Chair (isu)

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Chair (isu)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: See below
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

The word CHAIR (isu　椅子　いす) just like this is a topic for haiku.

But we do have a kigo also.

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kigo for all summer




. too isu 籐椅子 rattan chair
..... too ne-isu 籐寝椅子（とうねいす) rattan chair to sleep on

An item to bring some coolness to the living room.　


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The following types of special Japanese chairs are not kigo.




zaisu 座椅子 "chair to sit on"
A typical Japanese chair without legs to be used on tatami mats.
They range from simple wooden structures to almost armchair comfort ... just without legs.


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gyokuroku 曲ろく seat for a priest
Some can be folded, others can be rotated, they fit all purposes and a Zen priest can even use it to sit in the zazen-fashion also.

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LINK with more illustration of chairs for priests:
source : dandy39


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nagaisu, naga-isu 長椅子 bench, couch
lit. "long chair"
sofaa ソファー sofa
neisu 寝椅子 couch, (kauchi カウチ)
lit. "chair to sleep on"
Bank, Sofa Couch

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kauchi poteto カウチ･ポテト couch potato


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Worldwide use

Stuhl

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Things found on the way



source :　viracocha.blog
書家「ＹＯＫＯ」さんの作品。
Gallery Sanmai in Fukushima
福島県郡山市駅前1-6-5

福呼ぶ「ダルマ椅子」！
A Daruma Chair to bring you luck !


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HAIKU

籐椅子にあれば草木花鳥来
tooisu ni areba soomoku kachoo rai

I sit on a rattan chair
grasses, trees, flowers and birds
all come to me

Takahama Kyoshi

"ka cho-fuei (kachoo fuuei 花鳥諷詠)"
Kyoshi and shasei in haiku

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椅子あれば眠る夏帽かぶりしまま
isu areba nemuru natsuboo kaburishi mama

if there is a chair
I use it to sleep
with my summer hat on

Moriga Mari 森賀まり (1960 - )

She was born in Ehime prefecture
Her husband was haiku poet
Tanaka Hiroaki 田中裕明 (1959 - 2004)

Japanese Haiku about CHAIR



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Related words



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