog are a popular product included as Shigaraki ware, the kiln and local pottery tradition has a long history.
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Shigaraki is famous for this decorative pottery statue:
. Tanuki 狸　Badger, Racoon Dog .

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Shigaraki and Haiku

しがらきや茶山しに行夫婦づれ
Shigaraki ya chayama shi ni yuku fuufuzure

At Shigaraki
off to teagroves in the hills
go husband and wife
trans. EM & HO

. Mizuta Masahide 水田正秀 .

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Yoshida Kenko

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Yoshida Kenko 吉田兼好 Yoshida Kenkoo
Yoshida Kenkō

1283? – 1350?
弘安6年（1283年）頃か -文和元年/正平7年（1352年）

A Japanese author and Buddhist monk. His most famous work is "Tsurezuregusa" ("Essays in Idleness"), one of the most studied works of medieval Japanese literature. Kenko wrote during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods.

Kenkō was probably born in 1283, the son of an administration official. His original name was Urabe Kaneyoshi (卜部兼好). He became an officer of guards at the Imperial palace.

Late in life he retired from public life, changed his name to Yoshida Kenkō, and became a Buddhist monk and hermit. The reasons for this are unknown, but it has been conjectured that either his unhappy love for the daughter of the prefect of Iga Province or his mourning over the death of Emperor Go-Uda caused his transformation.

Although he also wrote poetry and entered some poetry contests at the imperial court (his participation in 1335 and 1344 is documented), Kenkō's enduring fame is based on Tsurezuregusa, his collection of 243 short essays, published posthumously. Although traditional translated as "Essays in Idleness," a more accurate translation would be "Notes from Leisure Hours" or "Leisure Hour Notes." Themes of the essays include the beauty of nature, the transience of life, traditions, friendship, and other abstract concepts.
The work was written in the zuihitsu ("follow-the-brush") style, a type of stream-of-consciousness writing that allowed the writer's brush to skip from one topic to the next, led only by the direction of thoughts. Some are brief remarks of only a sentence or two; others recount a story over a few pages, often with discursive personal commentary added.

The Tsurezuregusa was already popular in the 15th century and was considered a classic from the 17th century onward.
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Ein japanischer Höfling, Dichter und buddhistischer Mönch.

Zitate

"Nichts spendet größeren Trost, als alleine, still für sich, im Lampenschein vor einem Buch zu sitzen und auf diese Weise Freundschaft mit Menschen aus längst vergangenen Tagen zu schließen."

"Wie schmerzlich ist mir der Gedanke, dass all die Dinge, die man ständig um sich hat, einen unbekümmert überdauern, so als sei nichts geschehen."

"Die Jugend ist die Zeit, in der man sich selbst ruiniert... Das Alter übertrifft die Jugend zwar an Weisheit, die Jugend aber das Alter an Anmut."

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Should we only be interested to view the cherry blossoms at their peak,
or the moon when it is full?
To yearn for the moon when it is raining, or to be closed up in ones room, failing to notice the passing of Spring, is far more moving. Treetops just before they break into blossom, or gardens strewn with fallen flowers are just as worthy of notice. There is much to see in them. Is it any less wonderful to say, in the preface to a poem, that it was written on viewing the cherry blossoms just after they had peaked, or that something had prevented one from seeing them altogether, than to say ‘on seeing the cherry blossoms’? Of course not. Flowers fall and the moon sets, these are the cyclic things of the world, but still there are brutish people who mutter that there is nothing left worth seeing, and fail to appreciate.

In all things, it is the beginnings and the endings that are the most interesting. Is the love between a man a woman to be understood only in terms of the times they are together? Feel the pain of a relationship that has ended, decry the futility of a brief encounter, spend a long night awake and alone, think fondly of a life beyond one, out of reach, beyond the clouds, remember a moment long ago shared in a thatched hut; that is LOVE.

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Kenkoo Ki 兼好忌 (けんこうき) Kenko Memorial Day
kigo for mid-spring

. WKD : Memorial Days - Spring .

兼好忌御室の花は蕾かな
Kenko ki Omuro no hana wa tsubomi kana

Kenko memorial day -
the cherry trees at Omuro
still just buds

. Aoki Getto 青木月斗 .
(1879 - 1949)

Omuro is a part of Kyoto, famous for the cherry blossoms.

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Tsurezuregusa 徒然草 Essays in Idleness
"Muße-Blätter"

quote
The Timeless Wisdom of Kenko
Kenko wrote:
“They speak of the degenerate, final phase of the world, yet how splendid is the ancient atmosphere, uncontaminated by the world, that still prevails within the palace walls.”
As Kenko’s translator Donald Keene observed, there flows through the essays “the conviction that the world is steadily growing worse.” It is perversely comforting to reflect that people have been anticipating the end of the world for so many centuries. Such persistent pessimism almost gives one hope.
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The wind blows, scattering the blossoms;
And the wind cares nothing;
But the blossoms of the heart,
no wind can touch.

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If we lived forever,
if the dews of Adashino never vanished,
if the crematory smoke on Toribeyama never faded,
men would hardly feel the pity of things.

. Adashino and the Toribe Graveyard .

Memorial stones at the temple Shoen-Ji in Osaka

聖天山正円寺の南坂参道入口
「兼好法師隠棲跡碑」
「兼好法師藁打石」

Temple Shooenji 正円寺 Shoen-Ji, Osaka
大阪府大阪市阿倍野区松虫通３丁目２−３２

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Natsume Soseki

2011-10-18T00:09:00.000-07:00

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Natsume Soseki 夏目漱石
Natsume Sooseki, Natsume Sōseki

February 9, 1867 – December 9, 1916

Born Natsume Kinnosuke (夏目金之助), he is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji period (1868–1912). He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, Chinese-style poetry, and fairy tales. From 1984 until 2004, his portrait appeared on the front of the Japanese 1000 yen note.
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1000 yen　　1000円札

Wagahai ha neko de aru 吾輩は猫である
Botchan　ぼちゃん

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Sooseki Ki 漱石忌 (そうせきき)
Soseki Memorial Day

kigo for mid-winter

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君が代や年々に減る厄払
waga dai ya nennen ni heru yakubarai

people of my age -
with the passing of years
less impurities to cleanse

. WKD : yakubarai 厄払 Casting off the Old Impurities and Sins .

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The famous novel "Botchan" by Natsume Soseki takes place in Matsuyama, where he lived with Masaoka Shiki for a while.

Soseki Natsume who participated in the haiku parties convened by Shiki, etc. left several haikus such as
"A long day, we pass yawns and depart."

. Soseki and Masaoka Shiki .

When Natsume Soseki came to visit Masaoka Shiki in Matsuyma in 1892, Shiki's mother Yae prepared the dish for them.
Kyoshi, who happened to be there too, wrote about this meeting, describing Soseki sitting in his western suit on the cushion, trying to eat carefully so as not to soil his suit and the floor and finishing every little grain of rice.

. Matsuyama sushi 松山すし and poetry .

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kane tsukeba ichoo chiru nari Kenchooji

kaki kueba kane ga naru nari Hooryuuji

when they strike the bell
these gingko leaves are falling -
Temple Kencho-ji
Soseki

when I eat a persimmon
this bell reveberates -
Temple Horyu-ji
Shiki

. Two friends, two haiku .

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かたまるや散るや蛍の川の上
katamaru ya chiru ya hotaru no kawa no ue

Now gathering,
Now scattering,
Fireflies over the river.
Tr. Sooiku Shigematsu

Discussion of this haiku:
. Fireflies and the river Seta .

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瀑五段一段毎の紅葉かな
baku godan ichidan goto no momiji kana

five-tired waterfall -
on each tire there are
red maple leaves

Karakai no Taki 唐岬の滝 near Matsuyama

. WKD : Waterfall .

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立秋の紺落ち付くや伊予絣
risshuu no kon ochitsuku ya Iyogasuri

the dark blue
is relaxing at the beginning of autumn -
ikat from Iyo

. Kasuri 伊予絣 Ikat from Iyo .

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mokuren no hana bakari naru sora o miru

the sky I see
seems full of
magnolia blossoms

voll von Magnolienblueten
der Himmel
in den ich schau

from Kusamakura 草枕

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aritake no kiku nageire yo kan no naka

All the chrysanthemums that there are; lay them in the coffin

Discussion by Hugh Bygott

his tribute to Madame Naoko Otsuka

source : translating haiku forum

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More haiku by Soseki
. Reference 夏目漱石　俳句 .

my haiku translated by Soseki

Japanese Reference

夏目漱石

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Shoso Otsuni . Iwama Otsuni

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Shoso Otsuni / Shoosoo Otsuni
松窓乙二（しょうそうおつに）
Iwama Otsuni 岩間乙二（いわまおつに）
Ivama Ocuni, Iwama Otuni
(1756 - 1823)

otsu and ni both mean TWO.

Many of his haiku are about the customs and life in Northern Japan. He was born in Shiraishi Town. He settled in Shiraishi later and was known as the Old man from Mount Wasurezu わすれず山の翁. He was the priest of temple Senjuu-In 千住院.
He died on July 9 at the age of 69.

He studied a lot about Taniguchi Buson (Yosa Buson).

He was one of the great four poets, "Shitennoo" 奥州俳諧四天王 in Northern Japan.
He travelled a lot, mostly in Northern Japan and even to Hakodate, Hokkaido, and promoted haiku in this area, with the support of the Lord of Matsumae Han. He took the name of 斧柯社 in Hokkaido.

Another name was
Wasurezu yama no ogina わすれず山の翁 Old Man from Wasurezu Mountain

Wasurezuyama (Wasuresu no yama)不忘山 is a mountain in Miyagi perfecture, Shiroishi town. It is about 1705 meters high and belongs to the mountain range of Zao 蔵王連峰.

Kakejiku by Shoso Otsuni, Hakodate
Photo from Ishino san

His grave is at mount Jinbayama 陣場山.

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http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?fb20010923a2.htm

Fact and fiction meet in re-creation of Ainu past
By HIROAKI SATO
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One such account by the haiku poet Otsuni (1756-1823) gives us a glimpse of Ainu life in the early 19th century. When Otsuni and his traveling companions wake one morning to find that two of their seven packhorses, left untethered overnight, are nowhere to be seen, a young Ainu woman jumps on a horse bareback and in no time brings them back. It was something few Japanese could dream of a woman doing, and left a lasting impression on Otsuni.

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Japanese Reference

http://www.shiroishi.info/osanpo_031028/osanpo_031028.htm

http://blog.livedoor.jp/tosamarunaka/archives/52999201.html

http://www.kcn.ne.jp/~nanto/saibase/otuji.htm

http://ambitious.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/hoppodb/map/doc/0D024170000000.html

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HAIKU

芹堤で出たりな鷺のすみかより

寝て起きて愚（おろか）も是（これ）や春心

吹きためて風は置くやら春ごころ

春の朝蜆（しじみ）は黒きものぞかし

名月の夜にも炭やく煙かな

降る雪に深山しきみは高くあれ

涼しさや願のいとの吹きたまる

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芹堤（せりづつみ）

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source : buuwataru

plate about his haiku memorial stone

鶴などは年よるものを春の山
tsuru nado wa toshi yoru mono o haru no yama

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source :　taishi

栗まくやわすれすの山西にして
kuri maku ya wasuresu no yama nishi ni shite

This stone is in the park in Shiroishi town, Masuoka.
白石市益岡町　Miyagi.

Wasuresu no yama 不忘山

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koronda o e ni mite hisashi nabe matsuri

Read three versions in English here:
source : Robin Gill

. WKD : "pot festival", nabe matsuri 鍋祭（なべまつり） .

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Basho of the North 北の芭蕉 - 松窓乙二伝

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Iga Manko

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Iga Manko 伊賀万乎（まんこ）

In some translations his name is given as Banko.
The first Chinese character of his name,
万, can be read MAN or BAN.

? - 1724, August 15
生年不詳 - 1724年（享保9年）8月15日）

His name was Osakaya Jiroo Tayu (Jiro-dayu, Jiroodaiu)
大坂屋次郎大夫
He was a rich merchant in Iga Ueno.

In 1691 on the 23 of the third lunar month he had a blossom viewing party in his estate, where Matsuo Basho was present as the guest of honor.
伊賀万乎亭(ﾏﾝｺﾃｲ)で花見 Iga Manko Tei de Hanami

Iga Manko was one of the students of Matsuo Basho.
Iga Shoomon 伊賀蕉門 Basho students of Iga province.

伊賀蕉門の研究と資料 Study of the Iga Shomon Group
source :　mozubooks.com

An account about Basho's visit to the Manko-Tei estate:
quote
大坂屋次郎太夫宛書簡
昨日は御手がみ忝致二拝見一候。並御発句*。脇句その二三申上候*。静々留置候。吟味、加筆可レ致候*。仍而今夕御催可レ被レ成旨珎重に存候へ共*、頃日夜をふかし候事相つヾき、少々いたみ腹、味も損申候間、二三日過而御催可レ被レ成候。為二御断一如レ此御座候。其内期二貴面一可レ得二御意一候*。以上
八朔
　大坂屋次郎大夫様　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
はせを　　　　　　　　
source : www2.yamanashi-ken.ac.jp

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Others with the name of IGA in the Sarumino collection are

伊賀土芳 Iga Tohoo (1657 - 1730), Hattori Dohoo
伊賀探丸 Iga Tangan (son of Sengin Toodoo Yoshitada)
伊賀一桐 Iga Ittoo
伊賀猿雖 Iga Ensui (1640 - 1704)
伊賀蝉吟 Iga Sengin (1642 - 1666)

Igashuu 伊賀衆 the Poets from Iga (active around 1698 - 1733)

Other than in Sarumino, Manko's poems are also found in

Sumidawara 炭俵　(1694)

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Three haiku from the Sarumino 猿蓑 and
Zoku-Sarumino 続猿蓑 collection:

田の畝の豆つたひ行蛍かな　　　　　　　(猿蓑)

更る夜や稲こく家の笑聲　　　　　　　　(続猿蓑)
涼しさよ牛の尾振て川の中　　　　　　(続猿蓑)

田の畝の豆つたひ行蛍かな
たのうねのまめつたいゆくほたるかな
ta no une no mame tsutai yuku hotaru kana

「畝」は「畦」の誤記であろう。農家では、しばしば田の畦道に大豆を植えたものである。蛍は、この枝豆を食べたくて畦伝いに飛んでいるのであろう、という身もふたも無い句。
une is maybe a spelling mistake of the kanji for aze.
Farmers planted edamame beans along the aze paths of the rice paddies. And the fireflies came along to eat the beans.
source :　www2.yamanashi-ken.ac.jp

(Keene reads this as heri, Blyth as aze.)
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田の畝の豆つたひ行螢かな
ta no heri no mame tsutai yuku hotaru kana

Along the border of the fields
Following the bean plants
Go the fireflies.

Banko
[Tr. Donald Keene]

Kyorai writes:
This verse was originally one by Boncho that the Master [Basho] had corrected. When we were compiling 'The Monkey's Cloak', Boncho remarked, "This verse has nothing special to recommend it. Let's leave it out." Kyorai answered, "The lights of the fireflies following the bean plants at the edge of a field splendidly evoke a dark night."

But Boncho was not convinced by these words. The Master said, "If Boncho throws it away, I'll pick it up. It fortunately happens that one of the Iga poets has a similar verse that I can modify into this one." Thus, it finally appeared as Banko's poem.
[end of excerpt]

Hass's note:
Iga was Basho's home district, and he took a special interest in its poets.
[end of note]

. Fireflies of Seta and Haiku

ta no une no mame tsutaiyuku hotaru kana

On the ridge between fields
proceeding along the bean plants
the lights of fireflies
Tr. Earl Miner and Hiroko Odagiri

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. Compiled by Larry Bole:

Blyth describes him as:
"Banko, who died in 1724, was a man of Iga, Basho's home town, and a disciple of Basho."

Blyth translates one of Banko's haiku in this entry, the same one mentioned in Kyorai's "Conversations with Basho":

ta no aze no mame tsutaiyuku hotaru kana

The fireflies
Thread the beans of the path
Through the rice-field.
Banko, Tr. Blyth

. . . . .

And Blyth translates one of Banko's haiku, also about a firefly,
in vol. 3 of "Haiku", in the entry on "Fireflies":

te no hira wo hau ashi miyuru hotaru kana

The fire-fly;
As it crawls on my palm,
Its legs are visible.
Banko, Tr. Blyth

More online references about Banko:

In an essay by Cor van den Heuvel, in Modern Haiku (vol. 33.2, Summer 2002), titled
"Lafcadio Hearn and Haiku," van den Heuvel compares translations by Blyth and Hearn of the Banko haiku immediately above. Here is Hearn's translation (it's not clear which book of Hearn's it's from):

Oh, this firefly! as it crawls on the palm of my
hand, its legs are visible [by its own light]!

Robin Gill, in his book,
"Rise, ye sea slugs" (from google books online) has a haiku by 'Banko', but the haiku is dated 1777, so either it's a different Banko,
or else the date is wrong.

kosori au samusa mo oke no namako kana --
Banko (1777)

what a cold
'tete-a-tete': sea slugs
in a bucket

we meet
like sea slugs in a tub
of cold water
Tr. Gill, both versions

Unfortunately, Lenore Mayhew, in her translation of "Monkey's Raincoat," only translates a small selection of the independent 'hokku', which doesn't include any by Banko.

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More haiku by Manko

万乎まんこ
（～享保9年（1724）8月15日）
伊賀蕉門の一人。伊賀上野の豪商大坂屋次郎大夫。米と金銀の交換を業とした金融業者。倉庫業も営む。「猿蓑」・「有磯海」・「笈日記」に作品が収められている。元禄4年3月23日、自邸に芭蕉を招待し、その折に入門。

田の畝の豆つたひ行螢かな　　（『猿蓑』『去来抄』）

煤拂せうじをはくは手代かな　　（『炭俵』）

あたらしき翠簾まだ寒し梅花　　（『續猿蓑』）

小米花奈良のはづれや鍛冶が家　　（『續猿蓑』）

李盛る見世のほこりの暑哉　　（『續猿蓑』）

枯のぼる葉は物うしや鶏頭花　　（『續猿蓑』）

更る夜や稲こく家の笑聲　　（『續猿蓑』）

大年や親子たはらの指荷ひ　　（『續猿蓑』）

source : www2.yamanashi-ken.ac.jp

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"The Monkey's Straw Raincoat"
Earl Miner and Hiroko Odagiri

In 'The Monkey's Straw Raincoat'... there appear 118 poets, or 119 if Shinken is counted for his Chinese verse. Of them, 113 were still alive at the time of the compilation. In this respect (as Joosoo's postcript implies), we must think of that collection as one of people then alive who were of the Basho school. (The five who had died had done so only recently, so that they represent only a seeming exception.)

The hokku section of 'The Monkey's Straw Raincoat' has 382 stanzas. Two poets appear much the most often: Boncho with forty-one stanzas and Basho with forty. Next come Kikaku and Kyorai with twenty-five each. Poets with between ten and fifteen stanzas include: Shoohaku (14); Fumikuni (13); Joosoo, Sora, and Ukoo (12); and Ranran (10). Those with four to nine stanzas are: Senna, Hanzan, Otokuni, Dohoo (also Tohoo), Chinseki, Ransetsu, Sampu, Chigetsu, Tangan, and Bokusetsu (in decreasing order of frequency).

Some seventy-one poets are represented by only one stanza in the whole of 'The Monkey's Straw Raincoat'. From the hokku collection, eleven are known solely for having one stanza and for nothing more (including place of origin, etc.)

One of the features of this collection is the presence of six women poets. The most important is Ukoo (her husband is Boncho who, as we have seen, was the most fully represented of the men). Chigetsu is also represented among those who appear with some frequency. In addition there are: Chine (Kyorai's sister, who had died), Ooshuu, Sen, and Tagami no Ama (or the nun Tagami).

It is particularly telling that upwards of twenty percent of the poets (18 of 118) are substantially unknown. (The Autumn hokku begin with a poet labeled "Anonymous," but that may be a joke.) Poets who were important enough to participate in the kasen are of course better known. But in the hokku section of 'The Monkey's Straw Raincoat', seven are wholly unknown otherwise (Choowa, Genshi, Ranko, Ransui, Ryuuin, Sooji, Yoosui).

Five are known simply as being from Edo (Ensui, though not the famous one, Kakoo, Keiseki, Sansen, Zenhoo), another five as being from Iga (Choobi, Ichitan, Juntaku, Risetsu, Sekikoo), and four from Zeze (Bokusui, Deido, Senso, Shiyuu). There is one from Owari (Kaikyoo) and another from Mikawa (Shiin). Given the problems with reading pen names, it will be clear that it is particularly difficult to make certain [of] the names of these obscure people. In social terms, it is more significant still that so many people were included whom history has cast into obscurity as being of no consequence.

Other collections of the seven thought canonical for Basho-style haikai would give a somewhat different cross-section of the society of the time, although the differences would not be extreme. There might be fewer people otherwise unknown and fewer women. But the earlier generalization would still hold: the poets are mostly of middling social origins and more of low than of higher rank. It was people such as these who contributed to make their generation one of the great periods of Japanese poetry.

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Japanese Reference

. 伊賀万乎

BTW
manko まんこ is a Japanese word for the female genitals, often translated as cunt or pussy.
This word was sort of "unspeakable" in the Kanto region, but not so much in Osaka.

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. Basho jittetsu 芭蕉十哲
10 great and most important disciples of Basho

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Nakamura Kusatao

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Nakamura Kusatao 中村草田男

(1901-1983)
1901年（明治34年）7月24日 - 1983年（昭和58年）8月5日）

He was born the first son to father Osamu (the Japanese consul at Shinkoku at that time), mother Mine at Amoi, Fukken province, Shinkoku (China), in 24th, Jul. 1901(Meiji 34). His real name is Seiichiro.
He came home to Matsuyama with his mother, at the age of 4.

In 1925 (Taisho 14), he went on to the department of German literture, Tokyo Univ. via Matsuyama Junior High-school and Matsuyama High-school. In 1929 (Showa 14), at the age of 29, he became Kyoshi's pupil and became a member of "Todai Haiku meeting". He contributed many Haiku to "Hototogisu" getting Shuoshi Mizuhara's guidance.

It was as of 1939 (Showa 14) that the first Haiku peetry "Choshi 長子" was published in which appeared the many excellent Haiku such as

"Snow is just falling now,
I feel the Meiji era has become
the far-off days"

Since that time, his group have been called "pursuer of human being" on the grounds of that his haiku fashion have indicated the trace of an uphill struggle to get along with human life.
Hakyo Ishida and Shuson Katoh belonged to this group.

He wrote the lyrics for the school song of Matsuyama Kita Highschool in connection with Denzaburo Futagami(a one-time principal of the Highschool), who was Kusatao's contemporary at the Highschool.

The name of the monthly magazine "Banryoku 万緑" edited by Kusatao was connected with the Haiku

"My own child's teeth have
began to come through in
all over fresh greenery"

appeared in Haiku poetry "Hi no Tori-Fire Bird 火の鳥 "(published in 1939).

"Banryoku" has been established as a season word after this Haiku.
In adition to that, this Haiku magazine edited by Kusatao has symbolized the group of people with eternal youthful spirit and has been keeping up the steady pace as avant-garde literature until today.
source : www.lib.ehime-u.ac.j

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Joys of Japan

冬の水一枝の影も欺かず
fuyu no mizu hitoeda no kage mo azamukasu

face of the winter pond
doesn't reflect
even a leaf...
Tr. Hideo Suzuki

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比喩もろとも信仰消えて枯野の日
hiyu morotomo shinko kiete kareno-no hi

The metaphors are
gone, and so is my faith . . .
sun over a moor.

Die Metaphern
erloschen und mit ihnen der Glaube.
Sonne auf der Heide
Tr. Mario Fitterer

. Metaphors and Haiku .

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虹に謝す妻よりほかに女知らず
niji ni shasu tsuma yori hoka ni onna shirazu

thanks to the rainbow
apart from my wife I do not know
other women

. Woman and KIGO .

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咳くとポクリッとベートーヴェン響く朝
shiwabuku to pokuritto Beetooben hibiku asa

as I am coughing
Beethoven reverberates
in the morning

. Beethoven and Haiku .

More translations by Gabi Greve

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木の葉髪文芸ながく欺きぬ
ko-no-ha gami bungei nagaku azamukinu

Japanese Reference

中村草田男

. Ishida Hakyo (Ishida Hakyoo 石田波郷) .

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Mizuta Masahide

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Mizuta Masahide 水田正秀(みずたまさひで)

（～享保8年（1723）8月3日、享年67歳）

His grave in Otsu Town at the
Graveyard for Haiku Poets
滋賀県大津市龍ケ岡俳人墓地

©　yamasiro-m
LINK with more grave photos.

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The following was compiled by Larry Bole

Seishuu, also Masahide (1657-1723). Surname Mizuta.
Born at Zeze in Oomi, he is variously described as having been a samurai or a merchant and later a physician. While young, he practiced waka. He had the Nameless Hermitage (Mumyooan 無名庵) made for Basho to stay at Gichuu Temple (or Yoshinakadera 【義仲寺】 .. ぎちゅうじ(義仲寺)) in Oomi, and assisted Basho in other ways. The two participated with others in an eight-person kasen while Basho was staying with him in 1691.
His hokku are included in 'Sarumino' [The Monkey's Straw Raincoat], [and] a stanza is also in [the kasen] 'Ume Wakana' [Plum Blossoms and Fresh Shoots].

Quote from
"The Monkey's Straw Raincoat: and Other Poetry of the Basho School,"
introduced and translated by Earl Miner and Hiroko Odagiri
(hereafter referred to as
EM & HO), Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1981

Blyth says of Masahide's "storehouse" haiku:

Masahide is famous for a very pretentious verse approved by Basho:

蔵焼けて障るものなき月見哉
kura yakete sawaru mono naki tsukimi kana

My storehouse burnt down,
There is nothing to obstruct
The moon-view.
trans. Blyth

Now that my storehouse
has burned down, nothing
conceals the moon.
trans. Yoel Hoffmann

Hoffmann says that this poem "was much praised by Basho."

my storehouse burned down -
now there is nothing to prevent
the moon viewing
Tr. Gabi Greve / Fires in Edo

Storehouse (kura) and Haiku

Other of Masahide's haiku (found in 'Sarumino'):

yarimochi no nao furitatsuru shigure kana
(winter stanzas, #5)

The spear-bearers in file
brace their weapons yet more firmly
against the drizzle
trans. EM & HO

EM & HO comment:
They are part of a daimyo's procession. Their action is of more pyschological value than to the purpose of keeping dry. Walking along the narrow road, they have a seemingly endless journey...

The halberdiers
Continue to flourish their spears
In the winter rain
trans. Blyth

An alternate translation by Blyth:

The javelin bearers
Still brandish them
In the winter rain.

Blyth comments:
On the daimyo procession rain has begun to fall, but they still raise and lower their spears and continue their accompanying rhythmical cries.

inoshishi ni fukikaesaruru tomoshi kana
(summer stanzas, #124)

The wild boar rushes
with such a wind as to drive back
the hunters' torches
trans. EM & HO

Shigaraki ya chayama shi ni yuku fuufuzure
(summer stanzas, #145)

At Shigaraki
off to teagroves in the hills
go husband and wife
trans. EM & HO

EM & HO comment:
At the border of Iga and Yamashiro, Shigaraki was in one of the major tea-growing centers of Japan.
Shigaraki

hinooka ya kogarete atsuki ushi no shita
(summer stanzas, #176)

Breezeless Hinooka
and hot to the point of burning
hangs the cart ox's tongue
trans. EM & HO

EM & HO comment:
"Hi no oka 日ノ岡," "Hill of the Sun" had a steep slope enclosed by hills that made it hot even by the standards of nearby Kyoto, as the poor straining beast shows.
. . Hi-no-Oka Pass

shibukasu ya karasu mo kuwazu arahatake
(autumn stanzas, #244)

The sour persimmon pulp
not even crows will eat such stuff
spread over rough fields
trans. EM & HO

EM & HO comment:
Land is being reclaimed from uplands or a river area. Persimmons squeezed for juice for dyeing or some such use have been reduced to pulp to fertilize fields that may be planted in a few years. We take the major pause to come after the first line.

haru no hi ni shimioote kaeru kyoozukue
(stanza 19, from the kasen, 'Ume Wakana')

on the fine spring day
the assembled monks end their chants
and each to his sutra
trans. EM & HO

EM & HO comment:
The monks have been together in a great hall, chanting together for some special grand rite. As it ends, they file out, each to his own study...getting a good glimpse of the spring scene. "Kyoozukue" are stands for holding the sutras for reading: "and each to his stand." But of course the monks go from one rite or observation to another.

Here is a haiku about Masahide, composed by Izen (1646-1711 惟然（いぜん）), on "the night before Basho's death," according to Blyth:

hipparite futon ni samuki warai kana

Pulling the bed-clothes
Back and forth, back and forth,
Wry smiles.
Izen, trans. Blyth

Blyth comments:
This verse was occasioned by Izen and Masahide, sleeping under the same quilt. Basho himself smiled when he read it. Master and disciples had the relation of parent and children.

Yoel Hoffmann, in discussing Masahide, says:
It seems that Masahide became very poor after his storehouse burned down. His poet friend Jozen, who came to visit him in 1703, reported that Masahide had no blanket for his two children, and had to cover them with mosquito netting.

Masahide's death poem:

行時は月にならびて水の友
yuku toki wa tsuki ni narabite mizu no tomo

While I walk on
the moon keeps pace beside me:
friend in the water.
Masahide, trans. Hoffmann

When I depart,
Let me be friends with the water,
Like the moon.
trans. Blyth

MIZU NO TOMO is the title of a Japanese book about Masahide.

水の友（水田正秀追善集）

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barn's burnt down
now
I can see the moon

Masahide
(tr. by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoti)

the thief left it behind:
the moon
at my window

　Ryokan 良寛

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Japanese Reference

水田正秀（孫右衛門）

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Hatano Soha

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Hatano Soha (Sooha) 波多野爽波

(1923-1991)

He started to learn haiku during his university years, with Takahama Kyoshi since 1939.
He published the haiku magazine AO 青 when he was 30.

His Haiku Collections

Michi no Hana 舗装の花 in 1956 (a flower on the road)
Yunomi 湯呑 in 1981 (teacup)
. . . . . and in
Gendai Haiku Zenshu Nr. 4 現代俳句全集四
source :　kanchu-haiku

掛稲のすぐそこにある湯呑かな
kakeine no sugu soko ni aru yunomi kana

right next
to the mounds of rice -
this tea cup

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His motto was:
写生の世界は自由闊達の世界である
The realm of shasei
is the realm of freedom and a broad mind.

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冬ざるるリボンかければ贈り物
fuyu zaruru ribon kakereba okurimono

winter bareness -
when I wrap a ribbon around it,
it becomes a present

. Ribbon and Haiku .

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新緑や人の少なき貴船村　
shinryoku ya hito no sukunaki Kifune mura

fresh green -
there are few people
in Kifune village

. Kifune Shrine Festivals and Haiku .

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茸番の声を発する続けざま
kinoko ban no koe o hassuru tsuzukezama

the watchman for mushrooms
has his way in shouting and
raising his voice

. Mushrooms and Haiku .

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. Translating Haiku Forum .

Hiroaki Sato writes:

Hatano Sooha (1923-1991) (given name Yoshihide)
was an older classmate and friend of Yukio Mishima at the Peers School. Hatano published just one book of haiku, 'Michi no hana', in 1956, although more of his haiku appear in vol. 4 of 'Gendai haiku zenshu', issued in 1977, edited by Rippuu Shoboo.

The title of Hatano's book derives from this haiku:

　金魚玉とり落しなば舗道の花　　　
Kingyodama toriotoshinaba michi no hana

Should I drop the goldfish bowl,
[it would turn into] a flower on the pavement.

Hatano wrote that 'michi' in the above haiku should be read that way, and not as 'hodoo', as one would think, thus making the last phrase five syllables and not six.

Sato wonders what 'shasei' actually meant to Hatano, who belonged to Kyoshi's 'Hototogisu' group, because of these two examples:

桜貝長き翼の海の星
Sakuragai nagaki tubasa no umi no hoshi

Cherry clam: its long wings among the stars of the sea

夜の海の暗きを流れ桐費一葉
Yo no umi no kuraki o nagare kiri hitoha

flowing in the dark of the night lake a paulownia leaf

Hatano's 'jikai' [explanations] of these haiku:
"Hatano says he wrote the first by the sea and the second by the lake, both at night, but he also flatly tells you that there was no way of seeing a 'cherry clam', a small pink bivalve ('Nitidotellina hokkaidoensis), moving about in the sea, or a paulownia leaf afloat on the lake. The first was a fanciful description of a particularly bright star, and the second was a description of what he imagined might be afloat on the lake off the beach."

ドレスの背につきまとふ蚊よ遠い月
doresu no se ni tukimatou ka ya tooi tsuki

On the back of her dress a mosquito persists:
distant moon

竹葉降り子犬も固き茉をする
Takeha furi koinu mo kataki mari o suru

Bamboo leaves falling a puppy too issues firm shit

蟹歩き亡き人宛にまだくる文
Kani aruki nakihito ate ni mada kuru fumi

A crab walks and letters still come to the one deceased

雨の鵙書信の濡れをかなしめば
Ame no mozu shoshin no nure o kanashimeba

A rainy shrike as I sorrow over an epistle that's wet

source : roadrunnerjournal.net PDF file

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Hatano Sooha is also mentioned in Simply Haiku, Autumn, 2005, vol. 3, no. 3, in an interview with Naoki Kishimoto:

KN: Among the poets I have studied under, Mr. Hatano Sôha is the most important. I met Mr. Hatano when I was 20 years old. I studied under his tutelage for 10 years until he passed away at the age of 68. Mr. Hatano was a disciple of Mr. Takahama Kyoshi. Perhaps you have heard of him. He was one of the most important modern haiku poets in Japan.
("Modern" means "in and after the Meiji Era, 1868-1912, in Japanese history.")

Mr. Hatano's style is known for its objectivity and sensitivity. Please allow me to introduce to you my favorite haiku by Mr. Hatano:

西日さしそこ動かせぬものばかり
nishibi sashi soko ugokasenu mono bakari

the sun penetrates from the west
from there is nothing movable

Mr. Hatano lived near Kyoto while I lived far away in Yokohama near Tokyo. We met therefore, only once or twice a year. I sent my haiku to him monthly. He selected my good pieces and abandoned the bad ones. We discussed haiku mostly over the telephone. When he died of cancer, I felt a need to become independent as a poet. Mr. Hatano was also in his thirties when his teacher, Mr. Takahama Kyosi, passed away.
source : www.simplyhaiku.com

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Hatano Sooha is quoted at the online site, "tempslibres":

"My haikus are not founded on a trifle such as emotion.
When I produce a haiku, words come to me at the very moment I see things. I wait for neither emotion nor surprise. Haiku is like sports. A competitor doesn't think about anything during the game. His trained body functions unconsciously. In the same way, haiukists must train their mind so that words might be always ready.
If one waits for an emotion, the words will evaporate."
source : www.tempslibres.org

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あかあかと屏風の裾の忘れもの
いろいろな泳ぎ方してプールにひとり
きれぎれの風が吹くなり菖蒲園
ちぎり捨てあり山吹の花と葉と
ねんねこの人出て佇てり鞍馬山
チューリップ花びら外れかけてをり
柿の木と放つたらかしの苗代と
掛稲のすぐそこにある湯呑かな
大金をもちて茅の輪をくぐりけり
鳥の巣に鳥が入つてゆくところ
冬ざるるリボンかければ贈り物
冬空や猫塀づたひどこへもゆける
入学の朝ありあまる時間かな
末黒野に雨の切尖限りなし
老人よどこも網戸にしてひとり
炬燵出て歩いてゆけば嵐山
骰子の一の目赤し春の山

source : weblio.jp

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滝見えて滝見る人も見えてきし
螢とぶ下には硬き舗道かな
遠足の列伸ぶところ走りをり
秋草の中や見事に甕割れて
桜貝長き翼の海の星
隙間風さまざまのもの経て来たり
矢の如く速達がきて石榴の家
菜蟲とる顔色悪き男出て
鳥渡る理髪休みに白布引き
空港出て田植汚れの電柱立つ
秋の蛇ネクタイピンは珠を嵌め
茸番の声を発する続けざま
鯉泳ぐ底も白砂や堂雪解
ちぎり捨てあり山吹の花と葉と
帚木のつぶさに枝の岐れをり
帚木が帚木を押し傾けて
凍鶴を見てきぬ皿に肉赤き
ドレスの背につきまとふ蚊よ遠い月
柏餅の太い葉脈メス煮られ
猫走り去りてしぐるる捨椀あり
青柿の夜々太りつつ星は気儘
掛稲のすぐそこにある湯呑かな
焼藷をひそと食べをり嵐山
六月の藪の大きく割れゐたる
じやがいもの花の三角四角かな
掃きながら木槿に人のかくれけり

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　　鳥の巣に鳥が入ってゆくところ　
　　瓜刻む気兼ねの音の聞えくる　　　
　　赤と青闘ってゐる夕焼かな　　　　
　　ちぎり捨てあり山吹の花と葉と　
　　鶴凍てて花の如きを糞りにけり　　
　
source : masakokusa.exblog.j

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Ozawa Minoru

小澤實 (オザワ　ミノル)　　
Born 1956 in Nagano

Editor of 鷹
Editor of the Haiku Magazine SAWA 澤

小沢実集 Ozawa Haiku Collection

Prize-winning books:
Haiku collection 立像 Ritsuzo (Statue)
Haiku collection 瞬間 Shunkan (The Moment)

Books
俳句のはじまる場所　Haiku no Hajimaru Basho
実力俳人への道
ISBN 978-4-04-703410-5

Teacher at Atomi Gakuen 跡見学園女子大学
Saitama prefecture

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WORD FROM ASIA:
Contemporary Writing from Japan

Join one of Japan's most influential cultural critics and translators, Motoyuki Shibata, as he engages four innovative and hybrid literary voices — leading contemporary novelist Hiromi Kawakami, eminent Haiku poet Minoru Ozawa, and their Japan-inspired American counterparts, novelist Rebecca Brown and poet and translator Joshua Beckman.
Writers and translators will discuss their most formative shared "Japanamerican" influences from science fiction to manga and the serious performative play of Japanese renga poetry.

Profile
Minoru Ozawa (b. 1956) is a leading haiku poet, and edits the highly regarded haiku journal Sawa. He won the Haiku Poet Association New Poet Award with his second collection Ritsuzo (Statue) in 1998; his 2005 collection Shunkan (The Moment) was awarded the Yomiuri Prize for Literature; and Haiku no Hajimaru Basho (Where the Haiku Begins), a book-length essay on the art of haiku, won the Haiku Poet Association Criticism Award. He teaches at Atomi Gakuen Women's University.

Asia Society
Co-organized by the Japan Foundation.
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Minoru Ozawa: Haiku
The following are haiku by Minoru Ozawa, translated from the Japanese
by Ted Goossen and Motoyuki Shibata,
2011 PEN World Voices Festival participants.

A ghost! / Just a knot / on the bathroom wall
From the black depths / of the toilet bowl / a ghost emerges
A woman stands transfixed / before the ghost / by Ohkyo
Something was definitely / peering down / from above the mosquito net
The ghost / of the blind female minstrel / strolls on
Afternoon nap / I gaze down / At my own bones
Cloudy morning / I hit the skull / like a drum
All you see / is willows in the storm / The painting of a ghost.

School excursion / kids spill from the bus / without end
Who will blink first? / Two octopi / Eye to eye
Soaring high / Over the morning market / a big dragonfly
A dead loach / one white stripe / in a tubful of loaches
Memento mori / beach sandals / in such bright colors

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涅槃図の貝いかにして来たりけむ
nehanzu no kai ika ni shite kitari kemu

the shell on the Nehanzu -
I wonder how it came
to be there ?

. Nirvana Ceremony (Nehan-E 涅槃会) 　
Buddha entering Nirvana

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韓国の靴ながれつく夏のくれ
Kankoku no kutsu nagare-tsuku natsu no kure

shoes from Korea
drift on the shore -
twilight in summer

A lot of waste and dirt from Korea is washed on the shores of Japan along the Sea of Japan.

. Korea in art and haiku . 　

Tr. Gabi Greve

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English Reference
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Japanese Reference
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Akutagawa Ryunosuke KAPPA

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Akutagawa Ryunosuke

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川龍之介, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke)
(March 1, 1892 - July 24, 1927)
１８９２（明治３５）３,１－１９２７（昭和２）７,２４（自殺３６歳）

A Japanese writer active in Taisho period Japan. He is regarded as the "Father of the Japanese short story", and is noted for his superb style and finely detailed stories that explore the darker side of human nature.
Akutagawa ryuunosuke
In 1914, Akutagawa and his former high school friends revived the literary journal Shinshichō ("New Currents of Thought"), publishing translations of William Butler Yeats and Anatole France along with their own works.

Akutagawa published his first short story Rashōmon the following year in the literary magazine Teikoku Bungaku ("Imperial Literature"), while still a student. The story, based on a fantasy from late Heian period Japan, with a sharp twist of psychological drama, was largely unnoticed by the literary world, except by noted author Natsume Sōseki.

Encouraged by the praise, Akutagawa thereafter considered himself Sōseki's disciple, and began visiting the author for his literary circle meetings every Thursday.
It was also at this time that he started writing haiku under the haigo (or pen-name) Gaki, Hungry Ghost.

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MANDARINS: Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa.
Translated by Charles De Wolf

或阿呆の一生
"The Life of a Fool"
"The Life of a Stupid Man"
Aru Aho no Issho

and many other stories

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十七　蝶 Number 17 : Butterfly

藻の匂の満ちた風の中に蝶が一羽ひらめいてゐた。彼はほんの一瞬間、乾いた彼の唇の上へこの蝶の翅（つばさ）の触れるのを感じた。が、彼の唇の上へいつか捺（なす）つて行つた翅の粉だけは数年後にもまだきらめいてゐた。

"17 . butterfly
"In wind reeking of duckweed, a butterfly flashed. Only for an instant, on his dry lips he felt the touch of the butterfly wings. But years afterward, on his lips, the wings' imprinted dust still glittered."

trans. Will Petersen

"#18. Butterfly.
A butterfly fluttered its wings in a wind thick with the smell of seaweed. His dry lips felt the touch of the butterfly for the briefest instant, yet the wisp of wing dust still shone on his lips years later."

trans. Jay Rubin

"#18. A Butterfly.
A butterfly fluttered in the seaweed-scented breeze. For an instant, he felt its wings touch his parched lips. Even many years later, the powder on those wings that brushed his lips still glistened."

trans. Charles de Wolf

Discussing these translations
Larry Bole, Translating Haiku Fourm

A personal comment from Charles De Wolf

Here are my comments again on what is obviously for me an interesting discussion about translating Akutagawa.

Japanese mo (藻) corresponds in English to 'alga, duckweed,seaweed'. I'm something of a botanical ignoramus, but clearly these　aren't interchangeable, by way of either ecological niche or　literary "feel" cUnfortunately, Akutagawa doesn't tell us where he　has had the experience he describes, so the translator must make a　judgment.

The positive or negative meaning of Japanese nioi (匂い) 'smell,　odor, stench, scent' depends on context. German Geruch is similar,　cf. Dutch rieken, in contrast, of course, to English reek. nioi is a　tough word to translate. (More on that below)

Akutagawa clearly loved the water. As a very young man, he wrote a　(somewhat fictionalized) encomium to the lower reaches of the　Sumidagawa, the Great River (Ookawa). Another story, included in　Mandarins, is Umi no Hotori (By the Seaside), which recalls the time　he spent with his friend and fellow writer Kume Masao along the　eastern shores of Chiba Prefecture when they had just finished
university.　

My guess/feeling/preferred take is that Akutagawa is remembering a　vaguer (more wistful - ?) smell – and that it is of seaweed.

We all have our individualized semantic associations. I happen to　love the smell of the sea, the saltier and "weedier" the better.　Alga, however, reminds me of swimming pools awaiting hard work, and　my experience with duckweed is largely limited to a translation of a　story from Konjaku Monogatari, in which a dark and ominous　freshwater stream is choked with the stuff.

"seaweed-scented" was chosen for its brevity and alliterative　effect. Again, we all react to words and phrases in at least　slightly different ways. Still, a google-check of "seaweed-scented"　(I just did it for the first time myself) might change a few minds.

Donald Richie raises the interesting question of duration in regard　to shine vs. glisten, and lbolenyc makes it all the more interesting　by citing Petersen's translation.

The Japanese verb is kirameku, which is related to kira-kira, an onomatopoeic word associated with sparkling jewels, for example. If the subject were the stars, we'd obviously say "twinkle." My (subjective) feeling about glitter (now some forty years removed from Petersen's translation, before "lips" and "glitter" became associated with lipstick and rock stars) is that it's a bit less "dignified" than glisten. (My cultural/cosmetic history may be a bit shaky here.)
Furthermore, I think, glisten (again per Donald Richie's point) falls somewhere between shine and glitter.

The French translator of Ahou no Isshou (La Vie d'un Idiot) translates mo as herbes aquatiques, which sounds grimly "ecological" to me and kirameku as brillait ('shone'), as opposed to, say, é tincelait . But to each his/her own! (à chacun son goût!)

Your site is clearly a most worthwhile endeavor!

In the same Akutagawa story, there is a 相聞, one of many he wrote about a woman with whom he was trying to avoid having an affair by writing verses from afar.

風に舞ひたるすげ笠の
何かは道に落ちざらん
わが名はいかで惜しむべき
惜しむは君が名のみとよ。

Hat of sedge dancing in the wind:
How could it fail to drop into the road?
What need I fear for my name?
For your name alone do I fear.
(Tr. Rubin)

The sedge hat dancing in the wind
Will fall in time into the road.
What fear have I for my good name,
When thine alone is dear to me?
(Tr. De Wolf)

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Haiku by Ryunosuke,
compiled by Larry Bole

aki tatsu hi uroba ni gin o uzume-keri

The day autumn began
I had a cavity in my tooth
filled with silver.
trans. Ueda

kogarashi ya mezashi ni nokoru umi-no iro

Wintry gusts:
on the sardine still lingers
the ocean's color.
trans. Ueda

Winter wind--
sardine's still
ocean-colored.
trans. Lucien Stryk

In the storm,
the color of sea
remains in dried fish
trans. Nori Matsui
http://www.haikuworld.org/dogwood/fulltext/db_4.html

Nori Matsui comments:
"[This haiku] is very famous. Mezashi (small dried fish) usually is hung under the eaves, [in] groups. In a storm of rain and wind in ... autumn, Akutagawa saw the color of the sea from which the fish have come in the dried fish. Many of Akutagawa's haiku are very sensitive [to] season, weather, and his sense of desperation."

shiragiku ya nioi mo aru kage hinata

White chrysanthemums:
in the fragrance, too, there are
light and shade
trans. Ueda

White chrysanthemums--
light/dark,
even their smell.
trans. Stryk

hatsu aki no inago tsukameba yawarakaki

Early fall,
grabbing a locust,
It's soft!
trans. Nori Matsui

Early autumn--
as I grab a grasshopper,
how soft it feels!
trans. Ueda

usagi mo katamimi taruru taisho kana

Rabbit, too
drooping one ear,
very hot
trans. Nori Matsui

Even the rabbit
droops one of her ears--
midsummer heat!
trans. Ueda

And Akutagawa's death poem (given to his aunt prior to his committing suicide, to be delivered to his family doctor, himself a haiku poet, according to both Yoel Hoffman and Makoto Ueda):

mizubana ya hana no saki dake kure nokoru

"Deriding Myself"

My runny nose:
everywhere, except on that spot,
evening dusk falls.
trans. Ueda

"laughing at myself"

One spot alone,
left glowing in the dark:
my snotty nose.
trans. Hoffman

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KAPPA by Akutagawa

. . . . . . . . . . . KIGO for late summer

Memorial Day for Akutagawa Ryunosuke, July 24
Gaki ki 餓鬼忌, Kappa ki 河童忌, Chookoodoo ki　澄江堂

His Haiku-Name (haigoo 俳号) was Gaki and Chookoodoo (Chokodo Shujin)

光りおり餓鬼忌に偲ぶ蜘蛛の糸
hikari ori Gaki Ki no shinobu kumo no ito

the thread of a spider
sparkles to remind us -
Akutagawa Memorial Day
(Tr. Gabi Greve)

http://homepage1.nifty.com/rmtr/sousaku/haiku.html

The Spider’s Thread
[Akutagawa Ryunosuke]
source : tonygonz.blogspot.com

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Kappa, the water goblin

"The fart of a water goblin", kappa no he,
河童の屁, へのかっぱ

This expression in Japanses means something small and insignificant. If the water goblin does it in the water, it is not heared very far and does not smell, and very few of us have ever experienced it in real life ... But the real origin of this expression seems to go further, meaning "koppa no hi 木っ端の火", the flame of a little wood splinter used for igniting a fire, which was rather insignificant in itself. People of Edo used to play with words, so the KOPPA became a KAPPA.

Read the details of the River Imp, Kappa
Mark Schumacher

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naminori kappa 波乗り河童 Kappa riding the waves
Kappa Daimyojin 河童大明神 Great Deity Kappa

at the temple Kappadera かっぱ寺 Kappa temple　
Sogenji Temple, 曹源寺

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The Folklore of Kappa-dera Temple
According to a legend,
at the beginning of the 19th century there lived in the vicinity a raincoat maker named Kappa Kawataro 合羽川太郎（合羽屋喜八 Kappaya Kihachi）. In Japanese the word for"raincoat"is also "kappa". This region was once a basin with poor drainage, therefore rain would often bring floods causing undue trouble for the residents. Because of this, Kawataro began the construction of a series of drainage ditches with his own finances.The project was said to have been completed only with the assistance of the kappa living in the Sumida River whom had been helped by Kawataro in the past.
It is said that those who actually witnessed the river kappa thrived in business.

This legend is the origin of the name "Kappa-dera".
Furthermore,the name of "Kappa bashi" (a bridge that once stood at the Kappabashi intersection) is also said to come from this legend.
At the temple they celebrate the Kappa Daimyojin 河童大明神 and there is a stone monument that is said to be Kappa Kawataro's grave.

かっぱのぎーちゃん
source : blog.shinobi.jp

The Kappa riding the waves is now an amulet for good business.

. Amulets and Talismans from Japan .　

. Kappabashi bridge 合羽橋 in Asakusa .

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Kappa Daimyojin 河童大明神 Great Deity Kappa

from Mie prefecture
三重県津市白山町大観音寺 Temple Dai Kannon-ji

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More about the Kappa and Haiku

a kappa farting -
this too is the
voice of Buddha

... ... ...

.Shinagawa kappa matsuri 品川河童祭
Shinagawa kappa festival
(Water Goblin Festival)
kigo for mid-summer

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河童の恋する宿や夏の月
kappa no koi suru yado ya natsu no tsuki

in a lodging
where the kappa is in love -
summer moon

Yosa Buson

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. Suitengu 水天宮 Shrine for the Water God .

It features the mask of a Lucky Kappa, a water goblin, called
Fuku-Taroo 河童は、福を呼ぶ.
Sometimes, even a Kappa is some form of Suijinsama.

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Drunk Kappa . . .

Kappa Dolls
Click for more !

. Regional Folk Toys from Japan .

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HAIKU by Ryunosuke

青蛙おのれもペンキぬりたてか
aogaeru onore MO penki nuritate

Green frog,
Is your body also
freshly painted?

Sick and feverish
Glimpse of cherry blossoms
Still shivering.

.. www.toyomasu.com/

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Edith Piaf

19 December 1915 - 11 October 1963

Édith Piaf
born Édith Giovanna Gassion, was a French singer and cultural icon who became universally regarded as France's greatest popular singer.[1] Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballads. Among her songs are "La Vie en rose" (1946), "Non, je ne regrette rien" (1960), "Hymne à l'amour" (1949), "Milord" (1959), "La Foule" (1957), "l'Accordéoniste" (1955), and "Padam... Padam..." (1951).

Despite numerous biographies, much of Piaf's life is shrouded in mystery.

She was named Edith after the World War I British nurse Edith Cavell, who was executed for helping French soldiers escape from German captivity.

Piaf died of liver cancer aged 47 at Plascassier, on the French Riviera.
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Haiku and Senryu

full moon --
the radio plays songs
by Edith Piaf

Isabelle Prondzynski

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Miyake Shozan

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Miyake Shozan 三宅嘯山 Miyake Shoozan
Shōzan Miyake

(1718 - 1801)
享保3.3.25 （1718.4.25） - 享和1.4.18 （1801.5.30）

Haiku poet and sholar of Confucianism.
He was born in Kyoto, his name was Yoshitaka 芳隆, his pen name Koremoto之元, Rittei 葎亭 and others.

He studied Haiku with Mochizuki Soo-oku 望月宋屋 (Sooku) (1688 - 1766)
He was friends with Tan Taigi 炭太祇 and Buson 与謝蕪村.
One of the 12 poets of the magazine 平安二十歌仙 (1769).

Later in his life he became a senior of the haiku poets from Kyoto.

His works 俳諧古選 (1763),
俳諧新選 (1773), 俳諧独喰
Anthology of Chinese Poems 嘯山詩集

数珠かけた直衣姿や八瀬祭
juzu kaketa nahoshi sugata ya Yase matsuri

wearing rosaries
and official court robes -
Yase festival

. Yase matsuri 八瀬祭 Yase festival .

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his grave at temple Jissooji 實相寺 Jisso-Ji in Kyoto
正覚山實相寺（京都上鳥羽）

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In Buson’s day, a lot of serious-minded haikai poets were closely associated with the sinophile intellectuals that helped give rise to the idealization of bunjin, particularly those poets who wrote kanshi. Among his fellow poets and friends, Miyake Shozan (1718-1081) and Kuroyanagi Shoha (1727-71) exerted great influences on him in broadening and deepening his knowledge of Chinese literature.

Shozan was known for publishing kanshi anthologies, and one of his most important works was his 1763 Haikai Selected Old Verses, an influential Basho Revival collection of verses that was modeled on one of the most greatest Chinese verse anthologies, Tang Selected Poems. Buson’s frequent use of imagery alluding to Chinese literature was in part due to Shozan’s influence.

Ripples from a Splash:
A Collection of Haiku Essays with
Award-Winning Haiku by Chen-ou Liu
source : simplyhaiku.theartofhaiku.com

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板敷に光るつぶりや仏名会
itajiki ni hikaru tsuburi ya Butsumyoo e

all these shaven heads
shining on the floor panels -
Butsumyo Ceremony

. butsumyooe 仏名会
Chanting of the Buddhas' Names .

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ぶらここや花を洩れ来る笑ひ声
burakoko ya hana o morekuru waraigoe

this swing -
through the blossoms I hear
laughing voices

. Swing (buranko ぶらんこ) .

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source :　e-tanzaku.com/catalog

轡虫花も鳴かと思いけり
kutsuwamushi hana mo naka to omoi keri

giant katyd -
are the flowers chirping
I wonder

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Japanese Reference

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Amelia Mary Earhart

(born July 24, 1897; missing July 2, 1937;
declared legally dead January 5, 1939)

Nnoted American aviation pioneer and author.
Earhart was the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.

Earhart joined the faculty of the world-famous Purdue University aviation department in 1935 as a visiting faculty member to counsel women on careers and help inspire others with her love for aviation. She was also a member of the National Woman's Party, and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment.

During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day.
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Family of Amelia Earhart
What happened to her? Find out! The Earhart Project and the search:
source : www.ameliaearhart.com

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Haiku and Senryu

Amelia Earhart
lost in the Pacific -
American heroine

Alex Serban, Romania

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Takahama Kyoshi

高浜虚子, Takahama Kyoshi
22 February 1874 - 8 April 1959

was the pen-name of a Japanese poet active in Showa period Japan. He was one of the closest disciples of Masaoka Shiki. His real name was Takahama Kiyoshi.

Takahama was born in what is now Matsuyama city, Ehime prefecture; his father, Ikeuchi Masatada, was a former samurai. At the age of nine he inherited from his grandmother's family, and took her surname of Takahama. He made an acquaintance with Masaoka Shiki via a classmate (Kawahigashi Hekigoto), and it was Masaoka Shiki who gave him the pen-name of Kyoshi.

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haikai kuhonbutsu 俳諧九品仏
The nine Buddha stages of haiku poets

"The various levels of haiku poets".
Some are famous and skillfull, others are just beginners and trying hard, but all are welcome in the family of haiku poets.

This expression shows his great resprct for Buddhism and the concept of

the nine stages of the wisdom of Amida,
as expressed through his nine positions of the hands.

More details are HERE
. Kuhonbutsu Amida
阿弥陀九品印 The Nine Mudras of Amida

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明易や花鳥諷詠南無阿弥陀　　
akeyasushi kachoo fuuei namu amida 　

early summer morning -
kacho fuu-ei
Praise to Amida Buddha
　　
Kyoshi at 80

Kyoshi and Bojo Toshiki

. "ka cho-fuei" (kachoo fuuei 花鳥諷詠) 　

haiku must center on the nature itself.
( kacho: ka = flower, cho = butterfly : representatives of the nature )
The poet should write about things
"ari no mama ありのまま", as it is.

俳句は極楽の文学
haiku wa gokuraku no bungaku desu ga,
jigoku no urazuke.

Haiku is the poetry of the "Western Paradise",
but with the full knowledge and experience of hell.

He lost one of his daughters when she was still very young. This strong experience showed in his haiku and in his life. He had a strong attraction to the "paradise in the west, gokuraku" of Amida Buddha.
He had a gravestone erected at Mt. Koya and services were read in his honor while he was still alive. He was well aware of the fleeting moment of a human life.

“literature of heaven” „Literatur des Himmels“

kachoo fuugetsu 花鳥風月 flowers, birds, wind, moon
kacho fugetsu, the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics, representing the beauty of nature.

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いかなごに　まづ箸おろし　母恋し　　
ikanago ni mazu hashi oroshi haha koishi　

to eat sand lance
first I put my chopsticks down -
I long for mother
　　　　　
Emotions expressed directly in Haiku

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. 箱釣や頭の上の電気灯
hakozuri ya atama no ue no denkitoo
hakozuri 箱釣 (はこづり) "fishing in a box"

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His haiku discussed in detail in our translation group:

: itechoo . butterfly in the cold

: natsu obi. summer sash

too-yama ni hi no atari taru kareno kana

reifuku o atatameryuusu hoshinajiru soup with dried vegetable leaves

Lipstick made in the cold (kanbeni 寒紅, ushibeni 丑紅 )

Sentei Festival and Antoku Tenno
haru no shio sentei sai mo chikazukinu

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shiratama ni toke-nokoritaru satoo kana

Takahama Kyoshi : More Haiku

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"important things"

. daiji kana 大事かな
used by Kyoshi as Line 3 of haiku

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虚子一人銀河と共に西へ行く
Kyoshi hitori ginga to tomo ni nishi e yuku

Kyoshi all alone
goes with the Milky Way
to the West

or

me, Kyoshi
I go with the Milky Way
toward the West

Kyoshi, age 75
when he was looking out of the window in a night were he could not sleep

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虚子の忌の極楽行の人ばかり
Kyoshi no ki no gokuraku yuku no hito bakari

Kyoshi Death Anniversary
all people are going
to paradise

読経いま歌のやうなる西虚子忌
dokyoo ima uta no yoo naru nishi Kyoshi Ki

reciting the sutras
now it sounds like songs -
Western Anniversary of Kyoshi's Death

©　Masako Kusa

Kyoshi Memorial Day on April 8 is celebrated in Kamakura at Temple Jufuku-Ji (Juufuku Ji 寿福寺) and according to his will later a memorial was erected at Mount Hieizan Temple and a celebration took place here on October 14.
This day was later called the "Western Anniversary".
(West means Western Japan, where Hieizan is located with respect to Kamakura and also implying the Paradiese of the West or Amida Buddhism.)

There is another famous haiku by his daughter Hoshino Tatsuko, which started the anniversary being called "Western" nishi.

この後は西の虚子忌と申さばや
kono ato wa nishi no Kyoshi ki to moosaba ya

after that
we always call it
"Western Kyoshi Memorial Day"

Tr. Gabi Greve

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ゆらぎ見ゆ百の椿が三百に
yuragi miyu hayku no tsubaki ga sanbyaku ni

watching 100 camellias
shaking slightly
I see three hundred

Takahama Kyoshi 高濱虚子
He liked camellias very much and had a lot of trees planted in his garden in Kamakura.

WKD : Numbers used in Haiku

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俳諧はほとんどことばすこし虚子
haikai wa hotondo kotoba sukoshi Kyoshi

haikai is
mostly about words
a bit about Kyoshi

Tsukushi Bansei 筑紫磐井 (1950 - )

. . . Haiku about kigo, haiku, haikai ...

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影のなき虚子に似たひと原宿に
kage no naki Kyoshi ni nita hito Harajuku ni

a man without shadow
looking like Kyoshi
in Harajuku

Tsukushi Bansei 筑紫磐井 (1950 - )

Harajuku is a busy station in Tokyo.
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Yasuhara Teishitsu (1610-73)

安原貞室（やすはらていしつ)
1610年（慶長15年） - 1673年3月25日（延宝元年2月7日）

He was one of the group of seven haiku poets of his time, the Teimon Students Group 貞門七俳人, haiku students of Matsunaga Teitokuk 松永貞徳 and he lived in Kyoto.

His name was Masa-akira 正明（まさあきら）、kagiya Hikozaemon 鎰屋（かぎや）彦左衛門、
Fuhaishi 別号は腐俳子（ふはいし）

洛の貞室 Raku no Teishitsu (Teishitsu from Kyoto)
He was the son of a paper merchant; his name was 安原正章 Yasuhara Senshoo.

His main works are

One Thousand Haiku by Senshoo
「Senshoo Senku 正章千句」

"Sea Treasures" (Name of an old Chinese anthology)
「Gyokukaishuu 玉海集」

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Compiled by Larry Bole

According to Yoel Hoffman ("Japanese Death Poems)

kuru toshi no omoyu ni tsunagu inochi kana

New year--
what binds it to my life is
rice gruel

Teishitsu was unlike other people, even as a child. He was a connoisseur of various arts, he knew history well, and he was a "general" in the ranks of haiku poets. ...

In the winter of 1672 the poet became ill, and during the new year, a month before his death, he composed the haiku given above. It is not a death poem, but it is rather better than the actual death poem that Teishitsu left behind. ...

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Blyth gives a translation of the death poem (tanka) which Teishitsu left behind :

I have never seen
Up to the present time,
The Master of my fate;
What is called eight times eight,--
This ominous year now begins.

And Blyth includes a less well-known haiku by Teishitsu, written when he was in Edo:

いざのぼれ嵯峨の鮎食ひに都鳥　
iza nobore Saga no ayu kui ni miyakodori

Let's go up to Saga,
You seagulls,
And eat trout!

Blyth mentions that Teishitsu "edited a number of books, of which he is said to have burned most in his last years."

And Faubion Bowers, in "The Classical Tradition of Haiku: An Anthology" (New York, Dover Publications, 1996), says about Teishitsu:

"Teishitsu destroyed all but three of his 3,000 haiku poems, leaving us with less than 30 of his words." [But it seems there are a few more poems of his than that still in existence]

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涼しさのかたまりなれや夜半の月
suzushisa no　katamari nare ya　yowa no tsuki

the midnight moon -
almost like a big chunk
of coolness

Tr. Gabi Greve

In a modern Japanese version, this would mean
komban no tsuki wa marude suzushisa no katamari no yoo da na ...

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night moon: a mass of coolness

Tr. TOSHIMI HORIUCHI

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La luna a media noche
como un trozo
de fresco.

Tr. bosque_de_bambu

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La luna a media noche
como un trozo
de fresco

Tr. www.escritores.cl

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これはこれはとばかり花の芳野山
kore wa kore wa to bakari hana no Yoshinoyama

"Ah!" I said,"Ah!"
that was all that I could say -
cherry blossoms of Mount Yoshino!

"Ах!" - я сказал - "Ах!"
вот всё, что я мог сказать --
цветы вишни на горе Ёсино!

(Russian translation by Origa)
http://origa.livejournal.com/

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我等式が宿にも来るや今朝の春　
ware rashiki ga yado ni mo kuru ya kesa no haru

おもしろうさうしさばくる鵜縄哉
omoshiroo sao shisaba kuru unawa kana 　

後の月みよし野の雲や富士の雪
nochi no tsuki Miyoshino no kumo ya Fuji no yuki

moon of the second night -
the clouds of Yoshino
the snow of Mount Fuji
(Tr. Gabi Greve)

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uchitokete koori to mizu no nakanaori

now melted
ice and water are
friends again

Tr. Gabi Greve

variance resolved,
water and ice
at peace again

Tr. Michael Haldane

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Jaszuhara Teisicu (1609-1673)
in Hungarian

Horváth Ödön fordítása

Ó az a, az a -
- már szavam sincs; - virágzó
Yoshino-hegység.

Kosztolányi Dezső fordítása

Ringatja a teltholdat a derűs ég:
hideg, tömör és fényes gömbölyűség.

Pető Tóth Károly fordítása

Enyém, óh enyém!
Nincs szavam. A virágok
Yoshino hegyén.

terebess.hu

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Oh! Oh! is all I can say
For the cherries that grow
On mount Yoshino.

Oh! Oh! derim
sadece, Yoshino’da yetişen
kirazlar için.

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uchitokete kōru to mizu no nakanaori

karşıtlıkları
halledildi, buz ve su
barış içinde

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suzushisa no katamari nare ya yowa no tsuki

coolness
as a mass –
midnight moon

Serinlik
bir kütle halinde—
Gece yarısı ay.

Çeviri: Turgay Uçeren

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yahan no tsuki - moon at midnight

巡りあひて見しや夫ともわかぬまに　
雲がくれにし夜半の月かな

Murasaki Shikibu

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Matsumoto Koyuu-Ni

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Matsumoto Koyuu-Ni 松本古友尼

Matsumoto Koyû-ni
Matsumoto Koyu-ni (18th c.)

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花ちりて静かになりぬ人心
hana chirite shizuka ni narinu hito kokoro

People's minds
have become still again . . .
cherry blossoms scatter.

Translation and further discussion here
Hugh Bygott

blossoms fallen —
people's hearts
become quiet

with a haiga
　www.thegreenleaf.co.uk

cherry blossoms scattered
it becomes still
human mind

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ame mo mata haru no negai no hitotsu kana

Rain,
Is also one of the things I want
In spring.

trans. Blyth

Blyth's comment:

"Early spring is frequently dry in Tokyo, rain often not falling during February and March."

At Ichiyama

Boating on Lake Nio
The moon and fireflies
To the right and left.

trans. Kenneth Rexroth and Ikuko Atsumi

Koyu-ni's cherry blossom haiku seems to be the one most translated.

Blyth has two different translations:

The blossoms have fallen:
Our minds are now
Tranquil.

trans. Blyth, from "Haiku: Volume 2"

The cherry blossoms falling,
The minds of men
Are calm again.

trans. Blyth, from "A History of Haiku: Volume Two"

In "Haiku: Volume 2," Blyth quotes a waka which he suggests may have inspired this haiku (I will use Robin D. Gill's translation):

yononaka ni
taete sakura no
nakariseba
haru no kokoro wa
nodokeramashi

were there
no cherry blossoms
in this world

our minds might know
serenity in spring

Narihira (Kokinshu 905), trans. Gill

Blyth goes on to give two haiku which he feels are similar in theme:

hana ni nenu kore mo tagui ka nezumi no su

Is it not like a mouse's nest,--
This being unable to sleep
For the flowers?

Basho, trans. Blyth

hana chitte take miru noki no yasusa kana

The flowers having fallen,
Looking at the bamboos,
It is restful under the eaves.

Shado, trans. Blyth

And Stephen Addiss translates Koyu-ni's cherry blossom haiku as:

Blossoms fallen--
people's hearts
become quiet

trans. Addiss,
from "Haiku People: Big and Small in Poems and Prints"

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Blyth says that Koyuu-ni learned haikai from Songi the First, died 1782.
Blyth quotes one haiku by Songi, in a discussion of Issa:

futatsu ite hitotsu wa nakazu aki no semi

There were two there;
One didn't sing.
Cicadas of autumn.

Tr. Blyth

This haiku of Songi is used to illustrate a general discussion of the fading life of autumn cicadas, which follows this haiku by Issa:

aonoke ni ochite naki keri aki no semi

Falling upside down,
It sang its song,
The autumn cicada.

Tr. Blyth

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Baba Songi 馬場存義（ばばそんぎ）
Issei Songi, Songi the First 一世存義, Korai An 古来庵
馬場存義一世

. . . . . . His haiku about CATS

天蓼に花見顔なる小猫かな
matatabi ni hanami kao naru koneko kana

子にめでゝ山猫うたふ火燵哉
ko ni medete yamaneko utau kotatsu kana

雪の日や現にうごく猫の耳
yuki no hi ya gen ni ugoku neko no mimi

むめ折て赤手拭やしのび猫

今朝秋としらで門掃く男かな

国際春画展の目玉　
世界が認めた紀州徳川家の秘宝

序文の筆者は馬場存義。江戸座の有力俳人であり、大名家にも出入りする文化人。その存義が名家・紀州徳川家の依頼を受けて、春章に描かせたものがこの図巻である。この秋フィンランドで開催される国際春画展の大きな目玉として、世界中の浮世絵愛好家の間ではやくも話題沸騰だ。
http://5orb.net/ukiyoe/syunkyu.html

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Matsumoto Keido (1720 -1750)

needs further reference about this haiku poet.

MATSUMOTO KEIDO 松本奎堂 (1831-1863)
this was a different person.

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Du Fu, Tu Fu

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Du Fu 杜甫
To Ho in Japanese とほ【杜甫】

712–770

Du Fu (Chinese: 杜甫; pinyin: Dù Fǔ; Wade–Giles: Tu Fu ) was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. Along with Li Bai (Li Bo), he is frequently called the greatest of the Chinese poets. His greatest ambition was to serve his country as a successful civil servant, but he proved unable to make the necessary accommodations. His life, like the whole country, was devastated by the An Lushan Rebellion of 755, and his last 15 years were a time of almost constant unrest.

Although initially he was little known to other writers, his works came to be hugely influential in both Chinese and Japanese literary culture. Of his poetic writing, nearly fifteen hundred poems have been preserved over the ages. He has been called the "Poet-Historian" and the "Poet-Sage" .

Most of what is known of Du Fu’s life comes from his poems.

.... when he learned of the death of his youngest child, he turned to the suffering of others in his poetry instead of dwelling upon his own misfortunes.
Du Fu wrote:

Brooding on what I have lived through,
if even I know such suffering,
the common man must surely
be rattled by the winds.

In 760, he arrived in Chengdu.
Criticism of Du Fu's works has focused on his strong sense of history, his moral engagement, and his technical excellence.

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詩聖・杜甫

Paper cut from the serious of five poets of the Tang period

source : e_himajiisan

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My German professor of Chinese, Gunther Debon (Debon, Günther) at Heidelberg University, has translated many poems of Du Fu.

Chinesische Dichtung, Geschichte, Struktur, Theorie.
Günther Debon
Handbuch

Herbstlich helles Leuchten überm See.
Chinesische Gedichte aus der Tang- Zeit
Günther Debon (Autor)

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A cider drink for children, named Sangaria サンガリア

唐の詩人・杜甫の作にある
「国破れて山河あり...」の「山河あり」に由来してるらしい。
kuni yaburete sanga ari

The company name originates from the Chinese poem
Spring View (春望, Ch: Chūn Wàng, Jpn: Shumbō) by Du Fu (杜甫).
Included is the phrase,

"The country (or its capital Chang'an) has collapsed,
but there are still mountains and rivers."

(Chinese: 「國破山河在」, Gúo pò shān hé zài,
Japanese: 「国破れて山河在り」, Kuni yaburete sanga ari).
The words 山河在り mean that the mountains and rivers (still) exist.
The company is famous for the slogan
"1, 2, Sangaria!" (「いち、に、サンガリア」, "Ichi, Ni, Sangaria!" ),
a play on "1, 2, 3!" ("Ichi, Ni, San!").

Japan Sangaria Beverage Co., Ltd.
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Translation of most poems of Du Fu

Du Fu (also known as Tu Fu) wrote in the High Tang period. His work is very diverse, but his most characteristic poems are autobiographical and historical, recording the effects of war on his own life.
Each poem indexed below appears in characters, pinyin, gloss and English translation; they are grouped chronologically according to the main periods of Du Fu's life. Alternatively, the English translations are collected.

The following periods of his life are covered:

Chang'an (pre-rebellion: 750-755)
. . . Sighs of Autumn (1)
. . . Sighs of Autumn (2)
. . . Sighs of Autumn (3)

Chang'an (755-757)
Qiang (757)
Chang'an (757-758)
Huazhou (758-759)
Qinzhou (759)
Chengdu (759-765)
Chengdu to Kuizhou (765-766)
Kuizhou (766-768)
Lower Yangtze (768-770)

source : www.chinese-poems.com

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Reference

. Du Fu .

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Haiku and Senryu

The Influence of Tu Fu on Basho
Fumiko Fujikawa
Monumenta Nipponica 20 (1965)

According to Fumiko Fujikawa (p. 375), Basho says, “hige kaze o fuite,” that is, “beard blowing the wind, “ instead of putting it in the normal way, “kaze hige o fuite,” “the wind blowing the beard.”
Basho employs the inversion technique in writing this haiku.

Basho's poem is influenced by "Autumn Thoughts" (p. 375).

. Reference .

Tu Fu's "Autumn Meditations":
An Exercise in Linguistic Criticism
Tsu-lin Mei; Yu-kung Kao
Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 28. (1968), pp. 44-80.

Online Text PDF

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Written in Kuizhou (766-768)

Autumn Meditations, Autumn Thoughts (8)

昆吾御宿自逶迤
紫阁峰阴入渼陂
香稻啄余鹦鹉粒
碧梧栖老凤凰枝
佳人拾翠春相问
仙侣同舟晚更移
彩笔昔游干气象
白头吟望苦低垂

From Kunwu, Yusu river winds round and round,
Purple Tower mountain's shadow enters Meipi lake.
Fragrant rice; pecking; leaving surplus; parrots; grains;
Emerald wutong; perching; growing old; phoenixes; branches.
Beautiful women gather green feathers, talk to each other in spring,
Immortal companions share a boat, move on in the evening.
My coloured brush in olden days captured the image of life,
My white head drones and gazes, bitterly hanging low.

source : www.chinese-poems.com

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Matsuo Basho was greatly influenced by the poets of the Tang dynasty.

Basho wrote that Du Fu was austre (wabi　侘び) and
unrestraind, witty (share 洒落).

憶老杜（らうとヲおもフ） Thinking of Old Du Fu

髭風ヲ吹いて暮秋嘆ズルハ誰ガ子ゾ　
hige kaze fuite boshuu tan zureba taga ko zo
（ひげかぜヲふいてぼしゆうたンズルハたガこゾ

his beard blown by the autumn wind
while he ponders the end of autumn -
who might he be ?

Matsuo Basho, Age 39

lit.
beard wind blowing
end of autumn pondering
who is this

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Here is a similar poem by Du Fu, with the last two characters:

杖藜嘆世者誰子

藜(あかざ)を杖(つえつ)いて
世を嘆ずる者は誰子ぞ

akaza o tsue tsuite
yo o tanzuru mono wa
taga ko zo

holding an akaza cane
he grieves over this world -
who might he be ?

三十九歳（虚栗）
☆老杜とは杜甫の異称。「杜甫のことを憶って」

「冷たい秋風に髭を吹かれながら、暮秋の悲哀を嘆じている人物はいったい誰であろうか。」

秋ー暮秋 . Autumn Meditations
杜甫の詩「杖藜嘆世者誰子（あかざヲつえシテよヲたんズルハたガこゾ」」のもじり。
source : studio 159

akaze 藜 Chenopodium album var. centrorubrum
fat-hen, goosefoot, nickel greens, smearwort
It is used in Asia to make canes, and refers to the Gods of Long Life.

(Thanks to Chen-ou Liu for help with the translations.)

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. summer grass ... Basho and Du Fu 　

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***** Personal Names used in Haiku
Introduction　

Li Po, Li Bo, Li Bai 李白

***** Introducing Japanese Haiku Poets　

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Kawai Chigetsu and Otokuni

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Kawai Chigetsu (1634-1718)

河合智月（かわいちげつ）. (川井智月)
寛永10頃（1633） - 享保3 （1718）
寛永十一年（1636）～宝永五年（1708）
The dates are unclear.

The Nun Chigetsu, Chigetsu-Ni 智月尼 / 知月

She was born in Yamashiro, Usa (near Kyoto) and maybe served at the court in Kyoto for a while. She became the wife of Kawai Saemon 川井佐左衛門, a ship agent for flat-bottoned barges in Otsu 大津膳所, but he died in 1686, so she became a nun.

To continue the family business, she adapted her younger brother Otokuni 乙州, who was a pupil of the Shomon group 蕉門 around Matsuo Basho. She came to know Basho and often invited him after 1689. She had a very friendly relationship with Basho, altough he was about 10 years younger than her, and she looked after him while he stayed on Otsu.
She was one of the contributors for the anthology Monkey's Raincoat", "Sarumino" 猿蓑.
Basho handed her a copy of his verse collection "The Record of the Unreal Hermitage" (幻住庵記 Genjuuanki), when he had to leave for Edo and she wanted a keepsake from him.
She also performed services at his grave.

Morikawa Kyoroku, another of the great pupils of Basho, praised her haiku as even better then the ones of her brother.

五色の内,ただ一色を染め出だせり

としよればこゑもかるるぞきりぎりす
source : basyo/monjin20

独り寝や夜わたる男蚊の声侘びし

sleeping alone -
the voice of a passing male mosquitoe
is just so sad

麦藁の家してやらん雨蛙　
In Sarumino 猿蓑

雪やけや夜毎に孫が手をふかせ

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kogarashi ya iro ni mo miezu chiri mo sezu

a wintry gust
with no colour to show
with no leaves to rip

a bush warbler—
my hands in the kitchen sink
rest for a while

grandchildren come
and drag me out of bed —
the years end

under the harvest moon
awestruck crows
curb their voices

pointing their fingers
and standing on tiptoe
children admire the moon

each morning
a wren comes
bit by bit

Tr. Makoto Ueda
source : thegreenleaf.co.uk

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Matsuo Basho wrote this haiku to honor his host in Otsu
In the year Genroku 2 on the 12th lunar month:

少将の尼の話や志賀の雪
shooshoo no ama ho hanashi ya Shiga no yuki

these stories
about the nun general -
snow in Shiga

shooshoo .. is the nickname of the resolute daughter of poet and painter Fujiwara no Nobuzane 藤原信実 (?1175 - 1266) of the Kamakura period, Sooheki Monin no Shooshoo 藻壁門院少将 .
Generalmajor, Konteradmiral der Marine

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More haiku by Chigetsu:

哥がるたにくき人かなほとゝぎす　（『あら野』）

from Sarumino

見やるさえ旅人さむし石部山　（『猿蓑』）

ひる迄はさのみいそがず時鳥　（『猿蓑』）

麥藁の家してやらん雨蛙　（『猿蓑』）

やまつゝじ海に見よとや夕日影　（『猿蓑』）

稲の花これを佛の土産哉　（『猿蓑』）

やまざくらちるや小川の水車　（『炭俵』）

崎風はすぐれて涼し五位の聲　（『炭俵』）

ひるがほや雨降たらぬ花の貌　（『炭俵』）

年よれば聲はかるゝぞきりぎりす　（『炭俵』）

御火焼の盆物とるな村がらす　（『炭俵』）

待春や氷にまじるちりあくた　（『炭俵』）

鶯に手もと休めむながしもと　（『續猿蓑』）

ふたつあらばいさかひやせむけふの月　（『續猿蓑』）

木がらしや色にも見えず散もせず　（『續猿蓑』）

有ると無きと二本さしけりけしの花　（『續猿蓑』）

source : yamanashi-ken.ac.jp

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Claudia Brefeld writes:

Von Chigetsus Kindheit und Jugendzeit ist nur wenig überliefert. Als Geburtsjahr wird in der Regel 1634 angegeben (seltener 1632 oder 1640). Relativ sicher scheint aber zu sein, dass sie in Usa, in der Nähe von Kyoto, geboren wurde und in jungen Jahren am kaiserlichen Hof arbeitete.
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Chigetsu heiratete später Kawai Saemon, ein Händler, der ein großes Fuhrgeschäft in Otsu in der Omi-Provinz betrieb. Diese Stadt (ca. 10 km von Kyoto) lag am südwestlichen Ufer des Biwa-Sees. Die Ehe blieb kinderlos. Und als ihr Ehemann um 1686 starb, adoptierte sie ihren jüngeren Bruder Otokuni (1657-1720), damit dieser als Erbe das Familienunternehmen leiten konnte.
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Unter dem Einfluss von Otokuni, der ein Schüler Bashos gewesen war, begann Chigetsu, sich ernsthaft mit dem Haiku schreiben zu beschäftigen und veröffentlichte ihre Werke unter dem Namen Otsu. Zwischen Chigetsu und Otokuni bestand eine herzlich enge Verbindung. So dachte Otokuni, der sich einmal auf einer Reise befand, liebevoll an sein Zuhause und überlegte, was seine ältere Schwester vielleicht wohl gerade in der Küche machte und verfasste dem entsprechend ein Haiku.

Beide luden oft den großen Poeten Basho in ihr Haus ein und komponierten so Haiku und renku miteinander.

Basho, mehr als 10 Jahre jünger als Chigetsu, konnte mit ihr, wie mit kaum einer anderen Frau, scherzen und entspannen, denn sie waren nicht nur Lehrer und Schülerin im Sinne des haikai, sondern auch sehr eng außerhalb dieser Verbindung befreundet. Und es waren Chigetsu und Otokunis Frau, die ein Gewand für Basho anfertigten, um es auf der Reise jenseits dieser Welt zu tragen.

Chigetsu schien eine unternehmungslustige, relativ sorglose und aufgeschlossene Person gewesen zu sein. Auch, nachdem sie sich nach dem Tod ihres Ehemannes ihren Kopf rasiert hatte, ging sie nicht in ein Kloster, sondern blieb zu Hause, genoss ihr Leben und starb als zufriedene Großmutter im Jahre 1718 (einige Quellen verweisen auch auf 1705, 1706, 1708, 1736).

magodomo ni hiki okosarete toshi no kure

die Enkel kommen
und ziehen mich aus dem Bett -
Jahresende
(Übersetzung in Zusammenarbeit mit Gabi Greve)

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Reference : 川井智月

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Kawai Otokuni 川井乙州/ 河井乙州 / 河合乙州

（～享保5年（1720）1月3日、享年64歳）
(1675 - 1720)
He was 64 when he died on the third of the first lunar month in 1720.

Otokuni was one of the few who understood Basho's notion of karumi, lightness in haikai.

Basho wrote this famous haiku, when seeing off Otokuni to a trip to Edo on some business errands.

梅若菜丸子の宿のとろろ汁
ume wakana Mariko no yado no tororo jiru

plum blossoms and fresh leaves -
the yam soup at the lodging
at Mariko station

(Mariko was one of the stations on the Tokaido road to Edo and was famous for its yam porridge, grated yam soup. See link below for a woodblock print.)

After the death of Basho, Otokuni brought the ramains to his home, his sister made is death robe and they held a burial service for the master.

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Otokuni remembered his sister on a trip to Edo.

春のよの餅や智月の焦がすらん
haru no yo no mochi ya Chigetsu no kogasuran

these rice cakes
in a spring night - Chigetsu
might burn them black

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More haiku by Otokuni:

有明に三度飛脚の行くやらん（『嵯峨日記』）

亀の甲烹らゝ時は鳴もせず（『ひさご』）

馬かりて竹田の里や行しぐれ（『猿蓑』）

鉢たゝき憐は顔に似ぬものか（『猿蓑』）

すゞ風や我より先に百合の花（『猿蓑』）

日燒田や時々つらく鳴く蛙（『猿蓑』）

ばせを葉や打かへし行月の影（『猿蓑』）

寝ぐるしき窓の細目や闇の梅（『猿蓑』）

其春の石ともならず木曽の馬（『猿蓑』）

螢飛疊の上もこけの露（『猿蓑』）

見る所おもふところやはつ櫻（『続猿蓑』）

曉のめをさまさせよはすの花（『炭俵』）

海山の鳥啼立る雪吹かな（『炭俵』）

取葺の内のあつさや棒つかひ（『續猿蓑』）

森の蝉凉しき聲やあつき聲（『續猿蓑』）

朝風や薫姫の團もち（『續猿蓑』）

行秋を鼓弓の糸の恨かな（『續猿蓑』）

けし畑や散しづまりて仏在世（『續猿蓑』）

source : www.weblio.jp

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Related words

. WASHOKU
Tororojiru とろろ汁 and Hanga 　

. Otsu Paintings (大津絵 Ootsu-E) 　

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Shokyu-Ni

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Arii Shokyu-Ni
shokyuu-ni shokyuuni shookyuuni Kohakuan Shokyū-ni

有井諸九尼 (1713-1781) "the Nun Shokyu"
Arii Shokyuu 有井諸九（ありいしょきゅう）

Before she married, she was called Nagamatsu Nami
永松　なみ ― ながまつ　なみ―

other names:
Namijo 波女（なみじょ）, Shokyuu 雎鳩（しょきゅう）. Soten 蘇天（そてん）。

Nagamatsu Shookyuu Ni 永松諸九尼（ながまつ・しょうきゅうに）
１７１４（正徳４）－１７８１（天明１）
Her haiku name was Kohakuan 湖白庵, says one source.

There seems a bit of a mix up of information about her and her husband, Kohaku alias Arii Fufuu. And she was certainly not born in Echigo.

During the middle of the Edo period, there was this courageous travelling haiku poetess in the footsteps of Basho, travelling to the Deep North of Japan.

She was the daughter of the village headman Nagamatsu Juugoroo 永松十五郎 in Chikugo, Takeno Division, Shimamura Village 筑後国竹野郡島村 in Kyushu. She was married in the village to one of her cousins, but at the age of 29 she made a brave decision that began her wandering life: she was running away from her home with the haiku poet Kohaku 湖白.
Another source says his name was Arii Fufuu 有井浮風.
She lived with him in Kyoto in a small place called "Tsukumo An"
九十九庵（つくもあん), a place belonging to Gakuta Shozaburo (Shoozaburoo) 額田正三郎, who hid the couple there after they had eloped.

When Kohaku (Arii Fufuu) died of illness, she became a haiku poetess herself and took on the name of Shokyu. She was 49 at that time.
She travelled (that means walking) many times from Kyushu to Kyoto and in her old age made her dream come true to walk the "Oku no Hosomichi" in the footsteps of Basho.

She met the young haiku poet Chomu (Choomu) 蝶夢 and they each build a hermitage in Okazaki (Kyoto prefecture) to revere the memory of Matsuo Basho. Her place was called Kohakuan and his was Goshoo-An 五升庵. He was 34, she was 52 at that time, living like mother and son, one source says.
In 1771 she went to Edo.
Her Hermitage in Okazaki burned down in 1773. She wrote on the occasion

焼けし野の所々やすみれ草
yakeshi no no tokorodokoro ya sumiregusa
see below

She later returned to the birthplace of her husband and lived in a small hermitage in the mountains called again Kohakuan 湖白庵.
She now rests with her husband in a grave at the temple Zuisen-Ji 随専寺 in Nogata.

This area is famous for its spring water and lotus ponds

Her main publication is
Shuufuu Ki 秋風記（しゅうふうき）
Autumn Wind Collection, "Record of an Autumn Wind", the diary of her walk in memory of Basho.
Arii Shokyu, Hiroaki Sato : in Monumenta Nipponica
Vol. 55, No. 1 (Spring, 2000), pp. 1-43: Arii Shokyû

筑後国（ちくごのくに）

江戸時代の中ごろ、芭蕉の後をたどり「奥の細道」を旅した女俳諧師がいた。名はなみこと諸九尼。筑後の庄屋の嫁だったが、２９歳のとき旅の俳諧師・湖白と欠落ち。湖白が病いにたおれた後、プロの俳諧師として自立した。京都から九州へ何度も足を運び、晩年、念願の「奥の細道」へ。

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湖白庵浮風 Kohakuan Fufu (Fufuu)
Arii Fufuu 有井浮風（ありい・（ふふう）
also known as Chidori-an 千鳥庵　
筑前直方藩士　野坡門　
1702 - 1762
He was a samurai from Nogata in Chikuzen (Fukuoka, Kyushu). He was a student of Shida Yaba, school of Basho disciples.
Fufuu left for Osaka with young Nami and made a living as a doctor. He died in 1762.

松葉とは散りての名なり松葉塚　
matsuba to wa chirite no na nari matsubazuka

(the Matsuba Pine Needle Mound is at the temple Shogen-Ji 聖眼寺（しょうげんじ Shoogenji ） in Osaka. It as a stone memorial of one of Basho's Haiku.)
Photos of this Pine Needle Mound

................. and his death poem

tsure mo ari ima wa no sora no hototogisu

My companion in the skies
of death,
a cuckoo.

Fufuu 浮風
"Died on the seventeenth day of the fifth month, 1762,at the age of sixty-one."
Fufu, trans. Yoel Hoffmann

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Chomu 蝶夢（ちょうむ Choomu)
享保17年（1732年）－寛政7年12月24日（1796年2月2日））

Born in Kyoto. He entered Buddhist priesthood at the age of nine at the temple Hokoku-Ji 法国寺 in Kyoto.
He became a haiku poet at age 13 under the guidance of Sooku (Soo oku 宗屋（そうおく）.
Other names Kuuzoo 九蔵。号を洛東・Goshoo-An 五升庵・Hakuan 泊庵.
He later became priest at the temple Amida-Ji 阿弥陀寺（浄土宗), Kihaku-In Hermitage 帰白院.

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Let us go back to the haiku of Nami / Shokyu-Ni

一雫こぼして延びる木の芽かな
hito shizuku koboshite nobiru konome kana

one drop falls
and it swells -
this tree bud

Tr. Gabi Greve Tree Buds and Haiku

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Compiled by Larry Bole:

Faubion Bowers, in "The Classic Tradition of Haiku: An Anthology," calls her Yagi Shokyuu-ni, and says:

"Wife of Shida Yaba's [Yaha's] secretary."

Stephen Addiss, in "Haiku Landscapes," says:

"Born in Echigo (present-day Niigata Prefecture), Shokyuu took the tonsure after her husband's death and traveled widely."

And Sato includes her in his recent book, "Japanese Women Poets: An Anthology."

Not many of her haiku have been translated into English:

wasuregusa wa sakedo wasure nu mukashi kana

The "forget-me" has bloomed, but ah!
I can not forget old days together.

trans. Asataroo Miyamori (1869-1952)
originally in "One Thousand Haiku: Ancient and Modern." Tokyo Doobunsha. 1930. Reprinted in "The Classic Tradition of Haiku," edited by Faubion Bowers, Dover, 1996.

Bower's note:
"Written on the 13th anniversary of her husband's death. 'Wasuregusa' (literally, 'forget-me-grass') is a tiny, emphemeral day-lily."

The forget-me-not is blooming;
But the things of long ago,--
How can I forget them?
trans. Blyth

shiraga to mo narande yanagi no chiri ni keri

Lo! willow leaves have gone,
Without getting grey-haired.
trans. Asataroo Miyamori, 'ibid.'

焼けし野の所々やすみれ草
yakeshi no no tokorodokoro ya sumiregusa

Violets have grown here and there
on the ruins of my burned house.
trans. Asataroo Miyamori, 'ibid.'

violets have grown
among the ruins
of my burned house
trans. Patricia Donegan

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行春や海を見て居る鴉の子
yuku haru ya umi o mite iru karasu no ko

Spring passes--
looking at the sea,
a baby crow
trans. Stephen Addiss

Spring goes by--
crow's child scans
the sea
trans. Beichman

comment from Oka Makoto :
From 'Shokyuu-Ni Kushuu'.
The most famous example of a woman of good family who awoke after an arranged marriage and eloped with her lover is Yanagihara Byakuren, who was born into the nobility. But there were such women even in pre-modern times of course, and the author of this poem was one. Born into a well-off family of Chikugo in Kyuushuu, Shokyuu married a relative, but later eloped with Arii Fufuu, a disciple of Yaba, himself one of Basho's favorite disciples. Fond of traveling, she observed nature with fresh eyes, as in this poem, and became a well-known haiku poet in the 18th century. After her husband died, she shaved her head and became a Buddhist nun.

spring goes by--
the crow's child
scans the sea
trans. unknown

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the forget-me-not is blooming
but the things of long ago
how can I forget them?

mal me quer
coisas de antes
quem não quer

Alice Ruiz

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Japanese Haiku by Shokyuu 諸九
Tr. Gabi Greve

鶏頭や老ても紅はうすからず
keitoo ya oite mo beni wa usukarazu

oh cockscomb !
even as you get older,
the colors do not fade

or

cockscomb -
even as I get older,
the lipstick is not thinner

世を捨てて見る分別や山さくら　
yo o sutete miru funbetsu ya yama sakura

leaving the world behind,
looking at all the "good sense" ...
mountain cherries

　　　

夢見るも仕事のうちや春の雨
yume miru mo shigoto no uchi ya haru no ame

having a dream
is part of the job ...
rain in spring

けふの月目のおとろへを忘れけり
kyoo no tsuki me no otoroe o wasurekeri

the moon of today -
I forget that my eyes
get weaker

音のした戸に人もなし夕時雨
oto no shita to ni hito mo nashi yuu shigure

the door made a noise
but there is nobody -
evening winter drizzle

坂下りて月夜も闇し鴨の声　　　
saka orite tsukiyo mo kurashi kamo no koe

I walk down the slope
in a dark moon night -
the call of a duck

夕がほや一日の息ふつとつく
yuugao ya ichinichi no iki futto tsuku

bottle gourd flowers -
here is a sigh
for the whole day

yuugao, lit. evening face, flowers that start blooming at night.

枯るるほど草にしみこむか冬の月
紫陽花や雨にも日にも物ぐるひ
朧夜の底を行くなり雁の声
北山の日暮は白し帰る雁　
暮むつはその暁やほととぎす　
掃捨て見れば芥や秋の霜：剃髪の時　
百合咲くや汗もこぼさぬ身だしなみ

Japanese Reference: るしゃな界

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