Autumn leaves (momiji)
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Autumn leaves, red leaves (momiji, Japan)
***** Location: Japan, other countries
***** Season: Late Autumn
***** Category: Plant
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Explanation
The red leaves, colored leaves, Momiji (kooyoo), are usually the subject of "hunting for them".
Yellow leaves are of course also part of the Momiji kigo. 紅葉
Maple leaves.
"hunting for red leaves" momijigari
紅葉狩 (もみじがり)
going out to enjoy a picnick and the colored leaves of autumn. The famous temples of Kyoto and in other area were especially crowded during this season.
.... mimiji mi 紅葉見（もみじみ）
..... kanpuu 観楓（かんぷう）
stepping on red leaves, momiji fumu 紅葉踏む（もみじふむ）
rice wine drunk whilst watching red leaves,
momijizake紅葉酒（もみじざけ）
tea house from where to watch red leaves, momiji chaya
紅葉茶屋（もみじぢゃや）
ship from which to enjoy red leaves, momijibune
紅葉舟（もみじぶね）
bonfire with red leaves, momiji taku 紅葉焚く（もみじたく）
enjoying the season of red leaves at the Imperial Palace
momiji no ga 紅葉の賀 もみじのが
watching red leaves at the Imperial Palace,
aki no gyoyuu 秋の御遊（あきのぎょゆう）
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special robe for watching red leaves, momiji goromo
紅葉衣 もみじごろも
..... momiji gasane 紅葉重（もみじがさね）
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Please read the entry about the human activities for further explanation.
Leaf Watching, leaf peeping Momijigari
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kigo for winter
red leaves in winter, fuyu momiji
冬紅葉 (ふゆもみじ)
red leaves still left over, nokoru momiji 残る紅葉（のこるもみじ）
red leaves scattering, momiji chiru
紅葉散る (もみじちる)
..... chiri momiji 散紅葉（ちりもみじ）
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Memorial Day of Osaki Koyo
(Oosaki Kooyoo 尾崎 紅葉（おざき こうよう)
Kooyoo ki 紅葉忌 (こうようき )
Tochiman Doo Ki 十千万堂忌（とちまんどうき）
Koyo was a novelist, his most famous novel was Tochiman Doo.
慶応3年12月16日（1868年1月10日） - 明治36年（1903年）10月30日）
Osaki Koyo (1867–1903)
blazing sun —
whose barefoot child
is running free
Cayır cayır güneş—
Kimin yalınayak çocuğu
ki böyle koşar.
Under the night moon,
playing the flute quite badly—
my neighbor—listen.
Gece mehtapta
Flütü çok kötü çalar—
Komşum— Dinle bak!
© Çeviri: Turgay Uçeren
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Now I will add some more pictures and haiku.
At the temple Daiyuu-zan 大雄山 in Kanagawa Pref.
http://www.daiyuuzan.or.jp/
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Japanese Haiku and Photos, Toori Gallery
紅葉狩まずは田楽食べてをり
http://www.interone.jp/~touri/garo/garo.htm
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A carpet of colored leaves.
Yamashina, Bishamon-Doo, Kyoto.
Look at a lot more autumn pictures.
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~kikusui/sub18.htm
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Worldwide use
USA
Fall color frames Attic Window peak on Grandfather Mountain near Linville, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 25, 2004 fro just below the Blue Ridge Parkway Viaduct. Despite flooding from Hurricanes Ivan and France, all sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway north of Linville Falls are now open as the fall viewing season begins. (AP Photo/Grandfather Mountain, Hugh Morton)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040925/480/nccb20109251957
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
Japanese Haiku and Photos, Toori Gallery
紅葉狩まずは田楽食べてをり... 雛菊
紅葉
http://www.interone.jp/~touri/garo/garo.htm
武蔵野や桜紅葉に夜の雨
ぽぽな
Musashino Plain -
red leaves of cherries
in evening rain
どうしたらいいのか紅葉ちりやまず
雪女
what best to do?
the red leaves
keep falling
http://www.interone.jp/~touri/garo/image/yurikaki.jpg
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Zen garden -
goldfish and maple leaves
the same deep red
Andre Surridge, 2006 NZ
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autumn -
leaves with patterns
to wonder and ponder
Look at my leaf collection here !
Gabi Greve, Autumn 2006
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Related words
***** Leaf Watching momijigari 紅葉狩り
***** Fallen leaves (ochiba) 落ち葉
***** Colored cover leaves of beech tree buds falling on snow
yuki momiji 雪もみじ , haru momiji 春もみじ
kigo for early spring
This is a phenomenon of the beech tree woods in Northern Japan. The small red leaves, which cover the buds of the beech trees during winter, fall on the snow when it gets warmer and the tree gets ready to produce new leaves. This might be as late as May.
月山周辺の豊かな自然を紹介します。
五月の風物詩・まさに東北の原風景とも言える「春もみじ」と「雪もみじ」と「根開き」の三点セットが園内にでそろいました。
http://blog.yahoo.co.jp/gassan_bunarin/3139817.html
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posted by Gabi Greve @ 1/23/2005
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late autumn sun -
the shadows of leaves
on leaves
autumn leaves -
a last ray of sunshine
in the woods
Click on the haiku to see them !
Gabi Greve, November 2006
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Sumac / Wikipedia
Rhus is a genus of approximately 250 species of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae. They are commonly called sumac or sumach.
Some species (including Poison ivy, poison-oak, and poison sumac), often placed in this genus, are here treated in the genus Toxicodendron, which differs in highly allergenic foliage and grayish-white fruit but is not genetically distinct. The name derives from the Greek name for sumac, rhous.
The leaves are spirally arranged; they are usually pinnately compound, though some species have trifoliate or simple leaves.
LOOK at some colored leaves !
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Japanese Maples, Kaede and Momiji
Horizontal distribution and vertical distribution
It is generally said that horizontal distribution is the distribution of the vegetation corresponding to climatic zones, such as arctic zone, temperate zone and tropical zone, which are owing to the climatic conditions, such as temperature and precipitation, and the vegetation contains the needle-leaved trees, deciduous broad-leaved trees, ever-green broad-leaved trees, etc. The difference of such conditions are also contained as high humidity when hot in Japan, and as high humidity when cold in Europe.
And is said that vertical distribution is the distribution of vegetation according to the height above sea level. The conditions of vertical distribution change owing to latitudinal difference. This generally means that what are at high places in the south are at lower places in the north, but the conditions of distribution are influenced by the accumulated temperatures and the underground moisture content except the average values of temperature and humidity.
"In the region of the Himalayas, the upper limit of a rice crop is about 1800m, and that of bananas is about 2000m in Nepal and its neighborhood. Even in cold places where a rice crop cannot be grown, bananas can be cultivated. On the south side of the Himalayas it's warm in winter and fairly cool in summer similar to the character of an alpine climate in the tropics. As rice is the summer crop, the upper limit of rice is determined by the accumulated temperature in summer, on the other hand, that of bananas is determined by the coldness in winter. It is a strange phenomenon that bananas can be cultivated up in higher places."
(quoted from "Shohyohjurin Bunka" by Nakao Sasuke, Ueyama Shumpei; my translation)
Physiographic factors and climatic factors also have influence on maple distribution.
Let me show a few here.
Maples having the characteristic distribution
1. Iroha-momiji (Acer palmatum) & Yama-momiji (Acer matsumurae)
Iroha-momiji, yama-momiji and o-momiji (Acer amoenum) can be regarded as the same family. Iroha-momiji are distributed along the Pacific coast (except Hokkaido & the northern Honshu), and yama-momiji along the Japan Sea coast (from Aomori to Fukui Prefecture). (based on the document No.3 by Prof.Ogata )
It seems possible for us to discriminate roughly among 3 species with the addition of o-momiji. But now as there are many kinds of cultivars in addition to these 3 natural species, it might be fairly difficult for us to distinguish accurately by the shape of a leaf when asked what kind it belongs to. They all are generally called "momiji."
2. Hananoki (Acer pycnanthum)
This maple is loved as the Tree of Aichi Prefecture. The distribution of the natural Hananoki is limited to Aichi,Gifu and Nagano Prefecture, and the Kiso basin. Some has been designated as natural monuments. I've been to Anan (Nagano), Sakamoto (Gifu) and Yukiyoshi Shrine (Aichi). Their pictures are on this homepage at the item "Autumn color mechanism" and in the "list of Japanese maples." The Hananokis at Kita-hanazawa and Minami-hanazawa (Shiga) are said to be transplanted, and there seems to be a tradition that Shotoku-Taishi himself planted them. (from document No.1)
3. Kusunoha-kaede (Acer oblongum)
This species is from Ryukyu (Okinawa Prefecture), as well as Taiwan and Himalayas. The shape of the leaves is like that of camphor's leaves, which are non-lobed. This is the only maple whose leaves are ever-green in Japan (from document No.15).
4. Kurobi-itaya (Acer miyabei)
I hear this is similar to Itaya-kaede (Acer mono), and is rarely seen in Hokkaido and Tohoku District. I've seen this maple at the Nikko Botanical Garden, and I would like to meet this species at the place where they originate.
Vertical distribution of Chubu District (mainly concerning Shizuoka Prefecture)
... Subalpine zone above 1600m : Mine-kaede and Ogarabana
Mine-kaede (Acer tschonoskii) could be seen at the Mugikusa Pass (2127m), the Shirabiso Highlands (1833m), Mt. Mizugaki, etc., Ogarabana (Acer ukurunduense) at halfway up Mt. Yakushidake, the Yachiho Highlands, halfway up Mt.Mizugaki and in the Shirabiso Highlands.
... Above 1300m :
Tetsu-kaede (Acer nipponicum) at halfway up Mt.Yakushidake and on the way from the Yashajin Pass to Hirogawara
... Below 1000m :
Hananoki (Acer pycnanthum), Iroha-momiji (Acer palmatum), Toh-kaede (Acer buergerianum), Uri-kaede (Acer crataegifolium), Yama-momiji (Acer matsumurae, in Fukui Prefecture)
... From 1000m to 1300m :
Many species in addition to those mentioned above are distributed from1000m to 1300m. In Shizuoka Prefecture we can arrive at these places by a 2 hour drive from the Pacific Coast, such as Mt. Chausu, the Hyogoshi Pass, the Aokuzure Pass, Ikawa, Sumata Ravine, Umegashima, Mt. Minobu, Mt. Fuji and the Izu Amagi Pass. We can see the following species at these places.
O-momiji (Acer amoenum), Hauchiwa-kaede (Acer japonicum), Ko-hauchiwa-kaede (Acer sieboldianum), Hina-uchiwa-kaede (Acer tenuifolium), O-itaya-meigetsu (Acer shirasawanum), Urihada-kaede (Acer rufinerve), Hosoe-kaede (Acer capillipes), Itaya-kaede (Acer mono), Hitotsuba-kaede (Acer distylum), Chidorinoki (Acer carpinifolium), Mitsude-kaede (Acer cissifolium), Megusurinoki (Acer nikoense),
Karakogi-kaede (Acer ginnala ), Asanoha-kaede (Acer argutum), Komine-kaede (Acer micranthum), Kaji-kaede (Acer diabolicum)
The natural maple which I saw for the first time was an Uri-kaede. My maple observation commonly started from the low place. Then followed Hananoki, Itaya-kaede, and the last ones were Tetsu-kaede, Ogarabana and Mine-kaede. To tell the truth, maple distribution maps by Prof. Ogata were my best guide for these personal observations. In the mountains there were many happenings, such as getting seperated from my wife, the wheel lifting from uneven spots, slipping down the slope, meeting deer and meeting monkeys with surprise.
As mentioned above, we can observe 24 species in this Chubu district.
Let me show you autumn colors of the leaves on 24 species of maples in Chubu district.
PHOTO !
As species of the natural maples in Japan, including the following species, such as kurobiitaya (Acer miyabei), kusunohakaede (A. oblongum), yakushimaonagakaede (A. morifolium) and shimaurikaede (A. insulare) , 28 species can be counted.
The count of species differs according to the scholar, I will regard the number of species as 29 here including tohkaede (Acer buergeianum from China). As regards the detailed examination of species, I'll add my explanation in the item called "Related items"
To see a list of "Japanese maples" !
........ CLICK HERE !!!!!
Quote from
http://www.inh.co.jp/~hayasida/E-repo5.html
autumn leaves
my mother's songs
fade from memory
Ella Wagemakers
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