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The Moon, O-Tsukisama, Der Mond, La Lune
On this page you find links to the various worldwide kigo and information connected with the moon, in alphabetical order.
Here we also collect haiku about the moon, "Mr. Moon",
o-tsuki sama お月様.
The Moon belongs to the category of "Heaven", naturally.
But some activities around the time of the full moon in Autumn in Japan belong to the categories of Humanity or Observance.
The word MOON without further connotation,
refers to the AUTUMN MOON in Japanese haiku.
a wobbely moon
a wobbely viewer
tonight we get drunk
When I moved out to the countryside, I realized the importance of the moon . . .
Here are no streetlights, no neighbours, no nothing - so at night it is pitch dark.
This is the situation in the world and in Japan before the arrival of Electricity.
Therefore a moonlit night is most welcome, to be up a bit longer, not fear the demons and devils of the dark, sit with friends and compose poetry !
Gabi Greve, 2004
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- Matsuo Basho told his disciples:
. . . behold the clouds over the east bank of the Yangzi River
when you are looking at the moon above the Kasai shore.
The "East Bank of the Yangzi River" refers to Huiji, where Li Bo spent time composing poetry.
source : Peipei Qiu: Basho and the Dao
. Chinese background of Japanese kigo .
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Snow, Moon and Blossoms, Setsugekka - 雪月花 setsugetsuka
Japanese Art and the Japanese View of Nature
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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We have only to say "the moon" when we refer to the autumn moon. We must therefore put such epithets as "spring/vernal", "summer", or "winter" before the moon when we mention the other season's moon.
Takashi Nonin
Read more.
http://www.haikupoetshut.com/themoon.html
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Apogee and Perigee of the Moon
Apogee and perigee refer to the distance from the Earth to the moon. Apogee is the furthest point from the earth. Perigee is the closest point to the earth and it is in this stage that the moon appears larger. Looking at the moon in the sky without anything to compare it to, you wouldn't notice any size difference. But the difference in size can in fact be quite significant.
Effects of Apogee and Perigee
The apogee and perigee of the moon have an effect on the tides here on Earth. When the moon is at apogee, the furthest distance from the Earth, it has less gravitational pull which, along with other factors that influence the tides, can contribute to lower tides or lower variation in the high/low tide level. When the moon is at perigee, closer to the Earth, there is much more gravitational pull which contributes to the opposite effect: higher tides or greater variation in the high and low tide.
source : www.moonconnection.com
snow moon
behind the old tree ...
what a sight !
Gabi Greve, January 10, 2009
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. Tsuki Jinja 調神社 "Moon Shrine" .
waiting for the moon on the 12th day of the 12th month
juuninichi machi 十二日まち
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Japanese Names for the Lunar Months
Since lunar months and solar years do not coincide, the actual beginning of the each lunar month varied from year to year. Most lunar months have two or three names.
Each lunar month has its full moon on the 15th day.
Find the list here:
WKD . Asian Lunar Calendar System
ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
meigetsu no hoo e korobasu makura kana
I shift my pillow
closer to the
full moon.
Saiba 1858 (Tr. Hoffmann)
By the old Japanese lunar calendar, the full moon was always on the fifteenth of the month; and the eighth month would be our September. Just as a brief aside here, although the Japanese, from a Buddhist standpoint, like the full moon, from an aesthetic standpoint they also like the moons of the thirteenth and the seventeenth as well, because these moons were slightly misshapen from total fullness.
Autumn in Japan by the old lunar calendar consisted of the seventh, eighth, and ninth months (our August, September, and October). The most significant full moon of the lunar year was the full moon of the eight month (September), the Harvest Moon.
Larry Bole
Translating Haiku Forum
As the full moon rises
The swan sings in sleep
On the lake of the mind.
source : Epitaph of Kenneth Rexroth
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by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年
名月や来て見よがしのひたいぎわ
meigetsu ya kite miyogashi no hitaigiwa
The full moon
coming with a challenge
to flaunt its beautiful brow
Tr. John Stevenson
Fukami Jikyu
source : www.myjapanesehanga.com
Autumnal Moonlight Viewing
tsukimi 月見
There is an old custom of celebrating the full moon on the fifteenth day of the eighth month on the traditional Japanese calendar. It's a very poetic and elegant practice, with people placing ornaments and offerings next to windows, on verandas, and in other places where one can see the moon. Vases are filled with pampas grass and autumnal herbs, and seasonal foods like dumplings, pears, persimmons, and grapes are placed on dishes.
Autumn consisted of the seventh, eighth, and ninth months of the year on the old Japanese calendar. The full moon in the middle autumnal month, called chushu no meigetsu, was considered particularly beautiful, as the air became crisper and the heat of summer subsided.
The traditional Japanese calendar and the modern one used by countries around the world today are off by about a month. It's not unusual for chushu no meigetsu to be a day or two off from the day of the full moon.
The practice of celebrating the full moon came from China during the Heian period (794-1185). Records show that chushu no meigetsu was marked with poetry and music by court aristocrats as early as 909.
In the Edo period (1603-1868) the practice of enjoying the beautiful rays of the moon spread to warriors and townspeople. Farmers also incorporated viewing the full autumn moon into agricultural rites. For instance, taro roots (sato imo) were prepared as offerings, and moon-viewing doubled as a harvest festival. This became so widespread that the full moon in mid-fall also came to be known as imo meigetsu.
Eating dumplings - made from rice pounded into paste and shaped into spheres like the moon - made people feel like they were sharing a meal with the lunar god.
There used to be a custom forgiving anyone who stole the dumplings and fruits offered during moon-viewing. When the offerings were taken by children, they weren't scolded. Instead, adults said they were glad the gods liked the food so much to partake of them. This tradition is disappearing today, but the offered foods are still a treat for kids when the moon-viewing is over.
© Kidsweb
http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/calendar/september/moon.html
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The Chinese Moon Festival
The Chinese Moon Festival is on the 15th of the 8th lunar month. Now it is celebrated sometime between the second week of September and the first week of October. It's also known as the Mid-autumn Festival. Chinese culture is deeply imbedded in traditional festivals. Just like Christmas and Thanksgiving in the West, the Moon Festival is one of the most important traditional events for the Chinese.
The Moon Festival is full of legendary stories. Legend says that Chang Er flew to the moon, where she has lived ever since. You might see her dancing on the moon during the Moon Festival. The Moon Festival is also an occasion for family reunions. When the full moon rises, families get together to watch the full moon, eat moon cakes, and sing moon poems. With the full moon, the legend, the family and the poems, you can't help thinking that this is really a perfect world. That is why the Chinese are so fond of the Moon Festival.
The moon cake is the food for the Moon Festival.
The Chinese eat the moon cake at night with the full moon in the sky. Here are a few pictures of the typical moon cake.
Read more here:
source : chineseculture.about.com
On the night, the moon is believed to appear to be at its biggest, roundest, and brightest. There is a popular Chinese saying that goes like this:
“The moon is especially round and bright in mid autumn.”
The festival is the second most important festival after the Chinese New Year. It is a night of celebration, beginning with a delicious family reunion dinner. When the moon rises high in the sky, people set up tables in their backyards or nearby parks, chatting, sharing life stories, and viewing the moon.
The festival is a millennium-old festival, dating back to 2000 years ago. Different regions or groups of people have different ways to celebrate the festival. Generally speaking, it is mainly a night for family sharing time. During moon viewing, people are constantly moved to share their knowledge about the moon, especially about the moon in Chinese poetry. School-age children or young adults are encouraged to recite moon poems, of which the most famous is Li Po’s “Thoughts in Night Quiet.”
It is believed that this poem is the best known of all Chinese poems, especially among Chinese living overseas.
Seeing moonlight here at my bed,
and thinking it's frost on the ground,
I look up, gaze at the mountain moon,
then back, dreaming of my old home.
- - translated by David Hinton
Li’s poem successfully conveys the nostalgic longing for family through the moon imagery – a symbol of distance and family reunion in the Chinese poetic tradition – portrayed in simple and evocative language. Every time when the Chinese think of their families or hometowns, they recite “Thoughts in Night Quiet.”
Moon Festival
over Taiwan and Toronto
the same moon?
alone in moonlight
no wine, my eyes drink
her in
in the attic
autumn moonlight pools...
mother's mooncake
Chen-ou Liu
Canada, September 2010
. WASHOKU
Chinese Moon Cakes 月餅
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MOON names in different American traditions
From the Farmer’s Almanach
http://www.tempslibres.org/us/en/notes/noteslune.html
http://www.americanindian.net/moons.htm
http://www.wwu.edu/skywise/indianmoons.html
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970314a.html
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There are many haiku about the MOON on this Link.
http://www.asahi.com/english/haiku/041101.html
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. Autumn Moon (aki no tsuki 秋の月) Japan
The most important autumn kigo in all details.
The word MOON without further connotation,
refers to the AUTUMN MOON in Japanese haiku.
山里の鐘の音遠き秋の月
yamasato no kane no ne tooki aki no tsuki
Autumn moon
above a mountain village,
The boom of a temple bell in the distance.
月の夜そぞろ歩きの川明かり
tsuki no yoru sozoro aruki no kawa akari
A stroll on a moon night,
The surface of a river
gleaming.
今日の月ふと立ち止まる通勤路
kyoo no tsuki fu -to tachidomaru tsuukin ro
The harvest moon,
I stop unconsciously
on my way home from office.
Great link about autumn haiku and the Sea. With many pictures.
Thanks go to Wada Yoshio.
http://wadaphoto.jp/haiku5.htm
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Two Death Poems (farewell poems) (jisei 辞世(じせい)
about the moon
fude nagete tsuki ni mono iu bakari nari
I throw my brush away -
from now on I speak only
to the moon
Tr. Gabi Greve
or
I cast the brush aside -
from here on I'll speak to the moon
face to face.
Tr. Yoel Hoffman
. Reference
Koha (Kooha) 香波, 1897、August 14
. . .Haiga by greenleaf
(the last line, face to face, has no equivalent in the Japanese).
月も見て我はこの世をかしく哉
tsuki mo mite ware wa kono yo o kashiku kana
I have even seen the moon -
now I can say good bye
to this world
Kaga no Chiyoni, September 8, 1775
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"Beans Full Moon", lesser harvest moon, mame meigetsu 豆名月
also
"Chestnut Full Moon", kuri meigetsu 栗名月
..... a treat served whilst watching the full moon
kigo for late autumn
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kigo for mid-autumn
tsukimi 月見 つきみ moon viewing
..... kangetsu 観月(かんげつ)
tsuki matsuru 月祭る(つきまつる)celebrating the moon
tsuki o matsu 月を待つ(つきをまつ)waiting for the moon
see also "entertaining visitors for moon viewing" above.
tsukimizuki 月見月(つきみづき)
month when we can see the moon
. tsukimi mame 月見豆(つきみまめ)
Edamamebeans when viewing the moon
tsukimizake, 月見酒(つきみざけ)rice wine for moon viewing
. "Sweet Potato Full Moon" imo meigetsu 芋名月
Offering sweet potatoes to the deities
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blackberry moon
an american indian (choctaw) name for the october moon
blackberry moon . . .
midnight rain lingers
in a snail's shell
- Shared by Sandi Pray, USA -
Joys of Japan, October 2012
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"Blood Moon" and eclipses geshoku 月食
. Blue Moon .
"once in a blue moon"
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Bow-string moon, gengetsu 弦月
small quater-moon, crescent moon
kigo for autumn
"Bow-stretched moon", yumiharizuki 弓張月
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Christmas Moon Weihnachtsmond
"cold moon", moon in a cold nicht
(kan no tsuki 寒の月)
kigo for winter
cold moon -
shards of light
on frost
Ella Wagenmakers
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Dawn moon in autumn (ariakezuki) Japan. 有明月(ありあけづき)
moon in the morning, asazuki/moon left over, nokoru tsuki/mist in the morning, ariake gasumi
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dumplings for moon viewing, tsukimi dango, tsukimidango 月見団子
They are placed on a beautiful tray and put outside as an offering to the deities on the autumn full moon night. Later on, they are eaten by the family.
susuki すすき grasses (another kigo for the full autumn moon season) are put in a vase beside them.
Click HERE to see some photos.
entertaining visitors for moon viewing,
tsuki no za, 月の座
..... tsuki no en 月の宴
host who invited for moon viewing, tsuki no aruji, 月の主
guests viewing the moon togheter, tsuki no kyaku, 月の客
friends viewing the moon together, tsuki no tomo 月の友
moon viewing restaurant, tsukimijaya 月見茶屋 (つきみじゃや)
boat for moon viewing, tsukimibune 月見船
drinking sake while moon viewing, tsukimizake 月見酒
kigo for mid-autumn
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Evening moon, yuuzuki 夕月
Night moon, yoizuki 宵月
Moon of tonight, kyoo no tsuki 今日の月
the moon tonight, koyoi no tsuki 月今宵
kigo for mid-autumn
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Full Moon (mangetsu 満月)
auspicious moon, mochizuki 望月, meigetsu 名月
kigo for mid-autumn
full moon
keeping an eye
on the stars
full moon
wolf howling
your side of the fence
Ella Wagemakers
o o o o o
There is an Ezine called "Full Moon"
http://fullmoonmag.bravehost.com/index.html
. tsuki 月 (つき) moon, der Mond
The Full Moon of Autumn ... more KIGO
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France, names of the moon
new moon, nouvelle lune (French)
shingetsu / saku (" new moon")
new crescent, croissant (French)
mikazuki ("the third day's moon")
half-moon, premier quartier (French)
hangetsu ("half-moon"),
jougen no tsuki("an upward bow" )
full moon, pleine lune (French)
mangetsu, mochizuki("full moon"),
juugoya ("the fifteenth night")
half-moon, dernier quartier (French)
hangetsu ("half-moon"),
kagen no tsuki ("a downward bow")
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~NW6E-MTMR/moon/name_e.htm
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Germany, names of the moon
Namen des Mondes
Januar: Hartmond, Eismond, Schneemond, Wolfsmond
Februar: Narrenmond, Schmelzmond, Taumond
März: Frühlingsmond
April: Ostermond
Mai: Weidemond, Wonnemond, Marienmond
Juni: Brachmond, Rosenmond
Juli: Heumond
August: Erntemond, Sichelmond
September: Herbstmond
Oktober: Weinmond, Dachsmond
November: Nebelmond, Wintermond, Windmond
Dezember: Julmond, Christmond, Heiligmond, Wolfsmond, Schlachtmond
www.wetter-mensch-natur.de
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Harvest Moon, North America
Hunger Moon
Hunter's Moon
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. WKD : Ice Moon - February
'Moon of the Dark Red Calf'
India
Moon, waxing (moondraam pirai)
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Moon Names
Colonial American
Chinese
American Indian (Choctaw)
American Indian (Dakotah Sioux)
Celtic
English Medieval
Neo Pagan
New Guinea
source : krcool
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. Meigetsu 名月 (Japan)
The full moon of Mid-Autumn (September)
"famous moon". The full moon of the eighth lunar month, usually in September.
also translated as : harvest moon.
kigo for mid-autumn
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handblown glass -
cirrus clouds curve
around the moon
Hortensia Anderson
oo oo oo oo oo
moonlit bridge –......................... яркая луна --
my shadow checks the path .......тень нащупывает путь
before my steps .........................по мостику
Origa (Olga Hooper)
Read more of Origa's Moon Haiku here:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/origa/30603.html?nc=12
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MOON kigo for mid-autumn
New Moon, shingetsu 新月, 初月
the moon appears small for the first time in the eigth month of the lunar calendar, now September. Crescent moon.
New Moon on the second day, futsukazuki 二日月
..... sengetsu 繊月(せんげつ)
..... futsuka no tsuki 二日の月(ふつかのつき)
New Moon on the third day, mikkazuki 三日月
..... mikka no tsuki 三日の月(みっかのつき, tsuki no mayu 月の眉(つきのまゆ), mayugakizuki 眉書月(まゆがきづき), mayuzuki 眉月(まゆづき), mikkazuki mayu 三日月眉(みかづきまゆ)
..... new moon, shingetsu 新月(しんげつ), young moon, jakugetsu 若月(じゃくげつ)
..... sword of the moon, tsuki no tsurugi 月の剣(つきのつるぎ)
..... gabi 蛾眉(がび), shohaku 初魄(しょはく)
No Moon (mugetsu, 無月 Japan)
The "invisible moon" , refers to the night of the full moon in September, when he is hidden by the clouds.
When it rains on that day, we have the "rain moon", ugetsu 雨月.
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October Full Moon (nochi no tsuki 後の月)
kigo for late autumn
"the next full moon"
Spetember in the Asian lunar calendar. In America: Hunter's Moon.
The moon a month after the really bright moon of august.
nochitsuki no kanashiki hodo no shirosa kana
October full moon
moonshine is too white
for sadness
Etsuko Yanagibori
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paper moon
topic for haiku
Paper Moon is a 1973 American comedy film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was adapted from the novel Addie Pray by Joe David Brown, and the film was shot in black-and-white. The film is set in Kansas and Missouri during the Great Depression. It stars the real-life father and daughter pairing of Ryan and Tatum O'Neal, as on-screen father and daughter Moze and Addie.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
Poacher's Moon
Snow Moon
kigo for winter
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Spring Moon kigo for all spring
Vollmond im Frühling
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
haru no tsuki 春の月 moon in spring
... shungetsu 春月(しゅんげつ)
haruzukiyo 春月夜(はるづきよ)night with a spring moon
haru mangetsu 春満月(はるまんげつ)full moon in spring
haru mikazuki 春三日月 (はるみかづき) crescent moon in spring
... 春の三日月(はるのみかづき)
oborozuki 朧月 (おぼろづき) hazy moon in spring
tsuki oboro 月朧(つきおぼろ)moon is hazy
oborozukiyo 朧月夜(おぼろづきよ)night with a hazy moon
tangetsu 淡月(たんげつ) lightly hazy moon
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Spring Moon Haiga
Beautiful Haiga by Victor P. Gendrano
http://www.geocities.com/vgendrano/moon.html
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Sugar Moon / Sap Moon Full Worm - March Moon. Maple Moon.
North America and Canada. Making Maple Syrup.
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Young woman viewing the summer moon
Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)
Summer moon
natsu no tsuki 夏の月 (なつのつき) moon in summer
summer moon
It refers to a cool evening (tsuki suzushi 月涼し)
It has been the subject of many poems since old times, when people enjoyed the full moon on a cool summer night.
When it shines on the earth, it colors the ground white "like frost" (yoru no shimo 夜の霜), to bring a cool feeling to the viewer.
. cool moon, tsuki suzushi 月涼い
takotsubo ya hakanaki yume o natsu no tsuki
Basho and the Octopus pot
夏の月無きずの夜もなかりけり
natsu no tsuki mukizu no yoru mo nakari keri
summer moon--
there's no such thing
as a flawless night
Issa
(Tr. David Lanoue)
late summer moon . . .
the remnants of a gull’s wake
floats on the river
Bruce Ross , Bangor, ME, USA
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/haiku/03/selection2002.html
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kigo for mid-summer
tsuyu no tsuki 梅雨の月 (つゆのつき)
moon in the rainy season
. tsukimizu tsuki 月見ず月(つきみずつき)
month when we can not see the moon
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Snow and Moon
. . yukizukiyo 雪月夜(ゆきづきよ)
night with snow and a full moon
Yukitsukiyo
I read your Haiku
before sleep
Etsuko Yanagibori
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WINTER MOON
fuyu no tsuki 冬の月 (ふゆのつき) winter moon, moon in winter
tsuki sayuru 月冴ゆる(つきさゆる)brigh clear winter moon
tsuki kooru 月氷る(つきこおる)"freezing moon"
kangetsu 寒月(かんげつ)"moon in the cold", moon on a cold night
("cold moonlight" is something else.)
fuyu mikazuki 冬三日月(ふゆみかづき)cresecent moon in winter
kan mikazuki 寒三日月(かんみかづき) crescent moon in the cold
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寒月や開山堂の木の間より
kangetsu ya kaisandoo no ki no ma yori
this cold moon -
among the trees
of the founder's hall
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寒月や枯木の中の竹三竿
kangetsu ya kareki no naka no take sankan
this cold moon -
among the bare trees
three stalks of bamobo
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寒月や小石のさはる沓の底
kangetsu ya koishi no sawaru kutsu no soko
this cold moon -
the soles of my shoes
touch small pebbles
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寒月や松の落葉の石を射る
kangetsu ya matsu no ochiba no ishi o iru
this cold moon -
fallen needles of pines
shoot into stones
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寒月や門を敲ば沓の音
kangetsu ya mon o tatakeba kutsu no oto
this cold moon -
after knocking at the (temple) door
the sound of wooden clogs
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寒月や鋸岩のあからさま
kangetsu ya nokogiri-iwa no akara sama
this cold moon -
the red glow
on Nokogiri-Iwa rocks
ーPossibly
. Nokogiriyama 鋸山 Mount Nokogiri . Chiba prefecture
nokogiri - saw
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寒月や衆徒の群議の過ぎて後
kangetsu ya shuuto no gungi no sugite nochi
this cold moon -
after the monk-soldiers left
the war meeting
monk-soldiers (soohei 僧兵) armed monks of the Heian period and later, mostly adherent to the large temples in Kyoto and other regions of Japan.
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寒月や僧に行き合ふ橋の上
kangetsu ya zoo ni yuki-au hashi no ue
this cold moon -
I meet a monk
on the bridge
. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 and the moon .
- - - including
寒月に木を割寺の男哉
kangetsu ni ki o waru tera no otoko kana
寒月や門なき寺の天高し
kangetsu ya mon naki tera no ten takashi
kangetsu ya tani ni cha o kumu mine no tera
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寒月や我ひとり行く橋の音
kangetsu ya ware hitori yuku hashi no oto
moon in the cold -
only my own footsteps
on the bridge
Tan Taigi 炭太祗
Tr. Gabi Greve
cold moonlight
through the window
still no dreams
source : Haiku Bandit Society, March 2009
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Haibun about the Moon
by Takashi Nonin
http://www.haikupoetshut.com/themoon.html
We have only to say "the moon" when we refer to the autumnmoon. We must therefore put such epithets as "spring/vernal", "summer", or "winter" before the moon when we mention the other season's moon.The autumn moon makes the difference. My old SAIJIKI has 126 words or phrases with regard to the autumn moon. Which shows how profoundly the Japanese have affiliated with the moon since ancient times.
Today, October 5th (September 15th according to the lunar calendar) is the Full Moon. Tonight TV stations across the Archipelago telecast the full moon with a few seasonal comments. "A poet can not but be jocund." We look up and admire the moon tonight.When it happens to be cloudy and we cannot see the moon, we don't complain but try to see the "invisible" moon way beyond the clouds.
This is Mugetsu or No Moon. When it's raining, we call the Rainy Moon Ugetsu 雨月. We miss the moon, to which our thoughts go out through the rain.We praise the moon and enjoy everything about the way the moon looks tonight. Eared pampas grass and several other flowering plants fresh from the autumn fields arranged in a vase, together with"moon-viewing dumplings"(Tsukimi-dango) are placed near the open window as the gifts for the moon.
Our hearts are filled with anticipation on the Eve of the Full Moon (Oct.4th this year). This is Matsuyoi or The Moon-awaiting Evening.
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Sitting all alone
facing a still white paper:
behind me the moon
Vasile Moldovan
Read more about the Moon in Europa
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三日月の 頃より待ちし 今宵かな
mikazuki no koro yori machi shi koyoi kana
since the sickle moon
we waited so impatiently
for the moon tonight
Matsuo Basho,
the last woodblock print in the following series
One Hundred Aspects of the Moon
Tsuki Hyakushi 月百姿
by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
One Hundred Aspects of the Moon is the last major work of Yoshitoshi. 100 Aspects of the Moon consists of a hundred single sheets with very diverse subjects and only one common theme - the moon, more or less visible on each design.
Read the full article with more prints here:
© Artelino.com Art
Here is my dear Daruma in this MOON series
© GALERIE AM HAUS DER KUNST • MÜNCHEN
Yoshitoshi's moon prints on display in Leiden, Holland
By MARJAN BEX, November 2006
Harvest Moon and Geese Haiku / WHR 3
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harvest moon above
lights the evening sky
silver fields below
Paul Oxberry, October 2007
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Super Moon May 2012
photo : Maya Lyubenova, 05 May 2012; Plovdiv, Bulgaria
between us
there also lives
super moon
- Shared by Louis Osofsky -
super moon-
pull me closer to the sea
out beyond the surf
- Shared by Lisa Hills -
Joys of Japan, May 2012
the pond’s depth ~
this perigee moon
reflection
- Shared by Elaine Andre -
Joys of Japan, 2012
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supermoon...
the craters closer
ever closer
a couple on the pier
peer into eachother
- Shared by Dennis Chibi -
Joys of Japan, 2012
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at midnight
the last gift of Golden Week
a silver supermoon
- Shared by Kit Nagamura -
Joys of Japan, 2012
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my old dog
gazing at the supermoon
I fall asleep
Chen-ou Liu
Kigo Hotline
The perigee full moon on May 5, 2012 will be as much as 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than other full moons of 2012.
LOOK at the NASA video here:
source : www.nasa.gov
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THE HEBREW LUNAR CALENDAR
Nisan was determined by a celestial event.
The Nisan moon was the first moon that would become a full moon after the passing of the spring equinox. Nisan thereby marked the first month of the year on the Hebrew calendar for the religious year. The Nisan moon, confirmed by the ripening of the barley harvest determined the month in which Passover would be celebrated.
source : endtimepilgrim.org
. WKD : Nisan Moon haiku .
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WASHOKU ... Japanese Food SAIJIKI
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1/16/2006
1/10/2006
Mistletoe
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Mistletoe (Viscaceae)
***** Location: USA, other countries
***** Season: All Winter
***** Category: Plant
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Explanation
Mistletoe is the common name for various evergreen parasitic plants of the families Loranthaceae andViscaceae, especially "European Mistletoe" Viscum album and "American Mistletoe" Phoradendron flavescens, with waxy white berries and smooth-edged oval leaves in pairs along the woody stem.
http://www.mistletoe.org.uk/mtoenewweb2003/InArtChristmas2003.htm
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Martha Brockenbrough on the plant:
Mistletoe is an interesting plant. It's a parasite; in fact it's the only plant that is actually considered a true parasite because it sometimes kills the hardwood trees it infests. Mistletoe grows slowly in trees, and doesn't put roots in the ground.
This liberation from the earth made the ancient Druids believe mistletoe was sacred. It was even considered bad luck to let any mistletoe touch the ground.
The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe probably got its start with the Druids as well.
According to one explanation, the Norse god Balder was killed with an arrow made of mistletoe. The rest of the gods were sad, so they decided to bring him back to life. The Goddess of Love then dedicated the mistletoe to Balder--and anyone passing under it must receive a kiss to show tribute to this symbol of love.
Others point to the Druid tradition of laying down arms and exchanging greetings under the mistletoe as the origin of the kissing tradition. They credit the English for taking peace one step further by puckering up, then plucking a berry from the bunch and discarding it. The kissing ended when the berries ran out, inspiring people to find hearty bunches.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/columns/?article=questionmistletoe
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National Geographic News
Harvesting Mistletoe: Gunfire Gets The Job Done
by Steven Ginsberg
Plucking, Climbing, Shooting
Here's the ugly truth: Mistletoe digs through tree bark to suck out sap, leeching water and nutrients from its host. Sometimes it kills its host. Hunters have been known to shoot it to save a tree.
The mistletoe Americans are familiar with, Phoradendron serotinum, grows primarily in the Southeast and as far west as Texas and Oklahoma.
In swamps, it can be plucked off low-hanging branches by hand. Elsewhere, it can sometimes be taken by ladder or by climbing a tree.
As mistletoe's popularity surged, it gave rise to commercial growers. But many farmers markets, roadside stands, and nurseries still rely on the old-fashioned method of shooting it down.
Blowing it out of the sky is "the West Virginia way," said Charlie Spencer, a state forestry specialist who's hunted mistletoe for years.
"A shotgun is just the most effective way to get it out."
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/12/1219_mistletoe.html
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The mistletoe is a common decoration.
Here is a link to Art Nouveau with some great pieces.
http://www.mistletoe.org.uk/mtoenewweb2003/InArtNouveau2003.htm
Check out more on Art on the link above.
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Worldwide use
Italy
In Italy a special plant for the New Year is the mistletoe. It is considered a plant of good omen. The holly is typical for Christmas time together with the poinsettia.
kiss under the
mistletoe, as long
as the year
Moussia from a frozen Roma, 2006
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North America
In the US, it is a traditional Christmas decoration, while in Europe, it is used to celebrate the New Year.
In Scandinavia, it is a symbol of peace.
Sarah
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Things found on the way
The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
"From the centre of the ceiling of this kitchen, old Wardle had just suspended with his own hands a huge branch of mistletoe, and this same branch of mistletoe instantaneously gave rise to a scene of general and most delightful struggling and confusion; in the midst of which, Mr. Pickwick, with a gallantry that would have done honour to a descendant of Lady Tollimglower herself, took the old lady by the hand, led her beneath the mystic branch, and saluted her in all courtesy and decorum."
http://www.candlegrove.com/mistletoe.html
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I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus
Underneath the mistletoe last night
She didn't see me creep
Down the stairs to have a peep
She thought that I was tucked up in my bedroom fast asleep
Then I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus
Underneath his beard so snowy white
Oh, what a laugh it would have been
If Daddy had only seen
Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night
http://wilstar.com/xmas/isawmommykissingsantaclaus.htm
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an article on Australian mistletoe
http://www.forests.qld.gov.au/educat/btl/mistle.htm
legends and stories regarding the mistletoe
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/noel/angl/gui.htm
the celtic origins of mistletoe
Allheal or Golden Bough
In Victorian times, kissing under the Mistletoe was a Christmas ritual that old-timers hoped would lead to romance and marriage among the younger generation. Today, the Mistletoe is familiar to us as a Christmas decoration that results in some innocent mischief at the annual Christmas office party. But in ancient times, the Mistletoe was known by the Celts and the Vikings as a healing plant upon which superstition and myth had bestowed miraculous healing powers.
More about other celtic and viking traditions is here:
Mistletoe
WKD : Mistletoe, Its Celtic Origins
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HAIKU
Just below
the mistletoe
A kiss
Sarah
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on the visor
of his cap
mistletoe
Michael Baribeau
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slowing
the French train passes
trees with mistletoe
Alan Summers
Blithe Spirit Vol. 19 No. 1 (March 2009)
WKD Facebook
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Related words
***** World Kigo Database: Poinsettia -
***** Fern and other plants for the New Year in Japan
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http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/
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Mistletoe (Viscaceae)
***** Location: USA, other countries
***** Season: All Winter
***** Category: Plant
*****************************
Explanation
Mistletoe is the common name for various evergreen parasitic plants of the families Loranthaceae andViscaceae, especially "European Mistletoe" Viscum album and "American Mistletoe" Phoradendron flavescens, with waxy white berries and smooth-edged oval leaves in pairs along the woody stem.
http://www.mistletoe.org.uk/mtoenewweb2003/InArtChristmas2003.htm
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Martha Brockenbrough on the plant:
Mistletoe is an interesting plant. It's a parasite; in fact it's the only plant that is actually considered a true parasite because it sometimes kills the hardwood trees it infests. Mistletoe grows slowly in trees, and doesn't put roots in the ground.
This liberation from the earth made the ancient Druids believe mistletoe was sacred. It was even considered bad luck to let any mistletoe touch the ground.
The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe probably got its start with the Druids as well.
According to one explanation, the Norse god Balder was killed with an arrow made of mistletoe. The rest of the gods were sad, so they decided to bring him back to life. The Goddess of Love then dedicated the mistletoe to Balder--and anyone passing under it must receive a kiss to show tribute to this symbol of love.
Others point to the Druid tradition of laying down arms and exchanging greetings under the mistletoe as the origin of the kissing tradition. They credit the English for taking peace one step further by puckering up, then plucking a berry from the bunch and discarding it. The kissing ended when the berries ran out, inspiring people to find hearty bunches.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/columns/?article=questionmistletoe
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
National Geographic News
Harvesting Mistletoe: Gunfire Gets The Job Done
by Steven Ginsberg
Plucking, Climbing, Shooting
Here's the ugly truth: Mistletoe digs through tree bark to suck out sap, leeching water and nutrients from its host. Sometimes it kills its host. Hunters have been known to shoot it to save a tree.
The mistletoe Americans are familiar with, Phoradendron serotinum, grows primarily in the Southeast and as far west as Texas and Oklahoma.
In swamps, it can be plucked off low-hanging branches by hand. Elsewhere, it can sometimes be taken by ladder or by climbing a tree.
As mistletoe's popularity surged, it gave rise to commercial growers. But many farmers markets, roadside stands, and nurseries still rely on the old-fashioned method of shooting it down.
Blowing it out of the sky is "the West Virginia way," said Charlie Spencer, a state forestry specialist who's hunted mistletoe for years.
"A shotgun is just the most effective way to get it out."
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/12/1219_mistletoe.html
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The mistletoe is a common decoration.
Here is a link to Art Nouveau with some great pieces.
http://www.mistletoe.org.uk/mtoenewweb2003/InArtNouveau2003.htm
Check out more on Art on the link above.
*****************************
Worldwide use
Italy
In Italy a special plant for the New Year is the mistletoe. It is considered a plant of good omen. The holly is typical for Christmas time together with the poinsettia.
kiss under the
mistletoe, as long
as the year
Moussia from a frozen Roma, 2006
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North America
In the US, it is a traditional Christmas decoration, while in Europe, it is used to celebrate the New Year.
In Scandinavia, it is a symbol of peace.
Sarah
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Things found on the way
The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
"From the centre of the ceiling of this kitchen, old Wardle had just suspended with his own hands a huge branch of mistletoe, and this same branch of mistletoe instantaneously gave rise to a scene of general and most delightful struggling and confusion; in the midst of which, Mr. Pickwick, with a gallantry that would have done honour to a descendant of Lady Tollimglower herself, took the old lady by the hand, led her beneath the mystic branch, and saluted her in all courtesy and decorum."
http://www.candlegrove.com/mistletoe.html
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus
Underneath the mistletoe last night
She didn't see me creep
Down the stairs to have a peep
She thought that I was tucked up in my bedroom fast asleep
Then I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus
Underneath his beard so snowy white
Oh, what a laugh it would have been
If Daddy had only seen
Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night
http://wilstar.com/xmas/isawmommykissingsantaclaus.htm
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
an article on Australian mistletoe
http://www.forests.qld.gov.au/educat/btl/mistle.htm
legends and stories regarding the mistletoe
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/noel/angl/gui.htm
the celtic origins of mistletoe
Allheal or Golden Bough
In Victorian times, kissing under the Mistletoe was a Christmas ritual that old-timers hoped would lead to romance and marriage among the younger generation. Today, the Mistletoe is familiar to us as a Christmas decoration that results in some innocent mischief at the annual Christmas office party. But in ancient times, the Mistletoe was known by the Celts and the Vikings as a healing plant upon which superstition and myth had bestowed miraculous healing powers.
More about other celtic and viking traditions is here:
Mistletoe
WKD : Mistletoe, Its Celtic Origins
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HAIKU
Just below
the mistletoe
A kiss
Sarah
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
on the visor
of his cap
mistletoe
Michael Baribeau
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slowing
the French train passes
trees with mistletoe
Alan Summers
Blithe Spirit Vol. 19 No. 1 (March 2009)
WKD Facebook
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Related words
***** World Kigo Database: Poinsettia -
***** Fern and other plants for the New Year in Japan
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Back to the Worldkigo Index
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/
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Migrating Birds (wataridori)
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Migrating Birds (wataridori)
***** Location: Japan, other regions
***** Season: Autumn
***** Category: Animals
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Explanation
migratory birds, birds of passage, wataridori 渡鳥
birds migrate, tori wataru 鳥渡る
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Just to mention, "migratory birds", is an autumn kigo in part because migrating birds arrive in Japan from Siberia to winter. They also depart in the spring, but in the culture of kigo, migrating birds migrate only one way, in one season, as far as the kigo wataridori is concerned.
Quote from A Kigo Essay by Richard Gilbert
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Worldwide use
Chesapeake Bay, USA
Canada geese fly north
Canada geese, like many other birds, winter in the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding areas. We are the southern end of the migratory route for these birds, so we have them in reverse. This is one of the things that makes the Chesapeake different from much of the Northern Hemisphere: They arrive in fall and go home in spring!
M. Kei
Chesapeake Bay Saijiki
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Romania
Migrating birds leave, Plecarea păsărilor călătoare
September till early October
Swallows and wild geese are said to leave around “Little St.Mary’s” (Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Sept.8th), storks and cranes somewhat later.
Cristian Mocanu
Romanian Saijiki
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
. WKD : Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .
叱らるることも馴てや渡り鳥
shikararuru koto mo narete ya watari-dori
birds heading south
unfazed even when they're
getting bawled out
Tr. Chris Drake
This humorous autumn hokku is from the 9th month (October) of 1822.
Various kinds of migrating birds are now heading south for the winter, stopping for a day or two at places along their route. Birds didn't winter in the snowy area in which Issa's hometown was located, so these birds are just passing through. When a flock lands it temporarily takes over a bit of new territory and ignores the local residents. Rice has recently been harvested, so some birds are probably going after all the grains they can eat, while others feed on people's hedges and in their gardens, causing people to greet them with shouts and expletives.
Issa is amused by how cool and nonchalant the birds are. They seem to have experienced so much criticism from humans that they don't respond to it anymore. The word "even" implies the birds are cool and unfazed by everything on their trip, even the tongue-lashings they get from humans. As a fellow migrant bird, the well-traveled Issa seems to sympathize with the birds and understands their need to stay calm and cheerful on their long, hard journey.
There may possibly be a reference here to Issa's treatment by many of his fellow villagers in his hometown. He wasn't bawled out, but he was criticized by some villagers as an outsider selfishly trying to force his way back into a village where he was no longer welcome. He seems impressed and heartened by the lively equanimity shown by the birds.
Chris Drake
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[NOTE: The following sequence was triggered by the publication, in the “National Geographic” magazine, of a map showing the impressive distances covered each year by migrating birds around the world.
Already published in “Haiku Harvest”-].
a stork named “Princess”
flew over seven seas for
three months of sunshine.
the disabled child
tracking the wild geese’s route
on the NG map
“Bon voyage”, old stork!
would you send me some postcards
from South Africa?
8th of September:
Mary’s blue cloak sheltering
the youngest swallows
Cristian Mocanu
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Related words
***** Snow Geese and other geese
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Migrating Birds (wataridori)
***** Location: Japan, other regions
***** Season: Autumn
***** Category: Animals
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Explanation
migratory birds, birds of passage, wataridori 渡鳥
birds migrate, tori wataru 鳥渡る
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Just to mention, "migratory birds", is an autumn kigo in part because migrating birds arrive in Japan from Siberia to winter. They also depart in the spring, but in the culture of kigo, migrating birds migrate only one way, in one season, as far as the kigo wataridori is concerned.
Quote from A Kigo Essay by Richard Gilbert
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Worldwide use
Chesapeake Bay, USA
Canada geese fly north
Canada geese, like many other birds, winter in the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding areas. We are the southern end of the migratory route for these birds, so we have them in reverse. This is one of the things that makes the Chesapeake different from much of the Northern Hemisphere: They arrive in fall and go home in spring!
M. Kei
Chesapeake Bay Saijiki
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Romania
Migrating birds leave, Plecarea păsărilor călătoare
September till early October
Swallows and wild geese are said to leave around “Little St.Mary’s” (Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Sept.8th), storks and cranes somewhat later.
Cristian Mocanu
Romanian Saijiki
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
. WKD : Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .
叱らるることも馴てや渡り鳥
shikararuru koto mo narete ya watari-dori
birds heading south
unfazed even when they're
getting bawled out
Tr. Chris Drake
This humorous autumn hokku is from the 9th month (October) of 1822.
Various kinds of migrating birds are now heading south for the winter, stopping for a day or two at places along their route. Birds didn't winter in the snowy area in which Issa's hometown was located, so these birds are just passing through. When a flock lands it temporarily takes over a bit of new territory and ignores the local residents. Rice has recently been harvested, so some birds are probably going after all the grains they can eat, while others feed on people's hedges and in their gardens, causing people to greet them with shouts and expletives.
Issa is amused by how cool and nonchalant the birds are. They seem to have experienced so much criticism from humans that they don't respond to it anymore. The word "even" implies the birds are cool and unfazed by everything on their trip, even the tongue-lashings they get from humans. As a fellow migrant bird, the well-traveled Issa seems to sympathize with the birds and understands their need to stay calm and cheerful on their long, hard journey.
There may possibly be a reference here to Issa's treatment by many of his fellow villagers in his hometown. He wasn't bawled out, but he was criticized by some villagers as an outsider selfishly trying to force his way back into a village where he was no longer welcome. He seems impressed and heartened by the lively equanimity shown by the birds.
Chris Drake
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[NOTE: The following sequence was triggered by the publication, in the “National Geographic” magazine, of a map showing the impressive distances covered each year by migrating birds around the world.
Already published in “Haiku Harvest”-].
a stork named “Princess”
flew over seven seas for
three months of sunshine.
the disabled child
tracking the wild geese’s route
on the NG map
“Bon voyage”, old stork!
would you send me some postcards
from South Africa?
8th of September:
Mary’s blue cloak sheltering
the youngest swallows
Cristian Mocanu
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Related words
***** Snow Geese and other geese
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1/06/2006
Mermaid Parade
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. Amabie アマビエ .
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Mermaid Parade
***** Location: Coney Island, N.Y., USA
***** Season: Summer
***** Category: Observance
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Explanation
The Mermaid Parade is an annual Coney Island event where people dress up as mermaids and other creatures. It happens in late June, and is being threatened by impending gentrification of Coney Island.
Judy Kamilhor
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The Mermaid Parade is a completely original creation that is that nation's largest art parade and one of New York City's greatest summer events.
Founded in 1983 by Coney Island USA, the not-for-profit arts organization that also produces the Coney island Circus Sideshow, the Mermaid Parade pays homage to Coney Island's forgotten Mardi Gras which lasted from 1903 to 1954, and draws from a host of other sources resulting in a wonderful and wacky event that is unique to Coney Island.
The Mermaid Parade celebrates the sand, the sea, the salt air and the beginning of summer, as well as the history and mythology of Coney Island, Coney Island pride, and artistic self-expression. The Parade is characterized by participants dressed in hand-made costumes as Mermaids, Neptunes, various sea creatures, the occasional wandering lighthouse, Coney Island post card or amusement ride, as well as antique cars, marching bands, drill teams, and the odd yacht pulled on flatbed.
Each year, a different celebrity King Neptune and Queen Mermaid rule over the proceedings, riding in the Parade and assisting in the opening of the Ocean for the summer swimming season by marching down the Beach from the Boardwalk, cutting through Ribbons representing the seasons, and tossing fruit into the Atlantic to appease the Sea Gods. In the past, David Byrne, Queen Latifah, Ron Kuby, Curtis Sliwa, Moby and Theo have graced our shores, presiding over the assembled masses.
http://www.coneyisland.com/mermaid.shtml
Read about the 2004 Mermaid Parade
2005 Mermaid Parade
2005 Parade Photo Galleries
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Worldwide use
*****************************
Things found on the way
The Littel Mermaid
by Hans Chritsian Andersen
Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep; so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it: many church steeples, piled one upon another, would not reach from the ground beneath to the surface of the water above. There dwell the Sea King and his subjects. We must not imagine that there is nothing at the bottom of the sea but bare yellow sand. No, indeed; the most singular flowers and plants grow there; the leaves and stems of which are so pliant, that the slightest agitation of the water causes them to stir as if they had life.
Fishes, both large and small, glide between the branches, as birds fly among the trees here upon land. In the deepest spot of all, stands the castle of the Sea King. Its walls are built of coral, and the long, gothic windows are of the clearest amber. The roof is formed of shells, that open and close as the water flows over them. Their appearance is very beautiful, for in each lies a glittering pearl, which would be fit for the diadem of a queen.
Copyright © Zvi Har’El
Read the rest of this long story here:
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
.................................................................
The Little Mermaid Statue in Copenhagen
The Little Mermaid was a present from brewer Carl Jacobsen (The Carlsberg Breweries) to Copenhagen, and was made by a little known sculptor called Edvard Erichsen. She was unveiled at Langelinje in 1913, as part of a general trend in Copenhagen in those days, which demanded that classical and historic figures be used as decoration in the city's parks and public areas.
In 1909, brewer Carl Jacobsen saw solo dancer Ellen Price dance in Fini Henriques' ballet "The Little Mermaid" at the Royal Theatre. He was so taken with her that he asked her if she would pose for a sculptor. She agreed in principle, but was not very interested in posing in the nude, when she found out just how publicly the statue would be placed. So Edvard Erichsens wife stepped in and modeled for the body. On September 14, 1912, the statue was first test positioned at its location, and on August 23, 1913, it was placed at its permanent location.
Copyright © Hans-Henrik T. Ohlsen
Look at some more photos here:
http://www.copenhagenpictures.dk/mermaid.html
*****************************
HAIKU
Coney Island
after the Mermaid Parade:
apocalypse, sequins
Judy Kamilhor, 2005
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
mermaid parade!
coney island ushers in
a new summer
Carol Raisfeld
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Related words
***** Manatee North America
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. - yookai, yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters - - Introduction .
- quote -
Amabie (アマビエ)
is a legendary Japanese mermaid who allegedly emerges from the sea and prophesies either an abundant harvest or an epidemic. There are other mermaids and mermen known by other names but considered identical. The male amabiko (アマビコ, 天日子) or amahiko (尼彦, あま彦, 天彦), the amahiko-nyūdo (尼彦入道), and the elusive arie (アリエ).
CLICK for more photos !
- Legend
Amabie appeared in Higo Province (Kumamoto Prefecture) according to legend, around the middle of the 4th month, in the year Kōka-3 (mid-May, 1846) in the Edo era. A glowing object had been spotted in the sea, almost on a nightly basis. The town's official went to the coast to investigate, and witnessed the amabie. She had a mouth like bird's bill, and was covered in scales from the neck down. Addressing the official, she identified herself as an amabie and told him that she lived in the open sea. She went on to deliver a prophecy: "Good harvest will continue for six years, if disease spreads show a picture of me to those who fall ill and they will be cured." Afterwards, she returned the sea. The story was printed in the kawaraban (ja) (woodblock-printed bulletins), where her likeness was printed, and this is how the story disseminated in Japan.
- Similar yōkai
A yōkai creature considered identical to Amabie is the merman named Amahiko (尼彦?), which reputedly appeared in the sea of Higo Province. This Amahiko resembled Amabie in that it also made predictions of bountiful harvests or pestilence, and prescribed displaying the picture of his likeness in order to avoid catastrophe. The Amahiko Nyūdo (尼彦入道 "the amahiko monk"?) of Hyuga Province (Miyazaki prefecture) was another creature considered of the same kind, who appeared and pronounced his prophecy.
A similar creature named Arie (アリエ) appeared in "Aoshima-gun" county, Higo Province, according to the Yamanashi Nichinichi Shinbun (ja) newspaper dated 17 June 1876, although this report has been debunked by another paper.[a] The Yūbin Hōchi Shinbun (ja) dated 10 June 1876 also carried an article about Amahiko.
The three creatures share these common characteristics: 1) appearance from the sea, 2) prediction of good harvest and the plague, and 3) a solution of disaster by showing the apparition's picture, and on that account have been considered identical.
The Amahiko no Mikoto (天日子尊 the holly Amahiko) was spotted in a rice paddy in Yuzawa, Niigata, as reported by the Tokyo Nichinichi shinbun (ja) dated 8 August 1875. The yamawarawa (山童 the mountain child- Kappa) in the folklore of Amakusa is believed to haunt the mountains. Although neither of these last two emerge from sea, other similarities such as prophesying indicate they belong to the same kind.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !
. Amabie アマビエ .
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Mermaid Parade
***** Location: Coney Island, N.Y., USA
***** Season: Summer
***** Category: Observance
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Explanation
The Mermaid Parade is an annual Coney Island event where people dress up as mermaids and other creatures. It happens in late June, and is being threatened by impending gentrification of Coney Island.
Judy Kamilhor
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The Mermaid Parade is a completely original creation that is that nation's largest art parade and one of New York City's greatest summer events.
Founded in 1983 by Coney Island USA, the not-for-profit arts organization that also produces the Coney island Circus Sideshow, the Mermaid Parade pays homage to Coney Island's forgotten Mardi Gras which lasted from 1903 to 1954, and draws from a host of other sources resulting in a wonderful and wacky event that is unique to Coney Island.
The Mermaid Parade celebrates the sand, the sea, the salt air and the beginning of summer, as well as the history and mythology of Coney Island, Coney Island pride, and artistic self-expression. The Parade is characterized by participants dressed in hand-made costumes as Mermaids, Neptunes, various sea creatures, the occasional wandering lighthouse, Coney Island post card or amusement ride, as well as antique cars, marching bands, drill teams, and the odd yacht pulled on flatbed.
Each year, a different celebrity King Neptune and Queen Mermaid rule over the proceedings, riding in the Parade and assisting in the opening of the Ocean for the summer swimming season by marching down the Beach from the Boardwalk, cutting through Ribbons representing the seasons, and tossing fruit into the Atlantic to appease the Sea Gods. In the past, David Byrne, Queen Latifah, Ron Kuby, Curtis Sliwa, Moby and Theo have graced our shores, presiding over the assembled masses.
http://www.coneyisland.com/mermaid.shtml
Read about the 2004 Mermaid Parade
2005 Mermaid Parade
2005 Parade Photo Galleries
*****************************
Worldwide use
*****************************
Things found on the way
The Littel Mermaid
by Hans Chritsian Andersen
Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep; so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it: many church steeples, piled one upon another, would not reach from the ground beneath to the surface of the water above. There dwell the Sea King and his subjects. We must not imagine that there is nothing at the bottom of the sea but bare yellow sand. No, indeed; the most singular flowers and plants grow there; the leaves and stems of which are so pliant, that the slightest agitation of the water causes them to stir as if they had life.
Fishes, both large and small, glide between the branches, as birds fly among the trees here upon land. In the deepest spot of all, stands the castle of the Sea King. Its walls are built of coral, and the long, gothic windows are of the clearest amber. The roof is formed of shells, that open and close as the water flows over them. Their appearance is very beautiful, for in each lies a glittering pearl, which would be fit for the diadem of a queen.
Copyright © Zvi Har’El
Read the rest of this long story here:
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
.................................................................
The Little Mermaid Statue in Copenhagen
The Little Mermaid was a present from brewer Carl Jacobsen (The Carlsberg Breweries) to Copenhagen, and was made by a little known sculptor called Edvard Erichsen. She was unveiled at Langelinje in 1913, as part of a general trend in Copenhagen in those days, which demanded that classical and historic figures be used as decoration in the city's parks and public areas.
In 1909, brewer Carl Jacobsen saw solo dancer Ellen Price dance in Fini Henriques' ballet "The Little Mermaid" at the Royal Theatre. He was so taken with her that he asked her if she would pose for a sculptor. She agreed in principle, but was not very interested in posing in the nude, when she found out just how publicly the statue would be placed. So Edvard Erichsens wife stepped in and modeled for the body. On September 14, 1912, the statue was first test positioned at its location, and on August 23, 1913, it was placed at its permanent location.
Copyright © Hans-Henrik T. Ohlsen
Look at some more photos here:
http://www.copenhagenpictures.dk/mermaid.html
*****************************
HAIKU
Coney Island
after the Mermaid Parade:
apocalypse, sequins
Judy Kamilhor, 2005
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
mermaid parade!
coney island ushers in
a new summer
Carol Raisfeld
*****************************
Related words
***** Manatee North America
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
. - yookai, yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters - - Introduction .
- quote -
Amabie (アマビエ)
is a legendary Japanese mermaid who allegedly emerges from the sea and prophesies either an abundant harvest or an epidemic. There are other mermaids and mermen known by other names but considered identical. The male amabiko (アマビコ, 天日子) or amahiko (尼彦, あま彦, 天彦), the amahiko-nyūdo (尼彦入道), and the elusive arie (アリエ).
CLICK for more photos !
- Legend
Amabie appeared in Higo Province (Kumamoto Prefecture) according to legend, around the middle of the 4th month, in the year Kōka-3 (mid-May, 1846) in the Edo era. A glowing object had been spotted in the sea, almost on a nightly basis. The town's official went to the coast to investigate, and witnessed the amabie. She had a mouth like bird's bill, and was covered in scales from the neck down. Addressing the official, she identified herself as an amabie and told him that she lived in the open sea. She went on to deliver a prophecy: "Good harvest will continue for six years, if disease spreads show a picture of me to those who fall ill and they will be cured." Afterwards, she returned the sea. The story was printed in the kawaraban (ja) (woodblock-printed bulletins), where her likeness was printed, and this is how the story disseminated in Japan.
- Similar yōkai
A yōkai creature considered identical to Amabie is the merman named Amahiko (尼彦?), which reputedly appeared in the sea of Higo Province. This Amahiko resembled Amabie in that it also made predictions of bountiful harvests or pestilence, and prescribed displaying the picture of his likeness in order to avoid catastrophe. The Amahiko Nyūdo (尼彦入道 "the amahiko monk"?) of Hyuga Province (Miyazaki prefecture) was another creature considered of the same kind, who appeared and pronounced his prophecy.
A similar creature named Arie (アリエ) appeared in "Aoshima-gun" county, Higo Province, according to the Yamanashi Nichinichi Shinbun (ja) newspaper dated 17 June 1876, although this report has been debunked by another paper.[a] The Yūbin Hōchi Shinbun (ja) dated 10 June 1876 also carried an article about Amahiko.
The three creatures share these common characteristics: 1) appearance from the sea, 2) prediction of good harvest and the plague, and 3) a solution of disaster by showing the apparition's picture, and on that account have been considered identical.
The Amahiko no Mikoto (天日子尊 the holly Amahiko) was spotted in a rice paddy in Yuzawa, Niigata, as reported by the Tokyo Nichinichi shinbun (ja) dated 8 August 1875. The yamawarawa (山童 the mountain child- Kappa) in the folklore of Amakusa is believed to haunt the mountains. Although neither of these last two emerge from sea, other similarities such as prophesying indicate they belong to the same kind.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !
. Amabie アマビエ .
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[ . BACK to DARUMA MUSEUM TOP . ]
[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]
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1/02/2006
Mandala
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Mandala, Maze
***** Location: Asia, worldwide
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topics
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
Labyrinth, see below
In Tibetan Buddhism, a mandala is an imaginary palace that is contemplated during meditation. Each object in the palace has significance, representing some aspect of wisdom or reminding the meditator of some guiding principle. Tradition dictates the shapes, sizes and colors of these objects. There are many different mandalas, each with different lessons to teach.
Most mandalas contain a host of deities as well as inanimate objects. An excellent overview and glossary of mandala components is available on the web.
http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/online/mandala/
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Mandalas exist since old times in almost all cultures of our earth.
Read more about it here:
My approach to Mandala Therapy
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2004/08/mandala-therapy.html
Gabi Greve
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World Labyrinth Day, May 2
kigo for summer
Reference
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If you are not familiar with the terms and differences between these things, check out here:
The differences are explained well. The site then discusses manadals as the bases for labyrinths. If you follow the link to "sacred geometry," you find that it is the basis for mandalas.
Ed Schwellenbach
www.crystalinks.com/labyrinths.html
Ed has looked into the matter a little more:
Also find an interesting, albeit commercial, site about sacred geometry and madalas at www.charlesgilchrist.com/SGEO/Gal902.html
Another one is
www.familytravelfiles.com/ezine/articles/747.asp
The headline reads "USA/Europe: Corn Mazes Earmark the Season." Contains locations and times for several USA mazes. Use links to find acceptable pictures of mazes at Chattanooga, Tennessee; Portsmouth, Rhode Island; and Bennington, Vermont. It seems that most mazes are
open from about the first of September to the end of October.
This site also contains links to others resources including companies that convince farmers to convert some of their cornfields to mazes for profit.
http://www.cornfieldmase.com/
provides maps to mazes in Canada, US, Mexico, UK, and Italy.
*****************************
Worldwide use
Europe
In certain cases, labyrinths could even be seasonal. Belgium and its neighbouring countries have maize labyrinths, cultivated so as to be week-end attractions when the maize has reached a certain height -- I remember my colleagues in the office last autumn showing pictures of their children there.
These pages (from France) give an impression. I found similar references to maize labyrinths in Germany and Switzerland.
http://www.labyrinthus.com/laby_sortileges_1.php
http://www.labyrinthus.com/en_images_2.php
Isabelle Prondzynski
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More than in other countries, Switzerland seems to embrace the appropriateness of labyrinths in public places, of which more than 50 have been established in recent years, in addition to dozens of other on private property.
Look at many more samples here:
http://www.crystalinks.com/labyrinths2.html
......................................................................
England
There has been a seasonal labyrinth in the summer just a few milesaway from where I live in England. They call it "The Maize Maze" :
walking the maize maze amazed walking
Eryu
(See below for more about the labyrinth.)
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India
Many traditional Indian Mandalas have traditional names associated with the deities.
The Mandalas are associated with a Mantram and sometimes even a Nyaasam [ Meta Elucidations in Mantrams ]
Various Indian Rituals involve making Mandalas of various types with different materials.
Every morning in most Indian[ Hindu Buddhist Jain] houses a Kolam [ a mandala design] is drawn at dawn and even at dusk in some places. Mandalas are also called Chakras [ Wheels]. Mandalas are considered representation of Devi [ Laksmi .Kaali Durga etc. ] in contrast to Linga[shiva] and Saalagrama[ Vishnu]
Actually a Mandala represents a unique Cosmos we may.
Vishnu Mandala ~ Shakthi Mandala ~ Rudra Mandala ~ Vighneswara Mandala ~ Buddha Mandala ~
Rudra Mandala ~
the flame resonates
in fragrant silences
Padma Mandala
rahasyam pratyaksham Padmini
Padma-Sambhavi
The Padma Mandala
mystery manifests lotus faced Devi
abloom on a lotus
Padma ~ Lotus, Lakshmi ~
"Mandala" is a very difficult word to translate from Sanskrit into another language as i see and as you surely must be aware too.
Narayanan, 2005
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Things found on the way
Mandala, a Magazine about Tibetan Art
http://www.mandalamagazine.org/
................................ More Mandala Sites
Center of the Circle (contains many links) Mandala information by Jytte Hansen
Building a Sand Mandala The Rossi Collection of early Tibetan mandalas
Mandala: Buddhist Tantric Diagrams
Houston Chronicle article : The Art of Tibetan Sand Painting
StarWheels (futuristic mandala paintings) Mandala Art
The Mandala Project
The World Mandala Project
The MandalaZone
Some mandala are available as drawings for coloring:
nuri-e, nurie, nuri e ぬりえ【塗(り)絵 / 塗(絵】
Ausmalvorlagen
. nuri-e 塗り絵 - 塗絵 - ぬりえ drawing for coloring .
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Buddhist Mandalas in Japan
Kongookai Mandala, Taizookai Mandala
Mandalas are a type of Buddhist painting especially common in the Esoteric sect of Japanese Buddhism, which has many secret, mystical rituals. According to the beliefs of this sect, truth can not be expressed through just words but requires illustrations such as paintings. One such type of painting is a mandala.
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/mandala1.shtml
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....................... Crop Circles, a sort of Mandala
Very often seen in England
http://www.temporarytemples.co.uk/default.html
http://www.temporarytemples.co.uk/imagelib/A-2001.html
With bizarre references to UFOs, science fiction films and what not.
http://www.circlemakers.org/totc2004.html
http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/index2.html
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HAIKU
............................... autumn mandala -
............................... in my garden
............................... with pure joy
Read many more Nature Mandala Haiku here:
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2004/08/mandala.html
Gabi Greve
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an old mandala
dervish dancers
by night
Geert Verbeke
Look at the picture here
http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/ph_detail?photo_sn_in=1537
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floral mandala
has journeyed to her center
tranquil and serene
Look at a beautiful white Water Lily Mandala
http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/PH_detail?photo_sn_in=1489
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mandala -
my footsteps' path
fases away
© Gabriela Fleitas, 2005
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From http://www.wonderhaikuworlds.com/index.php
Narayanan Raghunathan
Click at the LINKs to see the mandala !
Sthaanu Datta Mandala
Agni Nyaasa Mandala
http://www.wonderhaikuworlds.com/haikufromphoto.php?image=28
Datta Guru Mandala
http://www.wonderhaikuworlds.com/haikufromphoto.php?image=71
Naaraayaneeyam~
http://www.wonderhaikuworlds.com/viewdetail-haiga.php?post=65
spanda-grham
aadi-madyaantha viheenam
shaashvatham sthiram
[Sanskrit]
the home of spandas
without beginnings middles ends
eternal indestructible
Haiku and Image by Narayanan Raghunathan
..... .....
maha-mantra-mandalam
saakshi-saakshaatkaaram
parabrahma tatvam
[Sanskrit]
the great mandala of mantras
the witness in true fullfillment
the knowledge of brahman
Haiku and Image by Narayanan Raghunathan
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Related words
***** Labyrinth .. -non-seasonal topic . Also called maze.
In Europe, many mazes are often made of maize. People walk them in summer and autumn.
Maize as a plant is a kigo for autumn in Japan, when it is ripe and ready to eat. So a Maize Maze could be considered a kigo for Autum, according to the plant.
office show --
wee jack in the labyrinth
become wallpaper
Isabelle Prondzynski
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busy bee -
in the pollen bed
a labyrinth
Carol Raisfeld
Look at the Photo here
http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/PH_detail?photo_sn_in=708
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corn maze
from a bird's eye view
no exit
nangini
Look at the Photo and more haiku here
http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/PH_detail?photo_sn_in=1517
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green labyrinths
cover the infinite sky ~
twittering birds ~
Narayanan Raghunathan, India Saijiki
Read the full sequence HERE !
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Mandala, Maze
***** Location: Asia, worldwide
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topics
***** Category: Humanity
*****************************
Explanation
Labyrinth, see below
In Tibetan Buddhism, a mandala is an imaginary palace that is contemplated during meditation. Each object in the palace has significance, representing some aspect of wisdom or reminding the meditator of some guiding principle. Tradition dictates the shapes, sizes and colors of these objects. There are many different mandalas, each with different lessons to teach.
Most mandalas contain a host of deities as well as inanimate objects. An excellent overview and glossary of mandala components is available on the web.
http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/online/mandala/
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mandalas exist since old times in almost all cultures of our earth.
Read more about it here:
My approach to Mandala Therapy
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2004/08/mandala-therapy.html
Gabi Greve
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
World Labyrinth Day, May 2
kigo for summer
Reference
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
If you are not familiar with the terms and differences between these things, check out here:
The differences are explained well. The site then discusses manadals as the bases for labyrinths. If you follow the link to "sacred geometry," you find that it is the basis for mandalas.
Ed Schwellenbach
www.crystalinks.com/labyrinths.html
Ed has looked into the matter a little more:
Also find an interesting, albeit commercial, site about sacred geometry and madalas at www.charlesgilchrist.com/SGEO/Gal902.html
Another one is
www.familytravelfiles.com/ezine/articles/747.asp
The headline reads "USA/Europe: Corn Mazes Earmark the Season." Contains locations and times for several USA mazes. Use links to find acceptable pictures of mazes at Chattanooga, Tennessee; Portsmouth, Rhode Island; and Bennington, Vermont. It seems that most mazes are
open from about the first of September to the end of October.
This site also contains links to others resources including companies that convince farmers to convert some of their cornfields to mazes for profit.
http://www.cornfieldmase.com/
provides maps to mazes in Canada, US, Mexico, UK, and Italy.
*****************************
Worldwide use
Europe
In certain cases, labyrinths could even be seasonal. Belgium and its neighbouring countries have maize labyrinths, cultivated so as to be week-end attractions when the maize has reached a certain height -- I remember my colleagues in the office last autumn showing pictures of their children there.
These pages (from France) give an impression. I found similar references to maize labyrinths in Germany and Switzerland.
http://www.labyrinthus.com/laby_sortileges_1.php
http://www.labyrinthus.com/en_images_2.php
Isabelle Prondzynski
...........................................................................
More than in other countries, Switzerland seems to embrace the appropriateness of labyrinths in public places, of which more than 50 have been established in recent years, in addition to dozens of other on private property.
Look at many more samples here:
http://www.crystalinks.com/labyrinths2.html
......................................................................
England
There has been a seasonal labyrinth in the summer just a few milesaway from where I live in England. They call it "The Maize Maze" :
walking the maize maze amazed walking
Eryu
(See below for more about the labyrinth.)
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
India
Many traditional Indian Mandalas have traditional names associated with the deities.
The Mandalas are associated with a Mantram and sometimes even a Nyaasam [ Meta Elucidations in Mantrams ]
Various Indian Rituals involve making Mandalas of various types with different materials.
Every morning in most Indian[ Hindu Buddhist Jain] houses a Kolam [ a mandala design] is drawn at dawn and even at dusk in some places. Mandalas are also called Chakras [ Wheels]. Mandalas are considered representation of Devi [ Laksmi .Kaali Durga etc. ] in contrast to Linga[shiva] and Saalagrama[ Vishnu]
Actually a Mandala represents a unique Cosmos we may.
Vishnu Mandala ~ Shakthi Mandala ~ Rudra Mandala ~ Vighneswara Mandala ~ Buddha Mandala ~
Rudra Mandala ~
the flame resonates
in fragrant silences
Padma Mandala
rahasyam pratyaksham Padmini
Padma-Sambhavi
The Padma Mandala
mystery manifests lotus faced Devi
abloom on a lotus
Padma ~ Lotus, Lakshmi ~
"Mandala" is a very difficult word to translate from Sanskrit into another language as i see and as you surely must be aware too.
Narayanan, 2005
*****************************
Things found on the way
Mandala, a Magazine about Tibetan Art
http://www.mandalamagazine.org/
................................ More Mandala Sites
Center of the Circle (contains many links) Mandala information by Jytte Hansen
Building a Sand Mandala The Rossi Collection of early Tibetan mandalas
Mandala: Buddhist Tantric Diagrams
Houston Chronicle article : The Art of Tibetan Sand Painting
StarWheels (futuristic mandala paintings) Mandala Art
The Mandala Project
The World Mandala Project
The MandalaZone
Some mandala are available as drawings for coloring:
nuri-e, nurie, nuri e ぬりえ【塗(り)絵 / 塗(絵】
Ausmalvorlagen
. nuri-e 塗り絵 - 塗絵 - ぬりえ drawing for coloring .
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Buddhist Mandalas in Japan
Kongookai Mandala, Taizookai Mandala
Mandalas are a type of Buddhist painting especially common in the Esoteric sect of Japanese Buddhism, which has many secret, mystical rituals. According to the beliefs of this sect, truth can not be expressed through just words but requires illustrations such as paintings. One such type of painting is a mandala.
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/mandala1.shtml
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....................... Crop Circles, a sort of Mandala
Very often seen in England
http://www.temporarytemples.co.uk/default.html
http://www.temporarytemples.co.uk/imagelib/A-2001.html
With bizarre references to UFOs, science fiction films and what not.
http://www.circlemakers.org/totc2004.html
http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/index2.html
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............................... autumn mandala -
............................... in my garden
............................... with pure joy
Read many more Nature Mandala Haiku here:
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2004/08/mandala.html
Gabi Greve
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an old mandala
dervish dancers
by night
Geert Verbeke
Look at the picture here
http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/ph_detail?photo_sn_in=1537
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floral mandala
has journeyed to her center
tranquil and serene
Look at a beautiful white Water Lily Mandala
http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/PH_detail?photo_sn_in=1489
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mandala -
my footsteps' path
fases away
© Gabriela Fleitas, 2005
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From http://www.wonderhaikuworlds.com/index.php
Narayanan Raghunathan
Click at the LINKs to see the mandala !
Sthaanu Datta Mandala
Agni Nyaasa Mandala
http://www.wonderhaikuworlds.com/haikufromphoto.php?image=28
Datta Guru Mandala
http://www.wonderhaikuworlds.com/haikufromphoto.php?image=71
Naaraayaneeyam~
http://www.wonderhaikuworlds.com/viewdetail-haiga.php?post=65
spanda-grham
aadi-madyaantha viheenam
shaashvatham sthiram
[Sanskrit]
the home of spandas
without beginnings middles ends
eternal indestructible
Haiku and Image by Narayanan Raghunathan
..... .....
maha-mantra-mandalam
saakshi-saakshaatkaaram
parabrahma tatvam
[Sanskrit]
the great mandala of mantras
the witness in true fullfillment
the knowledge of brahman
Haiku and Image by Narayanan Raghunathan
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Related words
***** Labyrinth .. -non-seasonal topic . Also called maze.
In Europe, many mazes are often made of maize. People walk them in summer and autumn.
Maize as a plant is a kigo for autumn in Japan, when it is ripe and ready to eat. So a Maize Maze could be considered a kigo for Autum, according to the plant.
office show --
wee jack in the labyrinth
become wallpaper
Isabelle Prondzynski
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busy bee -
in the pollen bed
a labyrinth
Carol Raisfeld
Look at the Photo here
http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/PH_detail?photo_sn_in=708
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corn maze
from a bird's eye view
no exit
nangini
Look at the Photo and more haiku here
http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/PH_detail?photo_sn_in=1517
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green labyrinths
cover the infinite sky ~
twittering birds ~
Narayanan Raghunathan, India Saijiki
Read the full sequence HERE !
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March (sangatsu 三月)
***** Location: Worldwide
***** Season: Mid-Spring
***** Category: Season
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Explanation
Haiku sangatsu in the Edo period relates to the climate of present-day April,
but some festivals are dated in our present-day March.
. . Names of Japanese months and their meanings . .
. . . . SPRING
the complete SAIJIKI
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March -Human beings as a part of nature
Sangatsu 三月
March is said to be middle spring according to the calendar. As soon as March comes, though being still cold, we feel relieved and relaxed. And also March is the month of the turning of the seasons from cold to warmth. It is traditionally said that the hot and cold weather last until the equinoctial week. The cold days and warm days come alternately. Accordingly the typical seasonal words which express atmosphere of the first half of March is perhaps harumeku (signs of spring) and the latter half, atataka (warmth).
March 3rd is momo-no-sekku (the Feast of Peach Blossoms, hina-matsuri, the Doll's Festival). This festival which we display dolls, wishing for the girls' happiness of future is a beautiful and graceful celebration, which features historical and regional customs. About March 6th is keichitsu. It is said that the insects such as grubs, snakes and frogs come out of hibernation. The trees come into buds, the grasses sprout up, hills and fields become lively or looks vivid. We have an impression that flowing water gets slight warmer from its color and movement. Yamawarau (mountains smiling) or mizu nurumu (water getting warm) which express these delicate changes.are appropriate seasonal words.
At this time of the year people have turned their eyes more closely on nature. We express the impression of this season by using such seasonal words as tanishi (mud snail), shijimi (shijimi clam), migusaou (grass coming out of water), moroko (minnow), yanagihae (daoe, fish like leaf of willow), haru shiitake (spring shiitake mushroom).
Omizutori is held on March 13th at Nigatsu-do Hall of Todaiji Temple. The day is the climax of Shuni-E. It is the fire festival of telling the arrival of real spring in Kansai.
Higan (equinoctial week) is believed to start on about March 18th and to last to about 24th. Spring Equinox Day is the middle day of this week. From this day real spring starts. Many kinds of leaf buds and grass buds can be seen in Saijiki (a glossary of seasonal terms for haiku composers) includes a variety of words to express these phenomenon of the buds of leaves and grasses. The life of people also becomes busy farming like tauchi (plowing the fields) or hatauchi (tilling the fields) naedoko (seed bed), tanemaki (seeding).
And also fishermen are busy catching fish that gather to the coast for spawning like sawara (Spanish mackerel), nishin (herring). On a warm and fine day, when heat is waving the air, people are tempted to go out to the field for pleasure. It is referred to as noasobi. When we find the many seasonal words such tsumikusa (gathering herbs) and the names of herbs or wild flowers in Saijiki, we appreciate how the Japanese love nature and live together with nature and find out pleasure in nature.
It can be said that our ancestors responded to and lived together with nature, though they did not realize that human beings were part of nature. We believe that it is very important for us to recognize and maintain their perception because we live in the time when the destruction of nature is underway.
Inahata Teiko
http://www.kyoshi.or.jp/12month/12month-3.htm
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Japan in March
March 1-14: Todai-ji Temple:Nara-shi , Nara
This is part of the monks training program known as shuni-e. On the night of the 12th the monks light large torches and wave them around from the temple's gallery. Following that a ceremony is performed in which water is drawn from a well.
March 3: Hina Matsuri
This is also referred to as the Doll Festival, Peach Festival or Girl's Festival. People pray for the happiness and healthy growth of girls and families with young daughters set up a display of dolls inside the house.The tradition goes back to the Edo Period (1603-1868).
The dolls wear costumes of the imperial court during the Heian period (794-1192) and are placed on a platform with various tiers of five to seven layers.
The top tier is for the Emperor and Empress. A miniature gilded folding screen is placed behind them as it was in the real court. The second tear has three ladies-in-waiting. The third has five male court musicians; the fourth has ministers sitting on either side of trays of food; the fifth has guards with an orange tree on the left and a cherry tree on the right.
The family celebrates with a special meal of diamond-shaped rick cakes and shirozake which is rice malt with sake.
The dolls are returned to their storage space after the festival is over since there is a superstition that families that are slow in putting the dolls away will have difficulty in marrying off their daughters.
March 6: Utsu-ue Matsuri
At Yatsufusa-jinja Shrine, Kushikino-shi, Kagoshima, a rice-planting festival with a dance performed by men wearing ox masks.
March 12: Water-Drawing Festival (O-Mizutori)
This is held at Todaiji, Nara and is one of the most famous fire festivals in Japan. At midnight priests carry large torches to mark the drawing of the sacred water from the Wakasa well below Nigatsudo.
May 13:Kasuga-taisha Shrine
The Kasuga-taisha Shrine: Nara-shi, Nara holds its spring festival on this date. There is a horse ceremony involving a sacred horse being led into the shrine precincts. There is also a special dance performed called the Yamato-mai.
The shrine itself dates back to the 8th century. Just as a matter of general interest this makes the shrine about seven centuries older than the "discovery" of the U.S.
March 14: White Day (see Valentine’s Day )
This is one of the holidays basically invented by business. A company that made marshmallows started a campaign in 1965 urging men to repay the woman they got valentine's chocolate from with their soft, fluffy marshmallows. The term White Day came from the color of the candy.
Gradually other candy makers got into the act, the marshmallows were dropped, and men were encouraged not to just give candy but also to give gifts like women's handkerchiefs.
March 17: Fujimori-no-Taasobi
This is a special rice-planting festival at Oi Hachimangu Shrine, Oigawa-cho, Shizuoka. It features 27 different dances and dates back to around a thousand years ago.
March 20 or 21: Shunbun no Hi: Vernal Equinox Day
This is the day that the sun crosses the equator and the length of night and day becomes equal. It is basically a day to show affection for all living things.
Higan refers to the period of time three days before the vernal equinox to three days after it. During this time respects are paid to ancestors and visits are made to family graves to clean them and offer flowers and incense to ancestral spirits.
Late March: Graduation Ceremonies
The Japanese school year ends in March so this is a time of graduation ceremonies. Generally the principal opens with an address after which there are speeches from guests. Certificates are given individually to the students. After they receive their certificates the students sing Hotaru no hikari (light of fireflies).
Japanese Festivals of all months
January .. .. February .. .. March .. .. April .. .. May .. .. June .. .. July .. .. August .. .. September .. .. October .. .. November .. .. December
http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/jfestival.html
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Worldwide use
long past midnight
prayer wheels creak
March wind
Sonam Chhoki
. BHUTAN
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Southern Hemisphere, Tropics ...
Adjustments for each region must be made.
Calendar reference kigo
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Quotes ... Links ... References ... Chores
Spring - Quotes for Gardeners
Compiled by Michael P. Garofalo
http://www.egreenway.com/months/monmar.htm
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Things found on the way
A short haibun by susan delphine delaney
the hawks circle, essentially floating, on the thermals (upward heat currents caused by the solar heating of dark, dense ground objects like rocks), watching for mice or other small mammals moving in the dead, winter-beaten fields.
at this time of year, mating pairs come together to hunt, as part of their yearly pairing ritual. later in the year, indeed, for most of the year, each hawk will hunt alone.
march thermals
red-tailed hawks
mousing in pairs
published in simply haiku in a renga called 'tailgate party".
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March Photo Collection
http://www.acclaimimages.com/search_terms/march.html
March Calendar & Holidays .. .. worldwide
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March 19 2004 in Baghdad
Photos of a demonstration against the ocupation and for Iraqi unity in Baghdad.
On the day before the anniversary of the US led invasion of Iraq, a demonstration took place in Baghdad in tandem with protests around the world against the violence of the occupation. The protest was also a powerful show of unity between Sunni and Shia muslims. The marches started with the Shia's in Khadamiya, and the Sunni's across the river in Adamiya. The two groups met just as the Shia's came over the bridge, and emotions were high as they merged into one. They then walked for together to a public square where speakers denounced the occupation and called for unity between all Iraqis.
Curtesy to Andrew Stern
http://indybay.org/news/2004/03/1674128.php
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HAIKU
First day of Spring,
clear sky to Mt. Shasta--
emptiness is form.
Michael P. Garofalo, 2000, Cuttings
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March Haiku
by Victor P. Gendrano
http://www.geocities.com/vgendrano/marhaiku.html
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Haiku from March 2003
by Gary Warner
http://www.haikuworld.org/gary/mar2003.gar.html
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Aozora haiku publication : March 2003
Editor : Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic, and submissions (s)
http://www.tempslibres.org/aozora/en/hpub/pub0303.html
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A Japanese Garden of Verse
in midst of odd new leap-year
finding two full moons of March
while February had none
Haikusmith 03/09/99
http://www.webcom.com/~erique/haiku/haiku399.html
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Related words
***** Calendar reference kigo
. . . . SPRING
the complete SAIJIKI
. WKD : March - KIGO CALENDAR .
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March (sangatsu 三月)
***** Location: Worldwide
***** Season: Mid-Spring
***** Category: Season
*****************************
Explanation
Haiku sangatsu in the Edo period relates to the climate of present-day April,
but some festivals are dated in our present-day March.
. . Names of Japanese months and their meanings . .
. . . . SPRING
the complete SAIJIKI
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March -Human beings as a part of nature
Sangatsu 三月
March is said to be middle spring according to the calendar. As soon as March comes, though being still cold, we feel relieved and relaxed. And also March is the month of the turning of the seasons from cold to warmth. It is traditionally said that the hot and cold weather last until the equinoctial week. The cold days and warm days come alternately. Accordingly the typical seasonal words which express atmosphere of the first half of March is perhaps harumeku (signs of spring) and the latter half, atataka (warmth).
March 3rd is momo-no-sekku (the Feast of Peach Blossoms, hina-matsuri, the Doll's Festival). This festival which we display dolls, wishing for the girls' happiness of future is a beautiful and graceful celebration, which features historical and regional customs. About March 6th is keichitsu. It is said that the insects such as grubs, snakes and frogs come out of hibernation. The trees come into buds, the grasses sprout up, hills and fields become lively or looks vivid. We have an impression that flowing water gets slight warmer from its color and movement. Yamawarau (mountains smiling) or mizu nurumu (water getting warm) which express these delicate changes.are appropriate seasonal words.
At this time of the year people have turned their eyes more closely on nature. We express the impression of this season by using such seasonal words as tanishi (mud snail), shijimi (shijimi clam), migusaou (grass coming out of water), moroko (minnow), yanagihae (daoe, fish like leaf of willow), haru shiitake (spring shiitake mushroom).
Omizutori is held on March 13th at Nigatsu-do Hall of Todaiji Temple. The day is the climax of Shuni-E. It is the fire festival of telling the arrival of real spring in Kansai.
Higan (equinoctial week) is believed to start on about March 18th and to last to about 24th. Spring Equinox Day is the middle day of this week. From this day real spring starts. Many kinds of leaf buds and grass buds can be seen in Saijiki (a glossary of seasonal terms for haiku composers) includes a variety of words to express these phenomenon of the buds of leaves and grasses. The life of people also becomes busy farming like tauchi (plowing the fields) or hatauchi (tilling the fields) naedoko (seed bed), tanemaki (seeding).
And also fishermen are busy catching fish that gather to the coast for spawning like sawara (Spanish mackerel), nishin (herring). On a warm and fine day, when heat is waving the air, people are tempted to go out to the field for pleasure. It is referred to as noasobi. When we find the many seasonal words such tsumikusa (gathering herbs) and the names of herbs or wild flowers in Saijiki, we appreciate how the Japanese love nature and live together with nature and find out pleasure in nature.
It can be said that our ancestors responded to and lived together with nature, though they did not realize that human beings were part of nature. We believe that it is very important for us to recognize and maintain their perception because we live in the time when the destruction of nature is underway.
Inahata Teiko
http://www.kyoshi.or.jp/12month/12month-3.htm
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Japan in March
March 1-14: Todai-ji Temple:Nara-shi , Nara
This is part of the monks training program known as shuni-e. On the night of the 12th the monks light large torches and wave them around from the temple's gallery. Following that a ceremony is performed in which water is drawn from a well.
March 3: Hina Matsuri
This is also referred to as the Doll Festival, Peach Festival or Girl's Festival. People pray for the happiness and healthy growth of girls and families with young daughters set up a display of dolls inside the house.The tradition goes back to the Edo Period (1603-1868).
The dolls wear costumes of the imperial court during the Heian period (794-1192) and are placed on a platform with various tiers of five to seven layers.
The top tier is for the Emperor and Empress. A miniature gilded folding screen is placed behind them as it was in the real court. The second tear has three ladies-in-waiting. The third has five male court musicians; the fourth has ministers sitting on either side of trays of food; the fifth has guards with an orange tree on the left and a cherry tree on the right.
The family celebrates with a special meal of diamond-shaped rick cakes and shirozake which is rice malt with sake.
The dolls are returned to their storage space after the festival is over since there is a superstition that families that are slow in putting the dolls away will have difficulty in marrying off their daughters.
March 6: Utsu-ue Matsuri
At Yatsufusa-jinja Shrine, Kushikino-shi, Kagoshima, a rice-planting festival with a dance performed by men wearing ox masks.
March 12: Water-Drawing Festival (O-Mizutori)
This is held at Todaiji, Nara and is one of the most famous fire festivals in Japan. At midnight priests carry large torches to mark the drawing of the sacred water from the Wakasa well below Nigatsudo.
May 13:Kasuga-taisha Shrine
The Kasuga-taisha Shrine: Nara-shi, Nara holds its spring festival on this date. There is a horse ceremony involving a sacred horse being led into the shrine precincts. There is also a special dance performed called the Yamato-mai.
The shrine itself dates back to the 8th century. Just as a matter of general interest this makes the shrine about seven centuries older than the "discovery" of the U.S.
March 14: White Day (see Valentine’s Day )
This is one of the holidays basically invented by business. A company that made marshmallows started a campaign in 1965 urging men to repay the woman they got valentine's chocolate from with their soft, fluffy marshmallows. The term White Day came from the color of the candy.
Gradually other candy makers got into the act, the marshmallows were dropped, and men were encouraged not to just give candy but also to give gifts like women's handkerchiefs.
March 17: Fujimori-no-Taasobi
This is a special rice-planting festival at Oi Hachimangu Shrine, Oigawa-cho, Shizuoka. It features 27 different dances and dates back to around a thousand years ago.
March 20 or 21: Shunbun no Hi: Vernal Equinox Day
This is the day that the sun crosses the equator and the length of night and day becomes equal. It is basically a day to show affection for all living things.
Higan refers to the period of time three days before the vernal equinox to three days after it. During this time respects are paid to ancestors and visits are made to family graves to clean them and offer flowers and incense to ancestral spirits.
Late March: Graduation Ceremonies
The Japanese school year ends in March so this is a time of graduation ceremonies. Generally the principal opens with an address after which there are speeches from guests. Certificates are given individually to the students. After they receive their certificates the students sing Hotaru no hikari (light of fireflies).
Japanese Festivals of all months
January .. .. February .. .. March .. .. April .. .. May .. .. June .. .. July .. .. August .. .. September .. .. October .. .. November .. .. December
http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/jfestival.html
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Worldwide use
long past midnight
prayer wheels creak
March wind
Sonam Chhoki
. BHUTAN
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Southern Hemisphere, Tropics ...
Adjustments for each region must be made.
Calendar reference kigo
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Quotes ... Links ... References ... Chores
Spring - Quotes for Gardeners
Compiled by Michael P. Garofalo
http://www.egreenway.com/months/monmar.htm
*****************************
Things found on the way
A short haibun by susan delphine delaney
the hawks circle, essentially floating, on the thermals (upward heat currents caused by the solar heating of dark, dense ground objects like rocks), watching for mice or other small mammals moving in the dead, winter-beaten fields.
at this time of year, mating pairs come together to hunt, as part of their yearly pairing ritual. later in the year, indeed, for most of the year, each hawk will hunt alone.
march thermals
red-tailed hawks
mousing in pairs
published in simply haiku in a renga called 'tailgate party".
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
March Photo Collection
http://www.acclaimimages.com/search_terms/march.html
March Calendar & Holidays .. .. worldwide
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
March 19 2004 in Baghdad
Photos of a demonstration against the ocupation and for Iraqi unity in Baghdad.
On the day before the anniversary of the US led invasion of Iraq, a demonstration took place in Baghdad in tandem with protests around the world against the violence of the occupation. The protest was also a powerful show of unity between Sunni and Shia muslims. The marches started with the Shia's in Khadamiya, and the Sunni's across the river in Adamiya. The two groups met just as the Shia's came over the bridge, and emotions were high as they merged into one. They then walked for together to a public square where speakers denounced the occupation and called for unity between all Iraqis.
Curtesy to Andrew Stern
http://indybay.org/news/2004/03/1674128.php
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HAIKU
First day of Spring,
clear sky to Mt. Shasta--
emptiness is form.
Michael P. Garofalo, 2000, Cuttings
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March Haiku
by Victor P. Gendrano
http://www.geocities.com/vgendrano/marhaiku.html
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Haiku from March 2003
by Gary Warner
http://www.haikuworld.org/gary/mar2003.gar.html
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Aozora haiku publication : March 2003
Editor : Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic, and submissions (s)
http://www.tempslibres.org/aozora/en/hpub/pub0303.html
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
A Japanese Garden of Verse
in midst of odd new leap-year
finding two full moons of March
while February had none
Haikusmith 03/09/99
http://www.webcom.com/~erique/haiku/haiku399.html
*****************************
Related words
***** Calendar reference kigo
. . . . SPRING
the complete SAIJIKI
. WKD : March - KIGO CALENDAR .
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