WKD (01) ... World Kigo Database . . . (WKD)


This database of seasonal words (worldwide saijiki) will give us an opportunity to deepen the understanding of kigo issues and to appreciate the climate, life and culture of other parts of the world.

This is an educational site for reference purposes of haiku poets worldwide.


Dr. Gabi Greve, Daruma Museum, Japan

3/16/2005

Cherry Blossoms (sakura)

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Cherry Blossoms (sakura, Japan)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Spring, mostly late spring
***** Category: Plant


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Explanation



Click photo for enlargement.
http://wadaphoto.jp/sakura/yoshino1.htm

cherry blossoms, cherry blossom, hana 花
..... sakura 桜 さくら


HANA is the ultimate symbol for the elegance, splendour and fleetingness of things. It can not simple be exchanged for SAKURA in many cases.

For example, hanagokoro, the flower heart, refers to a lady, but you can not say "sakuragokoro" in that case.

"Hana no inochi", the life of flowers, is a general statement, but "sakura no inochi" is not used here.


"capital of blossoms", hana no miyako 花の都
Read : Edo or Kyoto, a discussion of the meaning

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some related kigo of other categories

time for the cherry blossoms, hanadoki 花時 (はなどき)
sakuradoki 桜時(さくらどき), hana no koro 花のころ(はなのころ)
hana no koro 花の頃(はなのころ)
past the cherry blossoms, hana sugi 花過ぎ(はなすぎ)


"Rain on Blossoms" (hana no ame) 花の雨
rain during the time of cherry blossoms, hanadoki no ame
花時の雨(はなどきのあめ)


robes for cherry blossom viewing, hanagoromo 花衣 (はなごろも)
sakuragoromo 桜衣 (さくらごろも)
.. layered robes, sakuragasane 桜重(さくらがさね)
..... hanamigoromo 花見衣(はなみごろも)
kosode robe for cherry blossom viewing,
hana no kosode 花の袖(はなのそで),
hanami no kosode 花見小袖(はなみこそで)
nana no tamoto, 花の袂(はなのたもと)
hanami ishoo 花見衣裳(はなみいしょう)

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cherry blossom, sakura 桜 (さくら)
mountain cherry blossoms, yamazakura 山桜 やまざくら
Yoshino zakura 吉野桜(よしのざくら)

double-petalled cherry blossoms, yaezakura 八重桜 やえざくら
Nara no yaezakura 奈良の八重桜(ならのやえざくら)

late cherry blossoms, osozakura 遅桜 (おそざくら )

falling cherry blossoms, rakka 落花 (らっか)
hana chiru 花散る(はなちる)
sakura chiru 散る桜(ちるさくら)
"blossom blizzard", blossom snowstorm,
hanafubuki 花吹雪(はなふぶき),
sakurafubuki 桜吹雪(さくらふぶき)
cherry blossoms flying around hika 飛花(ひか)

blossom litter, hanakuzu 花屑(はなくず
blossom dust, blossom dirt, hana no chiri 花の塵(はなのちり)


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"blossom float" hana ikada 花筏(はないかだ)
when many blossoms hang together on a lake

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more detailes kigo with the cherry blossoms, cherry blooms

related to SAKURA (..zakura in combinations)


Somei Yoshino 染井吉野(そめいよしの)
深山桜(みやまざくら)、
大島桜(おおしまざくら)、大山桜(おおやまざくら)、
牡丹桜(ぼたんざくら)、里桜(さとぞくら)、
茶碗桜(ちゃわんざくら)、南殿(なでん)、
丁字桜(ちょうじざくら)、目白桜(めじろざくら)、
豆桜(まめざくら)、富士桜(ふじざくら)、ははか、
上溝桜(うわみずざくら)、金剛桜(こんごうざくら)、
犬桜(いぬざくら)、しおり桜(しおりざくら)、
左近の桜(さこんのさくら)、雲珠桜(うずざくら)、
楊貴妃桜(ようきひざくら)、秋色桜(しゅうしきざくら)

cherry blossoms in the morning, asazakura 朝桜(あさざくら)
cherry blossoms in the evening, yuzakura 夕桜(ゆうざくら)
cherry blossoms at night, yozakura 夜桜(よざくら)
full moon and cherry blossoms, sakurazukiyo
桜月夜(さくらづきよ)

"Cherry blossoms on a mountain top",
minezakura 嶺桜(みねざくら)
The ones Basho describes on this trip around Northern Japan on Mt. Gassan are expecially famous. They flower much later than the ones down in the valley. That is why on Mt. Gassan you can experience the three ingredients of Japanese ascetics, Snow, Moon and Cherry blossoms, (Setsugetsuka, Setsugekka 雪月花) at the same time.
SETSUGEKKA, Japanese Art and the Japanese View of Nature
by Isamu Kurita, MOA



cherry blossoms in the garden, niwazakura 庭桜(にわざくら)
around the house, iezakura家桜(いえざくら)

young cherry blossom tree, wakazakura 若桜(わかざくら)
old cherry blossom tree, ubazakura 姥桜(うばざくら)

park with cherry blossom trees,
sakura no sono 桜の園(さくらのその)



related to HANA
"fower of spring", haru no hana 春の花(はるのはな)
harubana 春花(はるばな)
花の雲(はなのくも)、花房(はなぶさ)、花片(はなびら)、
花の姿(はなのすがた)、
fragrance of cherry blossoms, hana no ka 花の香(はなのか)
one single cherry blossom, hana no wa 花の輪(はなのわ)

friend to watch cherry blossoms with,
hana no tomo 花の友(はなのとも)
owner of a great cherry blossom tree,
hana no aruji 花の主(はなのあるじ)

garden with cherry blossoms, hana no niwa 花の庭(はなのにわ)
gate with cherry blossoms, hana no mon 花の門(はなのもん)
Kyoto in cherry blossoms, hana no miyako 花の都(はなのみやこ)

sunshine on the cherry blossoms, hana akari 花明り(はなあかり)

cherry blossoms at their best, at their peak
hana zakari 花盛り(はなざかり)

花便り(はなだより)、
花の露(はなのつゆ)、花朧(はなおぼろ)、
花の陰(はなのかげ)、花の奥(はなのおく)、
花の名残(はなのなごり)、花を惜しむ(はなをおしむ)

cherry blossom dust, pollen, hana bokori
花埃(はなぼこり)

"flower brocade", hana no nishiki 花の錦(はなのにしき)

color of cherry blossoms, hana no iro
花の色(はなのいろ)
花の粧(はなのよそおい)


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straw hat with cherry blossom decoration,
hanagasa 花笠(はながさ)

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Snow, Moon and Blossoms, Setsugekka 雪月花
setsugetsuka
To the Japanese mind, nature is more than just physical scenery.
The Japanese love of the imperfect stems from an acknowledgment of the inherent limitations of human creative powers.

© SETSUGEKKA, by Isamu Kurita, MOA
..... Do not miss to read the full essay .

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HANA, generally meaning FLOWER of any kind, but in spring it is the name for the Cherry Blossom.
Read more about .. Flower and Hana .

hanami 花見 the cherry blossom viewing party
In old times, farmers went out to see the wild cherry trees in the local forest to get a hint at when to start preparing the fields for the rice and how the harvest would be this year. After hanami it was time to tend to the wet rice fields. In many parts of my area, this is still done. In our neighbourhood, where the Daigo Cherry Tree flowers, after the hanami at his feet the farmers look to the forest at a special wild cherry tree to see if its time for the fields.

Since rice farming was essential for surviving in the olden days, HANAMI was the most important festival leading to a good harvest, thus it is not forgotten even today.

The SA from SAKURA is a word leading to the 5. month of the old calender (satsuki) and KURA/GURA comes from KAGURA, the famous dances in Shinto Shrines.
SAKURA is therefore the meaning of a holy dance in May to evoke a good harvest. Now the calender has changed, but the charm of Sakura and flower viewing has stayed with us.

I have written more and introduced some hanami links here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/353

Look at my Cherry Viewing Party in April 2005.

Cherry Blossom Road
Cherry Blossoms <> Sakura

Gabi Greve

There was also an article by Shigeru Awagi dealing with this connection of cherries and rice growing.
SimplyHaiku/SHv2n4/features/Shigeru_Awagi.html
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From the Cherry Blossom Digest:

Family: Rosaceae
Japanese name for depicting this group: SAKURA
Habitat: mountain area
Height: 3-20m Blooming season: March-May



Prunus yamasakura: Japanese name is YAMAZAKURA (mountain cherries); most popular species in Japan. Often seen in mountainous areas. Red leaves sprout at the same time as pinkish white flowers. Leaves become red again in autumn.
Prunus pendula: Japanese name is EDOHIGAN; leaves sprout after its pinkish white flower blooms. It blooms earlier than other species.
Prunus lannesiana: Japanese name is OOSHIMAZAKURA; green leaves sprout at the same time with white flowers. Its leaves are utilized as Japanese sweets.
Prunus sargentii: Japanese name is OYAMAZAKURA; red leaves sprout at the same time as pink flowers.
Prunus incisa: Japanese name is MAMEZAKURA. Small tree, the height is 3-8m. Leaves and flowers are small too.
Prunus campanulata: Japanese name is HIGANZAKURA; pendulous red flowers bloom in January-March. This is a Chinese cultivar.

Popular cultivars are:
SOMEIYOSHINO: cultivar bred by Prunus pendula x Prunus lannesiana. This is a most popular cultivar, planted in parks and house gardens all over Japan.

SHIDAREZAKURA: cultivar of Prunus pendula; its branches hang down and show flowers like a cascade.

A famous medieval age monk called SAIGYO wrote the following poem about cherry blossom:
"Could I die under a cherry blossom tree in full bloom
on a full-moon night of spring?"
(see below)


This poem is popular in Japan because we can feel like the monk when we stand under cherry blossom trees in spring. It is a heavenly experience, as if we are taking a shower of pink flowers.

SAKURA (cherry blossom) is the national flower of Japan, although the floral symbol of the Japanese royal family is KIKU (chrysanthemum).
HANA means flower in Japanese, but we sometimes use HANA for depicting SAKURA, especially in thetraditional literature world.
The Japanese enjoy parties (drinking, eating, and singing a song) under cherry blossom trees in spring and this is called HANAMI (cherry blossom viewing).

SAKURA is a useful tree. We make crafts from SAKURA wood, the leaves are
used for wrapping foods or sweets, and the flowers are used for making fragrant tea called "SAKURA YU".

Look at the many pictures of this link:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/plantsandjapan/page022.html

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Here is my special story about the cherry blossoms of the Yoshino Valley.
http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2005/01/yoshino.html

A list of Japanese Cherry Blossom Festivals
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/1089


LIST OF CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVALS IN JAPAN 2005
http://www.thejapaneseconnection.com/newsletters/newsletter_3-17-05_destination.htm

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Worldwide use


http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Thread/305817

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USA

Our Cherry Blossoms in Washington DC.
The famous trees, a gift from Japan in 1912, signal the coming of Spring.
The 2005 Cherry Blossom Festival will be March 26-April 10.
Cherry Trees of Washingtonhttp://www.nps.gov/nacc/cherry/index.htm

Carol Raisfeld


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blossom or blossoms
British English versus American English

In the UK we refer to 'blossoms' as the stuff all over the trees in spring, for example cherry blossom, apple blossom, hawthorn blossom, peach blossom. The only time the plural noun would be used is when referring to the collective of these different 'blossoms'.
Otherwise blossoms is only used as a verb
- "the apple tree blossoms in the spring".

CHECk ... www.websters-online-dictionary.org


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Things found on the way


Haibun

i grew up in washington, dc. the tidal basin, near the jefferson memorial (the potomac river experiences tides as far north as dc) is surrounded by cherry trees, a gift of the japanese people.

my dad, an early rising recreational fisherman and professional photographer, would wait til the peak of the cherry blossom bloom, then rise early to fresh squeeze orange juice into a thermos. then he would bundle the five of us children, still in pajamas and our blankets, into the car and
drive us down to watch the sun rise thru the backlit cherry blossoms. of course, we would sip his fresh squeezed orange juice during this awesome experience.

this haiku, written 50 years later, during a trip to dc during cherry blossom season, was in the basho festival anthology this year:

cherry petals
breakdancing
on windswells

susan delphine delaney md
plano, texas

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Paris

As we walked in Paris on Good Friday, we noticed the usual morning-time flood approaching in the gutter alongside the kerb, carrying with it whatever debris the road sweepers had swept up. Only this time, the water carried a flood of pink froth -- we stopped in amazement -- cherry petals far from the trees -- and the flood of water so pretty that morning...

Down in the gutter
look -- a river of petals
-- cherry blossom time.

What joy it was!

Isabelle Prondzynski

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© Photo by Gabi Greve

Take part of my Cherry Blossom Viewing Party (hanami) at the Castel Park in Tsuyama in 2005.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gabigreve2000/album?.dir=83f5

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Saigyo Hooshi, maybe the most famous of the SAKURA poets.
Read about
Saigyo Hooshi (西行法師) and the Cherry Blossoms

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HAIKU


sensei nakunarite wa tada no sakura kana

the master being dead
just ordinary...
cherry blossoms

sato no ko no tamoto kara chiru sakura kana

trickling from
a village child's sleeve...
cherry blossoms

sawagashiki yo o oshi haratte oso-zakura

the cure for
this raucous world...
late cherry blossoms


花さくや目を縫れたる鳥の鳴

hana saku ya me o nuwaretaru tori no naku

cherry blossoms--
chickens with eyes stitched shut
are clucking


Jean Cholley explains that this is a scene in the poultry market in the Muromachi district of Edo (today's Tokyo). The birds' eyes were sewn shut to keep them immobile while being fattened in their cages; En village de miséreux: Choix de poèmes de Kobayashi Issa (Paris: Gallimard, 1996) 237. Issa's heart goes out to the birds not only because they are not long for this world. They cannot see, and never again will see, the cherry blossoms.


Issa has more than 120 haiku about Sakura.
..... Tr. David Lanoue

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How many, many things
They bring to mind --
Cherry blossoms!

Basho
http://www.thejapaneseconnection.com/newsletters/newsletter_3-17-05_destination.htm

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jinrikisha sakura no namiki toori ni keri

A rikshaw-ride
Along the cherry blossom alley -
What a night!

Mit der Rikshaw
Durch die Kirschbluetenalee -
Was fuer eine Nacht!

Gabi Greve in Kamakura, along the Dankazura Sakura Alley

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http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~takei/kamakura200304/sakura-03.jpg

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the cat
cherry blossoms
on her tail

in her tea
a fallen petal
cherry blossom


Geert Verbeke
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2004/01/friends-geert-verbeke.html

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blossoms swirl . . .
the puppy plays
with a petal

Carol Raisfeld

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© Photo by Gabi Greve

falling petals -
the farmers wife
spraying chemicals

Read more about the rural Sakura of Gabi Greve
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/03/cherry-blossoms-sakura.html

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Related words

***** . Autum Cherry Shikizakura (Japan)

***** Daigo Cherry Tree Daigo-zakura, Western Japan

***** Light Charcoal Cherry Blossoms, Usuzumizakura 薄墨桜 and a Kannon Statue


***** Late Cherry Blossoms, Lingering Cherry Blossoms, yoka 余花
!! kigo for early summer !!

This kigo refers not to the last blossoms of a tree flowering in spring usually, but to the late blossoms up on the mountains, especially in Yoshino Valley. The blossoms are full of vigour and beauty.

climbing for hours
with sweat on my brow -
late cherry blossoms !

Gabi Greve, Yoshino, 1988

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Yoshino Yama shizuka ni yoka no owarikeri

Mount Yoshino !
quietly the last cherry blossoms
come to an end
(Tr. Gabi Greve)

荒木 春雪子
(NHK Haiku, May 6, 2006)
http://www.nhk.or.jp/tankahaiku/haiku_tokusen/index_week.html

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Cherry Blossom Time ... Food Kigo


Back to the Worldkigo Index
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/

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20 Comments:

At 11/03/2005, Blogger . Gabi Greve said...

Pathless Path ~
cherry blossoms breeze
in cuckoo songs


Narayanan Raghunathan

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At 11/25/2005, Anonymous Narayanan Raghunathan said...

how did it come,
this cherry blossom
in my winter dream?

 
At 1/13/2006, Blogger . Gabi Greve said...

there is great pleasure and spiritual solace to be found in that observance of every moment of an evolving season.

Read more here:
. Sakura Watch, by susan delphine delaney , 2006 .

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At 2/22/2006, Blogger . Gabi Greve said...

. Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2006 .

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldkigolibrary/message/72

Read a lot of beautiful blossom haiku !

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At 8/12/2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

We have a wild cherry tree native to the region. Its blooms are beautiful white spikes like candles, but the fruit is exceptionally tart.
Nonetheless, it was used as a food by Native Americans and European colonists. Not any more, though.

so beautiful the flowers,
and yet, chokecherry tree,
you are aptly named!


~Kei~

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simply_haiku/message/15871

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At 9/02/2006, Blogger . Gabi Greve said...

miyuru ka to/suwareba miyuru/to-zakura

distant cherry blossom...
I sit down asking myself, "Can I see the blossom?"
Yes, I can!


Sojo Hino (1901-1956)
Translated and commented by Susumu Takiguchi  


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At 11/03/2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

..............SAKURA .... CHERRY
Forget the fruit!
This book is about the flower.

Cherry Blossom Epiphany
– the poetry and philosophy of a flowering tree –

a selection, translation and lengthy explication of 3000 haiku, waka, senryuu and kyooka about a major theme from I.P.O.O.H. (In Praise Of Olde Haiku)
by robin d. gill


The 740-page volume contains 3 books, complete with their own forewords, which will eventually divide and multiply.

hito ni hana ookarakuri no ukiyo kana
issa 1762-1827
(people-and/with blossoms: big automaton's floating-world!/?/'tis)

hanami epiphany

all those men
and blossoms: the world's
an automaton

Read the original here:
http://paraverse.org/cherrydescription.htm
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At 12/30/2006, Blogger . Gabi Greve said...

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QUOTE:

"Sakura" is a national flower of Japan, and it is well-known that Japanese people celebrate the arrival of spring by having a feast under the cherry trees in full bloom ("hana-mi").

It is the most festive time of a year and cherry blossoms represent merry, cheerful feelings in the spring time. In Japanese society, it also symbolizes the transient life of human beings because the blossom season lasts too short, only a week or so.

"Sakura" can be seen in various art forms from the ancient time. Kojiki (712), the first epical literature appeared in Japan's history, proves that people already had this custom in those days. Poets in Heian Era (794-1185) recited cherry blossoms as a symbol of delicateness of the nature, and also of the human.

Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801), a scholar in Edo Era (1550-1850), stated "mono no aware" (sensitiveness of beauty) is the central concept of Japanese literature and pointed out "sakura" as a key object to understand Japanese philosophy.

Cherry blossoms are also referred as an embodiment of self-sacrifice. People see the cherry tree as the deity, and each petal of cherry blossoms as a person who sacrifices himself for a certain mission or one's ideal.

In World War II, "kamikaze" soldiers on fighter planes made suicidal attacks against the Allies. One of those planes was named "Ouka", which means cherry blossoms.

Using "sakura" as a keyword, this webliography explores online resources that help you learn Japanese history, culture and society. It aims at general readers interested in the country and its culture. Each item listed is structured as follows:

Cherry Blossoms in Japanese Culture

prepared by Nobuko Miyairi, 2001

Great page with many LINKs

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At 1/07/2007, Blogger . Gabi Greve said...

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Beautiful Japan ... or else
by Roger Pulvers


More about Kamikaze and Sakura !

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At 1/27/2007, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Master Kadoo Nagasaku

arukaneba hotoke ni aenu hana aruki

walking under cherry trees -
if I don`t walk
I never meet Buddha

Tr. Etsuko Yanagibori
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cherrypoetryclub/message/30087

 
At 4/01/2007, Blogger . Gabi Greve said...

Issa Haiku,
tr. Harold Henderson

Sakura sakura to utawareshi oi ki kana

Cherry blossoms, cherry
blossoms: listen--it was sung
of this old tree!

Henderson's original translation:

"Cherry blossoms! See!
Cherry bloom!"--and it was sung
of this old tree.

Blyth says of this haiku:

"This is another example of those verses which Issa has composed from folk-songs or fables or proverbs. 'Sakura, sakura,' comes in a naga-uta called 'Doojooji', which was composed in 1753."

Here is a link to a Wikipedia entry about the song:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakura_(folk_song)

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At 4/02/2007, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hakuin Ekaku

Yoshino tote hana no shita yori hana no shita

be it Yoshino -
what is under the flowers or rather
what is under your nose

花 ・ 鼻

 
At 4/03/2007, Blogger . Gabi Greve said...

mountain cherry blossoms -
the same high places
as every year


Look at them here, Spring 2007 !
Gabi Greve, Okayama, Japan

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At 4/07/2007, Blogger . Gabi Greve said...

.
The Ghost of Sakura - Tales of Old Japan
By Sarudama

Great reading !

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At 4/20/2007, Blogger Gabi Greve said...

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The cherry blossom in a court of its peers,
by Amy Chavez

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At 8/24/2007, Anonymous Anonymous said...

CHERRY BLOSSOMS
a book of haiku written by poets
from throughout the world.


by members of Etsuko Yanagibori's
on-line Cherry Poetry Club.

 
At 9/06/2007, Anonymous Anonymous said...



cherry blossoms--
residents of this world
a short time


saku hana ya kono yo-zumai mo ima sukoshi

さく花や此世住居も今少し

by Issa, 1810

Tr. David Lanoue
http://cat.xula.edu/issa/

 
At 2/25/2008, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sakura is the name of a traditional Japanese folk song depicting spring, the season of sakura. Contrary to popular belief, the song did not originate from ancient times (as in, not from the Heian period or prior). It was first composed during the Edo period for children learning to play the koto.

Originally, the lyrics "Blooming cherry blossoms" were attached to the melody. The song has been popular since the Meiji period, and the lyrics in their present form were attached then. It is often sung in international settings as a song representative of Japan. Throughout the ages there have been many rearrangements of the song, but Michio Miyagi's rendition is often regarded to be the best of them all.

 
At 8/14/2009, Blogger Gabi Greve said...

I do love chokecherry trees and they grow quiet well here.

long drive ahead --
chokecherry petals
in the tire treads

Cindy Zackowitz
WHCworldkigo

 
At 8/14/2009, Anonymous Gabi Greve / Kigo Hotline said...

Chokecherry for Kigo ?
Ongoing Disussion

 

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