tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.comments2023-05-23T03:54:17.181-07:00Introducing Haiku Poets and Topics . . . . . WKDGabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger810125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-87342304300097882342022-08-20T18:00:39.389-07:002022-08-20T18:00:39.389-07:00The name Ochanomizu came from a high-quality sprin...The name Ochanomizu came from a high-quality spring<br />which was used to make tea for the Shogun in the early Edo period.<br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2018/06/chiyoda-ward.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-72797003394620490302022-03-20T21:54:17.985-07:002022-03-20T21:54:17.985-07:00Comment by Naoxx Uexxx on facebook
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Tan Taigi ope...Comment by Naoxx Uexxx on facebook<br />.<br />Tan Taigi opened a School "不夜庵(Fuya-an)” at ”Shimabara” and taught Haikai and Waka to Oiran and Geiko. <br />Buson loved to visit Shimabara where he had a Geisha girl friend "Koito". <br />Buson wrote a preface to the 「太祇句選」Kusen of Tan Taigi. They were bosom friend. Kyoto Shimabara "Sumiya" .<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-64072316765079931912021-11-16T19:53:41.838-08:002021-11-16T19:53:41.838-08:00Legend from Nagano
sanjuusann nen jichuu de ikit...<b> Legend from Nagano </b><br /><br />sanjuusann nen jichuu de ikita hito 三十三年地中で生きた人 2 men living 33 years under the earth<br />Once the farmers dug a well near the foot of 浅間ヶ嶽 Mount Asama.<br />At a certain depth, they did not find water but some roof tiles.<br />They thought this strange and dug deeper, where they found the roof and the storehouse.<br />Inside were two people of about 50 years.<br />They had lived there after a landslide 33 years earlier.<br />Originally there were four men trapped inside, but two had died.<br />They had eaten the rice and Sake ricewine from the storehouse to survive. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/08/sanjusangendo-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-88832616324151246612021-10-14T21:10:01.668-07:002021-10-14T21:10:01.668-07:00Legend from Aichi, 知多郡 Chita district 旭村 Asahi vil...<b> Legend from Aichi, 知多郡 Chita district 旭村 Asahi village </b><br />.<br />hoogyoku 宝玉 precious jewel<br />During a great drought, the head priest of 大智院 the Temple Daichi-In splashed the ink from his suzuri 硯 ink stone on the hoogyoku 宝玉 precious jewel in a special amagoi 雨乞い rain ritual.<br />Indeed, soon it begun to rain very strong. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/04/daichiin-fudo-kasuya.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-47659372721810710592021-10-04T20:55:34.379-07:002021-10-04T20:55:34.379-07:00bakuchi 博打 / 博ち / ばくち と伝説 Legends about gambling ...<b>bakuchi 博打 / 博ち / ばくち と伝説 Legends about gambling </b><br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2017/09/bakuchi-tobaku-gambling-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-37083116284289239072021-09-20T21:44:31.688-07:002021-09-20T21:44:31.688-07:00Legend from Nagano, 三峯山 / 三ッ峰山 Mitsumineyama, Mits...<b> Legend from Nagano, 三峯山 / 三ッ峰山 Mitsumineyama, Mitsumuneyama </b><br />A painting of a dog is venerated as Mitsumine san to ward off theft.<br />But there was one family, which had placed a painting in its kura 蔵 storehouse, and yet- a thief went in there.<br />The family prayed to Mitsumine San to kill the thief.<br />When they looked again into the storehouse, they found their son dead in there. <br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2019/10/mitsumine-sama-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-63481608688365813542021-07-31T21:36:29.344-07:002021-07-31T21:36:29.344-07:00taiboku 大木 - Legend from Aichi, 幡豆町 Hazu town ...<b>taiboku 大木 - Legend from Aichi, 幡豆町 Hazu town </b><br />.<br />In a village on the beach there was densenbyo 伝染病 a pandemic.<br />Once there was a light on the sea and a huge strange tree came afloat.<br />The villagers wanted to burn it but could not.<br />There came Gyoki Bosatsu and carved a statue of Kannon out of it.<br />The villagers prayed to Kannon and the pandemic ended. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/02/densenbyo-pandemic-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-91391427528699780832021-07-07T21:20:24.824-07:002021-07-07T21:20:24.824-07:00katsura 桂と伝説 Legends about the Katsura tree
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ht...<b> katsura 桂と伝説 Legends about the Katsura tree </b><br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/04/katsura-tree-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-66464712943139388252021-05-29T22:02:34.847-07:002021-05-29T22:02:34.847-07:00'Japanese Prints and the World of Go':
Ex...<b>'Japanese Prints and the World of Go': <br />Exploring the pop-cultural psyche of the Edo Period </b><br />.<br />article in the Japan Times<br />https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2021/05/30/books/japanese-prints-world-of-go-edo-period/<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-9205705237593713192021-05-20T21:43:37.588-07:002021-05-20T21:43:37.588-07:00光明寺境内にして猫の恋
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...光明寺境内にして猫の恋<br />Koomyooji kedai ni shite neko no koi<br /><br />temple Komyo-Ji -<br />in the compound<br />cats in love <br />.<br />Tamagawa Fudo 多摩川不動尊 - Nishi-Rokugo<br />大綱山 Taikozan 宝幢院 Hodo-In 光明寺 Komyo-Ji <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/05/komyoji-fudo-nishirokugo.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-54233691608120673642021-05-15T17:32:01.187-07:002021-05-15T17:32:01.187-07:00本の中の「おりがみ」Origani as Illustrated in Books
The blog...本の中の「おりがみ」Origani as Illustrated in Books<br />The blog examines "origami paper folding art" as they are illustrated in books from their origin in the Edo period to the Meiji, Taisho and Showa eras.<br />Also of interest is that the idea of teaching "origami" in Japanese nursery schools and kindergartens was introduced from Germany<br />◆18. Der Kindergarten :<br />Handbuch der Frobel'schen erzeihungsmethode, spielgaben und beschaftigungen /<br />nach Frobels schriften und den schriften der Frau B. v. Marenholtz-Bulow bearb. von Hermann Goldammer ; <br />mit beitragen von B. von Marenholtz-Bulow<br />Berlin : C.G. Luderitz'sche verlagsbuchhandlung, C. Habel, 1874-1879<br />【271.5-G561】<br />当館所蔵の資料はベルリンで出版された第三版です。14種類の折り紙が図と共に掲載されています。本書は2巻本で、第2巻を展示しています。<br />https://rnavi.ndl.go.jp/kaleido/entry/jousetsu151.php#009<br />.<br />(Thanks to Yoshio Kusaba san.)<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-74800273541100499362021-05-09T21:58:31.727-07:002021-05-09T21:58:31.727-07:00Isshinji Temple Osaka 一心寺 大阪市
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...Isshinji Temple Osaka 一心寺 大阪市<br />Osaka, Tennoji Ward<br /><br />稲妻やちらりと闇の一心寺<br />inazuma ya chirari to yami no Isshinji<br /><br />a thunderstorm -<br />the temple Isshin-Ji suddenly<br />in the dark<br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/09/isshinji-kannon-shinagawa.html<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-80765006549417940842021-03-30T21:45:19.842-07:002021-03-30T21:45:19.842-07:00Legend about kaya 榧 torreya tree
Kyoto 亀岡市 Kameok...<b> Legend about kaya 榧 torreya tree </b><br />Kyoto 亀岡市 Kameoka city 西別院町 Nishi-Betsuin town<br /><br />. soroban boozu 十呂盤坊主 "the Abacus Priest" .<br />In the evening the priest from 西光寺 Temple Saiko-Ji could see a priest using an abacus unter the kaya 榧 torreya tree.<br />This phenomenon is called "the Abacus Priest".<br />Some say it is a prank of 狸 a Tanuki badger.<br />Some say once upon a time there was a young priest often scolded by the old priest, because he could not use the abacus well. Eventually the young priest hung himself on this tree. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/05/saikoji-rinkoji-fudo-kamoi.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-15010771564149922182021-01-18T20:21:00.660-08:002021-01-18T20:21:00.660-08:00katsura tree legend from Nagano Kita-Azumi distric...<b> katsura tree legend from Nagano Kita-Azumi district 白馬村 Hakuba village </b><br />.<br />降宮嶺方諏訪神社 Amefurimiyaminekatasuwa Shrine <br />The deity in resicence at 嶺方雨降宮諏訪社 Minekata amefuri no miya Suwasha is a jatai 蛇体 a serpent.<br />It had come from Echigo and wondered where to go, until it reached Nagano. At that moment, there was a great light emanating from the Katsura tree. <br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2020/03/suwa-jinja-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-59822688394631348362021-01-13T20:05:35.261-08:002021-01-13T20:05:35.261-08:00Ryukancho 龍閑町 Ryūkanchō district
Now 千代田区内神田二・三丁...<br /><b>Ryukancho 龍閑町 Ryūkanchō district </b><br />Now 千代田区内神田二・三丁目 Chiyoda ward, Uchi-Kanda, second and third sub-district <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/05/ryukan-sakurabashi-bridge.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-79992850774362956812021-01-11T20:39:00.643-08:002021-01-11T20:39:00.643-08:00kumo katsura 蛛蜘桂 Katsura tree and spiders
Legend ... <b>kumo katsura 蛛蜘桂 Katsura tree and spiders </b><br />Legend from Gifu<br /><br />Around 1580, on a day with heavy snow, a warlord was bewitched by 山蜘蛛 the mountain spiders.<br />He stayed under a Katsura tree, because he thought it was a house, but later many of his servants were found dead under the tree.<br />Now the villagers fear this tree. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/03/ooyuki-heavy-snow-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-46962061585345397322020-12-28T20:15:43.492-08:002020-12-28T20:15:43.492-08:00Tsukuba Fudo 筑波不動 Fudo from Mount Tsukuba
筑波山 Tsuk...Tsukuba Fudo 筑波不動 Fudo from Mount Tsukuba<br />筑波山 Tsukubasan 一乗院 Ichijo-In 真福寺 Shinpuku-Ji 愛宕坊 Atagobo, Aatgo Hall<br /><b>- Fudo no kaya 不動の榧 torreya tree of Fudo - </b><br />Around 1650,<br />when Saint 源範上人 rebuild the hall. the torreya tree was split in two by a stroke of lightning and a statue of Fudo Myo-O was found.<br />The tree has been growing there ever since and is seen as reimoku 霊木 a sacred tree.<br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/05/tsukuba-fudo-ibaraki.htmlGabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-42508210079460705812020-11-30T20:50:31.093-08:002020-11-30T20:50:31.093-08:00Legend from Sendai, Miyagi
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wabisukegura 侘助蔵 the...<b> Legend from Sendai, Miyagi </b><br />.<br />wabisukegura 侘助蔵 the store house of Wabisuke<br />Wabisuke liked to drink sake 酒 rice wine and one day he got the large cup ot the Lord, drank it all in one gulp and tonshi 頓死 dropped dead. The Lord ordered his doctor to open the dead body and in the stomach he found a jar.<br />This jar was kept in the kura 蔵 storehouse of the castle, thus now named Wabisukegura. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/12/tonshi-drop-dead.html<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-13022767897806765462020-11-19T20:40:34.884-08:002020-11-19T20:40:34.884-08:00Katsura tree legend from Aomori 青森県
myoojin sama ...<b> Katsura tree legend from Aomori 青森県 </b><br />myoojin sama 明神様 the Myojin Deity<br />The 横田家 Yokota family had a large katsura no ki カツラの大木 Japanese Judas tree in their garden, where they venerated Myojin Sama. Near its roots was a Hokora for 明神様 Myojin Sama. Inside was 瀬戸物 a piece of pottery with shirohebi 白蛇 a white serpent coiled around it.<br />In former times a relative had built ths with the wish to become a learned man, and others came here to pray for knowledge too. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/02/pottery-legends.html.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-41343313888466585912020-10-30T22:22:16.434-07:002020-10-30T22:22:16.434-07:00Legend about 赤飯 Sekihan from Shizuoka
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Sakuragai...<b> Legend about 赤飯 Sekihan from Shizuoka </b><br />.<br />Sakuragaike 桜が池 / 桜ヶ池 "the cherty-blossom pond"<br />In 遠江国笠原庄桜村 Sakura village there are two small ponds, 男池女池 "the pond for men and the pond for women", together called 桜が池 Sakuragaike. At the pond is a Shrine for 牛頭天王 Gozu Tenno.<br />During the Summer equinox, people make an offering of sekihan 赤飯 red auspicious rice and place it in a barrel, with a wish. A good swimmer has to push it to the middle of the pond and then let go. The swimmer then has to swim on to the other side. The water begins to swirl and the barrel is pulled down. According to the wishes of the people, the number of barrels is different in ever year. <br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2020/03/gozu-tenno-legends.html<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-17789799277924726092020-08-22T22:05:04.423-07:002020-08-22T22:05:04.423-07:00Legend about Kageboshi (8 to collect)
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Iwate 遠野市...<b> Legend about Kageboshi (8 to collect) </b><br />.<br />Iwate 遠野市 Tono city // 師匠<br /><br />norikoshi ノリコシ<br />Norikoshi is almost like a kagebooshi 影法師 Kageboshi, the full shadow of a person.<br />First the bold head of a priest becomes visible. Because it is not clear, people look closer. and it becomes bigger and biger, going over a roof. Then it comes down down again.<br />In the village 土淵村 Tsuchibuchi mura there lived kajiya 鍛冶屋 a blacksmith named 権蔵 Gonzo. One evening he came back to the house of his shishoo 師匠 teacher when he saw a man peeking at the daughter. He seemed huge like a rock and then shrinking rapidly. He soon jumped over the roof and disappeared. <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/05/takumi-master-craftsman.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-22087005128209052782020-07-17T22:04:42.143-07:002020-07-17T22:04:42.143-07:00Sekihan legend from Gunma
みどり市 Midori city 笠懸町 Ka...<b> Sekihan legend from Gunma </b><br />みどり市 Midori city 笠懸町 Kasakake town<br /><br />. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake - legends .<br />A wealthy man named 赤堀の道元 Akahori no Dogen had a daughter of 16 years. She went to Mount Akagisan 赤城山, jumped into the swamp and became a huger serpent.<br />Her friend, who did not dare to go back home, also jumpee in and became kani カニ a crab. The water has been clear since then.<br />In rememberance of her death, the family goes to the swamp to pray and bring offerings of sekihan 赤飯 red ritual rice and sake 酒 rice wine in a juubako重箱 food box with many layers. The box usually sinks down to the bottom and later comes up, all empty. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/03/kasakake-fudo.html<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-58444959173949913152020-07-09T22:20:51.404-07:002020-07-09T22:20:51.404-07:00- Larry Bole wrote in facebook :
Here is Blyth...- Larry Bole wrote in facebook :<br /><br />Here is Blyth's introduction to Shiko, in "History of Haiku, Vol. One":<br /><br />"Shiko ... 1665-1731, was first a Zen monk of Daichiji Temple, but afterwards became a doctor. He learned haikai from Ryoto, and met Basho in 1690, four years before the master's death. He set up his own school in Mino, which lasted a long time. He wrote an enormous number of books. His haiku show his strong and stubborn character; they are practically senryu."<br /><br />Of the thirteen of Shiko's haiku that Blyth translates following the above introduction, here is the one that is most 'striking' to me:<br /><br />Hasu no ha ni shooben sureba o-shari kana<br /><br />Making water<br />On the leaves of the lotus,<br />Sarari-sarari!<br />--Shiko, trans. Blyth<br /><br />Blyth's comment:<br /><br />"Shari is the bones of the Buddha (supposed to be fround) in the cremated ashes of any Buddhist saint. 'Sha-sha' is the sound of the urine falling on the leaves of the lotus, and thus 'shari' is used punningly. The meaning of the verse seems to be that to piss on the lotus, to give up all desire for Paradise, is the hall-mark of the Bodhisattva. "<br /><br />['Sarari' must be very slangy/colloquial -- I can't find a satisfactory definition online or in my Random House Japanese-English Dictionary.]<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-68009695843335037502020-06-26T22:26:34.364-07:002020-06-26T22:26:34.364-07:00yatagarasu ema, yata-garasu 八咫烏絵馬
votive tablet wi...yatagarasu ema, yata-garasu 八咫烏絵馬<br />votive tablet with a three-legged crow<br />.<br />karasu 烏 crow - Kumano Sanzan 熊野三山<br />the shinshi 神使 divine messenger<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2020/03/shinshi-otsukai-messenger.html<br /><br />https://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.com/2011/09/kumano-and-nachi-amulets.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-73961075292193154742020-05-09T21:13:51.267-07:002020-05-09T21:13:51.267-07:00Legend about kaya 榧 torreya tree
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On a huge kaya...<b> Legend about kaya 榧 torreya tree </b><br />.<br />On a huge kaya 榧 torreya tree there lived a Tengu 天狗. He would fish for people walking below the tree. <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/03/kameoka-kaido-highway.html<br />.<br />10 legends with 榧 kaya <br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com