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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
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. 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.
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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
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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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1 comment:
her rocking chair
still the motion without
grandmother
Brenda Roberts
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