China

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Chen-ou Liu 劉鎮歐

translates haiku and tanka into Chinese!

NeverEnding Story, the first English-Chinese bilingual haiku and tanka blog,
is established to fulfill my butterfly dream portrayed in the haibun, entitled “To Liv(e),” which was published in Frogpond, 34:3, Fall 2011.

I hope it can bring the beauty of English language Japanese short form poetry to Chinese readers around the world.


黃磚路
嘶嘶
馬蹄聲

yellow brick road
a faint echo
of horses' hooves




朦朧曉月 . . .
一覺醒來背負
沈重的記憶

hazy day moon . . .
waking with the weight
of memory


. 劉鎮歐 - Never Ending Story .


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yang guang you duo liang
zai tian shan xiang yi da deng
bie ba ta fang zou

the sun shines so bright
in the sky like a huge lamp
don't let it go out

source : asterisk


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Hinoki Cypress

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Cypress, Japanese cypress (hinoki)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: See below
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Chamaecyparis obtusa
(Japanese cypress, hinoki cypress or hinoki; Japanese: 檜 or 桧, hinoki) is a species of cypress native to central Japan.

It is a slow-growing tree which grows to 35 m tall with a trunk up to 1 m in diameter. The bark is dark red-brown. The leaves are scale-like, 2-4 mm long, blunt tipped (obtuse), green above, and green below with a white stomatal band at the base of each scale-leaf. The cones are globose, 8-12 mm diameter, with 8-12 scales arranged in opposite pairs. The related Chamaecyparis pisifera (Sawara Cypress) can be readily distinguished in its having pointed tips to the leaves and smaller cones.



It is grown for its very high quality timber in Japan, where it is used as a material for building palaces, temples, shrines, traditional noh theatres, baths, table tennis blades and masu. The wood is lemon-scented, light pinkish-brown, with a rich, straight grain, and is highly rot-resistant.

For example, Horyuji Temple and Osaka Castle are built from Hinoki wood. The hinoki grown in Kiso, used for building Ise Shrine, are called 御神木 Go-Shin-boku "Tree where god stayed".
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. shinboku 神木, shinju　神樹　sacred tree .
go shinboku, goshinboku, go-shinboku 御神木　"honorable sacred tree"

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hinoki ochiba 檜落葉（ひのきおちば）
hinoki cyrpess needles falling

kigo for early summer

The leaves are scale-like, 2-4 mm long, blunt tipped (obtuse), green above, and green below with a white stomatal band at the base of each scale-leaf.
. WKD : falling leaves (ochiba) .

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asunaro hinoki アスナロ / 翌檜 Asunaro Hinoki ,
hinoki asunaro ヒノキアスナロ
rakanbaku 羅漢柏（らかんはく）
asuhi アスヒ
Thujopsis dolabrata, false cypress

Hiba, False arborvitae, Hiba arborvitae
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"Tomorrow I will become" ... the false cypress prays every night to become a real cypress.
(asu wa hinoki ni naro)
Some people spend the whole day drinking sake and enjoying life, while wondering if tomorrow they will become "better".


asunaro already mentioned in the pillow book by Sei Shonagon 清少納言.

「何の心ありてあすはひのき（ 明日は桧）とつけけむ.



日は花に暮れてさびしやあすならう
hi wa hana ni kurete sabishi ya asunarō

with the sun darkening
on the blossoms, it is lonely -
a false cypress
Tr. Barnhill


The day is over with blossoms
And sad now, to see
The dark silouhette of asunaro-trees!
Tr. Oseko


After sunset with cherries in bloom -
In solitude
A hiba arborvitae.
Tr. Saito, Nelson


As the sun goes down
flowers go over - sadness
of the false cypress

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sabishisa ya hana no atari no asunaro

Loneliness -
amidst blossoms
a false cypress

In a haibun from the spring of 1688 Basho writes,
“ ‘Tomorrow I’ll become a cypress’. That’s what the old tree once said in the valley. Yesterday has gone by and tomorrow hasn’t arrived. So, whilst alive, I enjoy my wine and keep repeating to myself “tomorrow, tomorrow”, until I’m rebuked by the sages”.
Basho had in mind a poem of Po Chu I‘s entitled ‘Recommending Wine’.

A pile of gold after death
is not worth a cask at wine
while alive

Tr. and comment : Bill Wyatt


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Loneliness—.
Standing amid the blossoms,
A cypress tree.
(Ueda, Literary and Art Theories in Japan, 149)

This is a spring poem with a scene when cherry blossoms are in full bloom. But it is the green cypress tree in the middle of them that does not harmonize with the loveliness and gaiety of the scene. This cypress situated among the scene of blossoms is what brings about the atmosphere of loneliness. With this poem loneliness is not referring to a man's personal emotion anymore; it is instead describing an impersonal aura.

This ambience, this atmosphere of sabi, consists of a feeling of loneliness. This is not the sense of loneliness that Americans and other Westerners feel. This type of loneliness is something enjoyable to have sensed; it gives solace to the more sorrowful life.
source : Riley B. Irwin, 2007



Written in 1688, 元禄元年 Basho age 45.
Basho in Yoshino, the Cherry Blossom Mountain.
Basho spent the whole day looking at the blossoms and enjoying a drink, getting one day older . . .

This hokku has the cut marker YA at the end of line 2.

. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


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. Himonochoo　檜物町 HimonoCho District in Edo .
himonoshi 檜物師 "artisan making things from Hinoki cypress wood"
also called magemonoshi 曲物師 craftsmen of bentwood products
kurimono 刳物 "bent things"


. hinokigasa ひのき笠 hat made from hinoki bark .

This hat is rather large and protects the walking pilgrim from rain. In our modern times it comes with a plastic cover to protect the hat from the rain !


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いかめしき音や霰の檜木笠
ikameshiki oto ya arare no hinoki-gasa

so harsh
the sound - hail
on my traveler's hat
Tr. Gabi Greve

木の葉散る桜は軽し檜木笠
konoha chiru sakura wa karushi hinokigasa


吉野にて桜見せうぞ檜木笠
Yoshino nite sakura mishoo zo hinoki-gasa

MORE hokku about the traveler's hat of
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


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***** . Tree (ki, jumoku) and Forest .

***** . - kasa 笠　hat - .
hinokigasa ひのき笠 "cypress hat" cypress-bark hat
pilgrim's hat, traveler's hat, made from pine bark


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Luggage

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Luggage (nimotsu　荷物)

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

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Luggage needs to be carried by travellers and on many other occasions.
During the Edo period, most travellers carried their own luggage in two light wicker boxes.

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Humanity kigo for the New Year


hatsuni 初荷 (はつに) first luggage, load, freight
hatsuni uma 初荷馬（はつにうま）first horse with luggage
hatsuniguruma 初荷車（はつにぐるま）first car with luggage

hatsunibune 初荷船（はつにぶね）first ship with luggage
hatsuni eki 初荷駅（はつにえき）station handling first luggage

. New Year begins (nenshi) .

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koori 　行李 box to carry luggage　
a wicker trunk
It is also used to store things in the home.
During the Edo period, these boxes could easily be carried away if a fire was nearby.

fuji goori 籐行李 from wisteria vines
take goori 竹行李 from bamboo




yanagi goori 柳行李 from willow tree





furiwake katani ふりわけ片荷
two luggage boxes carried over the shoulder

Luggage of a traveller during the Edo period was carried in two wicker boxes, bound together with a long rope to be carried over the shoulder.

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. Yakko 奴 carrying luggage for the Daimyo lord .


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柳行李片荷は涼し初真桑
yanagigoori katani wa suzushi hatsu makuwa

his one wicker box
carries the coolness
of the first Makuwa melon

Written in Genroku 5, 22 of the fifth lunar month
元禄7年閏5月22日. At Rakushisha 落柿舎 in Kyoto.
His disciple 洒堂 Shado had come to visit and brought Makuwa melons from Osaka in one box.
The other side of his luggage was probably a melon from Kyoto.
Maybe the men just started a haikai session right away with this hokku.

. Shadoo, Shadō 洒堂 Shado - - Hamada Chinseki 浜田珍夕/珍碩 .
(? - 1737, 9月13日）
Makuwa melons were a favorite of Matsuo Basho.


wicker trunk
the coolness on one side
the first melon
Tr. Reichhold


Travelling with
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


. makuwa uri 真桑瓜 makuwa melon .


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Carrying luggage on a tenbin pole　天秤.


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. tsuzura 葛籠 / つづら　wicker box, wicker clothes hamper .

. kago 籠 / 篭 / かご　basket, baskets of all kinds .


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Magpie kasasagi

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Magpie (kasasagi)

***** Location: Japan
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Magpies (Pica Pica) are passerine birds of the crow family, Corvidae.

In Europe, "magpie" is often used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie, as there are no other magpies in Europe outside Iberia. That bird was referred to as a "pie" until the late 16th century when the feminine name "mag" was added to the beginning.



Magpies are believed to be among the most intelligent of animals: the European Magpie is one of the few animal species known to be able to recognize itself in a mirror test. In the UK, the Magpie has long been associated with a habit of stealing or otherwise collecting shiny objects, however this belief has no evidence in wildlife studies.
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animal kigo for all autumn

Magpie, kasasagi 鵲 (かささぎ)
"Korean crow", koorai garasu 高麗鴉（こうらいがらす）
..... choosen garasu 朝鮮鴉（ちょうせんがらす）

Chinese crow, too garasu 唐鴉（とうがらす）
Chikugo crow, Chikugo garasu 筑後鴉（ちくごがらす）
Hizen crow, Hizen garasu 肥前鴉（ひぜんがらす）
Chikugo and Hizen are provinces of Kyushu, Japan.

"winning crow", kachi garasu 勝烏（かちがらす）


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animal kigo for late winter

kasasagi hajimete su kuu
鵲初めて巣くう (かささぎはじめてすくう)
magpie making a nest for the first time

..... kasasagi su o kuu 鵲巣をくう（かささぎすをくう）
..... kasasaki su o kuisomuru 鵲巣をくいそむる（かささぎすをくいそむる）



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observance kigo for early Autumn

. kasasagi no hashi 鵲の橋（かささぎのはし）
"magpie bridge" .

On the Tanabata star festival night, magpies come togther to build a bridge with their wings to make the stars reach each other.


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Australia

The Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. A member of the Cracticidae, it is closely related to the butcherbirds.



The Australian Magpie was first described by English ornithologist John Latham in 1802 as Coracias tibicen, the type collected in the Port Jackson region. Its specific epithet derived from the Latin tibicen "flute-player" or "piper" in reference to the bird's melodious call.
An early recorded vernacular name is Piping Roller, written on a painting by Thomas Watling, one of a group known collectively as the Port Jackson Painter,sometime between 1788 and 1792.Tarra-won-nang, or djarrawunang, wibung, and marriyang were names used by the local Eora and Darug inhabitants of the Sydney Basin.
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Here in South Australia our national emblem is the Piping Shrike or Magpie.

time ceases motion
magpies laze in tall gum trees
the wind blows backwards

- Shared by Chris Loft -
Joys of Japan, 2012



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Germany

Elster, Pica pica


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Mongolia

Magpie is a bird that is the symbol of good news. If magpie calls in the morning, it's a signal that guest is coming.
Also magpie is a messenger of the eternal blue sky.

magpie calls...
blues in my heart rumbles
with new harmonies

- Shared by Zaya Nergui -
Haiku Culture Magazine, 2013


. WKD : MONGOLIA SAIJIKI .




In Mongolia, the Magpie is considered a clever bird with control over the weather.
BTW
In China, the Magpie is a symbol of good fortune and a singing Magpie foretells happiness and good luck.
In Korea, the Magpie delivers good news and invites good people into your life. He is also seen as the village spirit. Therefore in Korea, the Magpie is seen as the symbol of good luck and happiness.
source : www.tmfairy.co.uk


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morning concert
the magpie robin flies off
when I step outside


magpie robin –
five minutes of song
fill the whole day


raindrops on the fence
a young magpie robin
practises its song

- Shared by Johannes Manjrekar -
Joys of Japan, 2012

मैगपाई रोबिन-
गीत के पाँच मिनट
भरा भरा पूरा दिन
Hinid Tr. Charan Gill




The Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)
is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but now considered an Old World flycatcher. They are distinctive black and white birds with a long tail that is held upright as they forage on the ground or perch conspicuously.



Distributed in most of the Indian Subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia, they are common birds in urban gardens as well as forests.
They are particularly well known for their songs and were once popular as cagebirds.
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Japanese tit yamagara

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Japanese tit (yamagara)

***** Location: Japan, North America
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shijuukara 四十雀 (しじゅうから) Japanese great tit
Parus major

yamagara 山雀 (やまがら) Japanese tit
yamagarame やまがらめ
Parus varius
lit. "mountain sparrow"

higara 日雀 (ひがら) coal tit
Parus ater

kogara 小雀 (こがら) willow tit
kogarame こがらめ
Poecile montanus

enaga 柄長 (えなが) long-tailed tit
Long-tailed Bushtit
Aegithalos caudatus


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The tits, chickadees, and titmice constitute Paridae, a large family of small passerine birds which occur in the northern hemisphere and Africa. Most were formerly classified in the genus Parus.

Japanese Tit
Parus minor (often included in P. major)



also known as Oriental Tit,
is a passerine bird which replaces the similar Great Tit in Japan and the Russian Far East beyond the Amur River, including the Kuril Islands. Until recently, this species was classified as a subspecies of Great Tit, but Russian studies have indicated that the two species coexist in the Russian Far East without intermingling or frequent hybridization.
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Canada

kigo for all winter

Chickadees (genus, Poecile)
are small birds, which live in woodlands throughout Canada, often visiting backyard birdfeeders. Both sexes have a dark cap and bib, which contrast against bright white cheeks. Chickadees do not migrate but spend the winter in small flocks foraging for insects and seeds. Social relationships in winter flocks follow a dominance hierarchy where high-ranking birds having preferential access to food.
Other species of birds often join chickadee flocks
source :　www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com


the snow storm
history, the chickadees
chicka dee dee *

* the lilting chirping sound of the chickadee, the aboriginal name for this tiny bird


mésange

tempête de neige
chassée, la mésange pépie
- chicka dee dee *

* le pépiement mélodique de la mésange, un oiseau minuscule.

Richard Vallance 2009

. WKD : Canadian SAIJIKI canadiens .


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Meise
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North America

titmouse, titmice
family Paridae
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Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus

a small, North American songbird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae.
It is the state bird of both Maine and Massachusetts in the United States, and the provincial bird of New Brunswick in Canada.
It is notable for its capacity to lower its body temperature during cold winter nights, its good spatial memory to relocate the caches where it stores food, and its boldness near humans (they can feed from the hand).
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after the chickadee
what can I do
but smile

- Shared by Sandi Pray -
Joys of Japan, 2012



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山雀は芸をしながらわたりけり
yamagara wa gei o shinagara watari keri

Japanese tits
performs their fine art
through the trees

Kobayashi Issa

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山雀や榧の老木に寝にもどる
yamagara ya kaya no oi ki ni ne ni modoru

Japanese tits -
they come back to sleep
in the old torreya tree

Yosa Buson


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Kingfisher (kawasemi)

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Kingfisher (kawasemi)

***** Location: Japan
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kingfisher, river kingfisher, kawasemi 翡翠 (かわせみ)
common Indian kingfisher
..... kawasebi かわせび, shoobin しょうびん
"jade bird", hisui ひすい

. . . mountain kingfisher, yamasemi 山翡翠 (やませみ)
greater pied kingfisher
..... ka no ko shoobin 鹿の子翡翠（かのこしょうびん）
"mountain deity", yama kannushi 山神主（やまかんぬし）
kawanegi 川禰宜（かわねぎ）
Ceryle lugubris


. . . red kingfisher, aka shoobin 赤翡翠 (あかしょうびん)
ruddy kingfisher. Halcyon coromanda
miyama shoobin 深山翡翠（みやましょうびん）
"bird which loves water" mizukoidori 水恋鳥（みずこいどり）
"rain ritual bird", amagoi dori 雨乞鳥（あまごいどり）
"southern barbarian's bird, nanban dori 南蛮鳥（なんばんどり）
kyoororo きょうろろ


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Kingfishers
are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species being found in the Old World and Australia. The group is treated either as a single family, Alcedinidae, or as a suborder Alcedines containing three families, Alcedinidae (river kingfishers), Halcyonidae (tree kingfishers), and Cerylidae (water kingfishers).


Common Kingfishers during copulation

There are roughly 90 species of kingfisher. All have large heads, long, sharp, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. Most species have bright plumage with little differences between the sexes. Most species are tropical in distribution, and a slight majority are found only in forests. They consume a wide range of prey as well as fish, usually caught by swooping down from a perch.

Like other members of their order they nest in cavities, usually tunnels dug into the natural or artificial banks in the ground. A few species, principally insular forms, are threatened with extinction.
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Australia

. Kookaburra (genus Dacelo) .

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Germany

Eisvogel

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広重 Hiroshige 紫陽花に翡翠


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kawasemi Daruma　カワセミだるま






They are made near the Daruma tempel
Jindai-Ji 深大寺.

This is a new Daruma doll since 2012.



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翡翠の影こんこんと溯り
kawasemi no kage konkon to sakanobori

the shadow of a kingfisher
moves up and up
and up the river

. Kawabata Bosha .


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Blue air, green water,
Red fired earth – life flashes in
A kingfisher flight

Helen McCarthy
source : akita haiku network, 2010


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Trees blossoming in summer

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Trees blossoming in Summer - LIST

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Summer
***** Category: Plant

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Most trees have their own entry, check the ABC index

and look here for more SUMMER kigo of trees

. Tree (ki, jumoku) and Forest .


xyz no hana 　の花 ... blossom of xyz tree


For late blossoms of trees usually out in spring, check the list here.
For example late cherry blossoms etc.

. PLANTS IN SUMMER - SAIJIKI



Sometimes it is difficult to decide if it is a large bush, shrub or a tree.
Check the ABC index for the name you are looking for.


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. kankitsurui かんきつるい (柑橘類) citrus fruit trees .

bushukan no hana 仏手柑の花 (ぶしゅかんのはな) flowers of Bushukan
daidai no hana 橙の花 (だいだいのはな) blossoms of the Daidai
kinkan no hana 金柑の花 (きんかんのはな) Kinkan blossoms
kooji no hana 柑子の花 (こうじのはな) blossom ofCitrus leiocarpa
mikan no hana 蜜柑の花 (みかんのはな) blossoms of the mikan
Naruto mikan 鳴門蜜柑（なるとみかん)
natsu mikan, natsumikan 夏蜜柑 (なつみかん) summer mikan
hana tachibana 花橘 (はなたちばな) tachibana blossoms
zabon no hana 朱欒の花 (ざぼんのはな) Zabon blossoms


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kigo for early summer

aburagiri no hana 油桐の花 (あぶらぎりのはな)
..... 山桐（やまぎり）、どくえ、いぬぎり
Aleurites cordata


akashia no hana 107 アカシアの花 (あかしあのはな) acacia blossoms
..... hari enju 針槐（はりえんじゅ）、ニセアカシア
Acacia


buna no hana 山毛欅の花 (ぶなのはな) beech blossoms
Fagus crenata


enju no hana 槐の花 (えんじゅのはな) apanese pagoda tree, Chinese scholar tree
..... enisu えにす
Sophora japonica

enoki no hana 117 榎の花 (えのきのはな) Chinese hackberry blossoms
Celtis sinensis


haze no hana 123 櫨の花 (はぜのはな) wax tree blossoms
..... roo no ki 蝋の木（ろうのき）、山櫨（やまはぜ）、はじの木（はじのき）、はにし
Rhus succedanea


hoo no hana 朴の花 (ほおのはな)
厚朴の花（ほおのはな）、hoosange 朴散華（ほおさんげ）
magnolia hypoleuca


kiri no hana 桐の花 (きりのはな) paulownia blossoms
..... hanakiri 花桐（はなきり）

kunugi no hana 櫟の花 (くぬぎのはな)
..... tsurubami 橡（つるばみ）、いちい、団栗の木（どんぐりのき）
Quercus acutissima


kurumi no hana 胡桃の花 (くるみのはな) walnut tree blossoms


maronie no hana マロニエの花 (まろにえのはな)
Conker tree blossoms
Aesculus hippocastanum


mizuki no hana 水木の花 (みずきのはな) dogwood blossoms
Cornus controversa


. mukuge 木槿 Rose of Sharon.


. ooyama renge 大山蓮花 (おおやまれんげ)
..... 天女花（おおやまれんげ）、深山蓮花（みやまれんげ） .
Magnolia sieboldii



shuro no hana 棕櫚の花 (しゅろのはな) hemp palm blossoms
hana shuro 花棕櫚（はなしゅろ）、椶櫚の花（しゅろのはな）
Trachycarpus


. taisanboku no hana 泰山木の花 (たいさんぼくのはな)
evergreen magnolia blossoms .
..... 大山木の花（たいざんぼくのはな）、
大盞木の花（たいさんぼくのはな）
Magnolia grandiflora


tochi no hana 栃の花 (とちのはな) horse chestnut blossom
..... 橡の花（とちのはな）
Aesculus hippocastanum


tsuruumemodoki no hana 蔓梅擬の花 (つるうめもどきのはな)
Celastrus orbiculatus


zumi no hana 桷の花 (ずみのはな) crabapple blossoms
..... konashi no hana 小梨の花（こなしのはな）
Malus sieboldii


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kigo for mid-summer

ego no hana えごの花 (えごのはな) Ego blossoms
..... yamajisa no hana 山苣の花（やまぢさのはな）
Styrax japonica


ganbi no hana 雁皮の花 (がんぴのはな)
Diplomorpha sikokiana


gojuu no hana 呉茱萸の花 (ごしゅゆのはな)
Evodia rutaecarpa


kaname no hana 要の花 (かなめのはな)
..... kaname no ki 扇骨木（かなめのき）
..... kanamemochi 金目黐（かなめもち）
Choerospondias axillaris - チャンチンモドキ


matatabi no hana 木天蓼の花 (またたびのはな) silverwine blossoms
..... natsu ume 夏梅（なつうめ）"summer plum"
Fam. Actinidiaceae


mayumi no hana 檀の花 (まゆみのはな)
Euonymus sieboldianus


mochi no hana 黐の花 (もちのはな) ilex tree blossoms
mochi no hana 冬青の花（もちのはな）
bird-lime holly, Ilex integra


mokkoku no hana 木斛の花 (もっこくのはな)
Ternstroemia gymnanthera


nanten no hana 南天の花 (なんてんのはな)
..... 花南天（はななんてん）
Nandina domestica

nishikigi no hana 錦木の花 (にしきぎのはな)
Euonymus alatus


ouchi no hana 楝の花 (おうちのはな)
..... 樗の花（おうちのはな）、花樗（はなおうち）
..... sendan no hana 栴檀の花（せんだんのはな）
Melia azedarach.センダン


saikachi no hana 皂莢の花 (さいかちのはな)
Gleditsia japonica


sakaki no hana 榊の花 (さかきのはな) Sakaki blossoms
..... hana sakaki 花榊（はなさかき）
Cleyera ochnacea


shii no hana 椎の花 (しいのはな)
hana shii 花椎（はなしい）
Castanopsis cuspidata


teikakazura no hana 定家葛の花 (ていかかずらのはな)
Trachelospermum asiaticum (


urushi no hana 漆の花 (うるしのはな) laquer tree blossoms
..... hana urushi 花漆（はなうるし）
Rhus verniciflua Stokes


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kigo for late summer

bodaiju no hana 31 菩提樹の花 (ぼだいじゅのはな) linden blossoms
..... bodai no hana 菩提の花（ぼだいのはな）
Tilia miqueliana


. bussooge 仏桑花 (ぶっそうげ) hibiscus, Rose of China .


nemu no hana 合歓の花 ( ねむのはな) silk tree blossoms
ねぶの花（ねぶのはな）、ねむり木（ねむりぎ）、 合昏（ごうこん）、絨花樹（じゅうかじゅ）、 花合歓（はなねむ）
Albizia julibrissin


shara no hana 沙羅の花 (しゃらのはな)
..... natsu tubaki no hana 夏椿の花（なつつばきのはな）summer camellia
himeshara ひめしゃら, sara no hana さらの花（さらのはな）
Shorea robusta サラソウジュ


sotetsu no hana 蘇鉄の花 (そてつのはな) cycad blossoms
..... goshamenbana ご赦免花（ごしゃめんばな）
Cycas revoluta


sabita no hana さびたの花 (さびたのはな)
?Deutzia crenata
..... nori utsugi no hana 糊うつぎの花（のりうつぎのはな）
Hydrangea paniculata





. yamabooshi no hana 山法師の花 (やまぼうしのはな) .
..... 山帽子（やまぼうし）、山桑（やまぐわ）
Cornus kousa Buerger. Tree of the Dogwood family.



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North America - Georgia

... most of them bloom in the spring here (Georgia, USA). Right now the magnolias are beautiful and some Roses of Sharon are starting to bloom.



all shades of green...
finding my direction
by the white blooms

- Shared by Tzetzka Ilieva -
- WKD facebook 2012 -



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***** . Trees in all seasons .


. PLANTS IN SUMMER - SAIJIKI


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Honeysuckle nindoo

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Honeysuckle (nindoo, suikazura)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Various, see below
***** Category: Plant

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Explanation

kigo for early summer

suikazura no hana 忍冬の花 (すいかずらのはな)
honeysuckle flowers
..... nindoo no hana 忍冬の花（にんどうのはな）
suikazura 吸葛（すいかずら）
kinginka 金銀花（きんぎんか）"gold silver flower"

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quote
Nindo or suikazura (honeysuckle)

The honeysuckle;
With every petal that falls,
The voice of the gnats.

Yosa Buson (1716-83)
translated by R.H. Blyth

The Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
blooms from early summer to autumn and, like honeysuckles around the world, can be found twining through light woodlands and hedgerows or perfuming a trellis in the garden. Although its blooms are simple and short-lived, honeysuckle is a magical flower of the night, opening its pale silvery buds at dusk.

The silvery color and delicious perfume are designed to attract moths, which pollinate the flowers as they sip nectar from the base of the blooms. However, daytime bees will occasionally nip a small hole in the tube and "steal" the nectar without brushing past the pollen!



Another Japanese name for honeysuckle is kinginbana, meaning "gold-and-silver flower," as the blooms turn from silvery white to pale gold.

Gardeners also like the western honeysuckle (L. sempervirens), which has clusters of colorful pink buds that open to pale yellow. In Japanese this species is called tsukinukinindo, meaning "pierced honeysuckle," because the stem appears to pierce through its clasping leaves.

I found the honeysuckle above growing in a cascade of flowers in an English hedgerow, and even after keeping the sprigs in a vase for a week, new buds were still opening and sending out an exquisite perfume, especially at night.
source : Japan Times, Aug. 7, 2003

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kigo for early summer

doku utsugi no hana 毒空木の花 (どくうつぎのはな)
flower of Coriaria japonica


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kigo for mid-summer

Hakone utsugi no hana 箱根空木の花 (はこねうつぎのはな)
flower of Weigela coraeensis




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Nindoo - japanisches Geißblatt
japanische Heckenkirsche

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India



Quisqualis indica also known as the
Chinese honeysuckle, Rangoon Creeper, and Combretum indicum is a vine with red flower clusters and is found in Asia. It is found in many other parts of the world either as a cultivated ornamental or run wild.
Other names for the plant include Quiscual (in Spanish), Niyog-niyogan (in Filipino), Madhu Malti or Madhumalti (in Hindi), Akar Dani (in Malay) and Radha Manoharam (in Telugu).
The genus translates into Latin for What is that?.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !



scent of quisqualis -
humming while waiting
for the sunrise

- Shared by Rosie Mann -
Joys of Japan, 2012



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Ireland

Honeysuckle - Irish Name: Féithleann
is pollinated by bees by day and at night the moths are attracted by the wonderful scent, the Elephant Hawkmoth regularly visiting in search of nectar. This is a native plant belonging to the family Caprifoliaceae.
source : wildflowersofireland.net


Spring ramble...
down this lane
the scent of Féitleann

- Shared by John Byrne -
Haiku Culture Magazine, 2013


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Lonicera fragrantissima
is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common names
winter honeysuckle, fragrant honeysuckle, January jasmine, and sweet breath of spring.


It is native to China and has been an introduced species to other parts of the world.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !


winter honeysuckle ~
my february bloomer
buds early this year

- Shared by Pat Geyer -
Haiku Culture Magazine, 2013


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Plants named UTSUGI (utsuki) ウツギ "blossoms in the sky"

fuji nishiki フジウツギ Buddleja japonica

kibana utsugi キバナウツギ Ukon-type

kogome utsugi コゴメウツギ

mitsuba utsugi ミツバウツギ Staphylea bumalda

nishiki utsugi ニシキウツギ

tani utsugi タニウツギ

toofuji utsugi トウフジウツギ Buddleja lindleyana

tsukubane utsugi ツクバネウツギ

urajiro utsugi ウラジロフジウツギ Buddleja curviflora



flowers during the planting season in mid-summer

tauebana 田植花 (たうえばな) flowers during the rice field planting season
..... tauegusa 田植草（たうえぐさ）
otomebana 早乙女花（さおとめばな）


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source :　niccomagazine.hamazo.tv

honeysuckle wine 忍冬酒

A drink beloved by Tokugawa Ieyasu ...
to relax in the evening and sleep well.
徳川家康も愛した幻のお酒忍冬酒（にんどうしゅ）

In the Edo period, the production of this wine was only taught from father to son, it was a top secret family tradition.
The base is a sweet mirin from mikan mandarins of Mikawa, Aichi prefecture.


honeysuckle wine -
I talk to the Shogun
in my dream

Gabi Greve


- Reference : Honeysuckle Wine -


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Yosa Buson 蕪村 with other translations

蚊の声す忍冬の花の散るたびに　
ka no koe su nindoo no hana chiru goto ni

The honeysuckle;
With every petal that falls,
The voice of the gnats.

The voices of mosquitoes,
Whenever the flower of the honeysuckle
Falls.

Of the nindou, Blyth writes:
"The nindou is not a very striking flower, white, and afterwards becoming yellowish. It does not fade in winter, and from this comes its name, "enduring winter.""

"Of all sounds, the voice of the mosquito is the most mysterious, of deeply subtle meaning. Of all flowers, the whitish-yellow 'nindou' is the most forlorn. Each time the voice of the gnats is noticed, the flowers become more remotely near. Each time a flower falls, the sound of the gnats is more profound in the heart."

"The 'nindou' is not a very striking flower... The voice of the mosquito also is very small indeed, not to be heard far away from the ear. We have in this verse two hardly noticeable things, yet they and their chance relationship are clearly perceived and expressed."
Blyth



Mosquitoes humming
each time a honeysuckle flower
falls from the vine.
Tr. Sawa & Shiffert:



ka no koe　蚊の声　the "voice" of a mosquito
. The voice of an animal .



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a leaf swirls
from a moribund honeysuckle --
dry August

Caleb Wothes
source : Kenya in August 2009



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***** . Nintoo Ki 忍冬忌 Ninto Memorial Day .
(Nindooki)
Ishida Hakyo (Ishida Hakyoo) 石田波郷


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Leather Haori

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Leather haori jacket (kawabaori)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: All winter
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

kawabaori 皮羽織 (かわばおり) leather Haori coat
... kawabaori 革羽織（かわばおり）(kawa-baori)

fuyubaori, (fuyu haori) 冬羽織 (ふゆばおり) haori coat for winter
... awasebaori 袷羽織（あわせばおり）
... wata-irebaori 綿入羽織（わたいればおり）haori with cotton padding

chabaori 茶羽織（ちゃばおり）"tea haori coat" for ladies
(also called 半反羽織, since is is rather short)

kawagoromo 皮衣（かわごろも）clothing from leather
... kawagoromo 裘（かわごろも）, kawaginu かわぎぬ

kawa tebukuro　皮手袋 leather gloves

. Warm things in Winter .

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haori 羽織 Haori coat, Haori jacket,
Japanese-style half coat
Japanese Haori Coat, Haori Kimono Jacket



Haori is a lightweight coat worn over kimono. It does not close in front, so it can be used as a jacket.

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source :　www.toraichi-shop.com

made from sheep skin
During the Edo period, they were used by the Daimyo and his men on horseback.
The firebrigade of Edo also used them for their protection.




source :　onihei.cocolog-nifty.com

Different patterns for the fire brigade of Edo.

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kaji shoozoku 火事装束 protective cloths for the firebrigade
kaji zukin 火事頭巾 protective hood for fire

. WKD : Fire in Edo.

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. ABC List of Edo craftsmen　江戸の職人 .


source : ニュース和歌山2014年
A store that sells many things, among them Haori coats, in Wakayama around 1757.

haoriya 羽織屋 making Haori coats
紋羽織屋　/ 紋付羽織屋 making Haori with a family crest　

. kamon 家紋 family crest .


. kappaya 合羽屋 making raincoats .

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Leder-Haori-Jacke

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Leather Goods 皮細工　 kawazaiku

. Daruma and Leather Goods .

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Samurai Leather
For over 600 years Himeji has been famous for it’s traditional white leather processing. The soft, supple, white leather was once used to cover samurai armor, parts of helmets and the edging of various armor parts too. The same white leather was used to make gloves for archers and swordsmen, tabi socks for the affluent, and strong bags carried by wandering swordsmen.
Today, the traditional leatherworks are used for bags, wallets and purses.
My new wallet (seen here, sitting on a sheet of hand processed deerskin) is hand made by the traditional leather workers, and features the crests of the various lords of Himeji Castle, Hashiba, (Toyotomi), Kuroda, Honda, Sakai, Ikeda, Sakakibara, and Matsudaira.
- source : SamuraiHistory - facebook


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torenchikooto トレンチコート trenchcoat, trench coat

トレンチコートいつも椅子から落つるなり
torenchikooto itsumo isu kara otsuru nari

my trenchcoat
always slips
from the chair . . .

Katoo Kanabun 加藤かな文 Kato Kanabun (1961 - )

The cut marker NARI is at the end of line 3.



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haiku by Kobayashi Issa

皮羽織見せに行也としの市
kawa-baori mise ni yuku nari toshi no ichi

showing off
his long leather jacket
at the New Year's market

Toshi means the coming new year. Special, temporary New Year's markets selling decorations, calendars, presents, and other items at low prices for use at New Year's were set up in certain temples and shrines on 12/25-6 and almost everywhere from 12/27 until New Year's Eve, when everything was sold off at even lower bargain prices.

The subject who wears the haori jacket isn't given, but it seems more likely to be a person Issa sees than Issa himself. The nari indicates either
1) exclamation or strong emphasis or
2) supposition ("seems; is said to be").
Issa would probably use it for himself only if he were amazed at what he was doing and were looking at himself objectively, perhaps to make fun of himself, or, on the other hand, if he were strongly asserting that this is absolutely what he was doing. There seems to be amazement and exclamation in this hokku, but it appears to come from the fact that a style-conscious, comparatively young man is wearing a fairly unusual and attention-drawing Edo-style leather jacket in Issa's rural hometown and displaying himself rather than buying New Year's items.

The social context also suggests something similar. Leather haori (loose leather jackets hanging almost down to the knees, with the front left mostly open) were first worn for protection by firefighters, and then, a few decades before 1824, when this hokku was written, they became a symbol of advanced style among swaggering toughs and other fashion-following men who considered themselves dandies, though occasionally style-conscious women in Edo wore them, too. This fashion trend caused leather haori jackets and all other leather goods to become very expensive.

In spite of the high price and sophisticated designs on the leather haori jackets, they also had some of the same cultural meaning that black leather jackets had in middle and late 20th-c. US culture. Making a guess based on this historical context, the man in Issa's hokku probably isn't a Hell's Angel type, but he's likely to be comparatively young, and he's more interested in showing himself off as a man about town to the big crowd in the market than he is in getting ready for New Year's. Since he has enough money buy an expensive leather jacket, perhaps he's not even interested in buying the relatively cheap articles in the market at all.

In 1830, six years after this hokku was written, the government outlawed leather haori jackets and ordered commoners to wear cotton happi cloaks instead. Presumably the shogunate considered the use by commoners of large amounts of leather, a luxury good until then used mainly by the warrior class (with the exception of leather socks), to be blurring the class border between the warrior class and commoners. Also, the new Edo custom of wearing lots of leather led to competition between young toughs and sometimes to street violence.

At the time Issa wrote this hokku he was 62, so, without any other supporting evidence, it seems doubtful he was stepping out and trying to make an expensive fashion statement as an alpha male and declaring that his fashion is his main reason for going to the market. The other hokku in his diary about New Year's markets in this year also seem to be about other people, not Issa himself.

Chris Drake

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kawa haori mise ni yuku nari toshi no ichi

showing off
my leather coat...
year's end fair
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老骨をばさと包むや革羽織
rokotsu o basato tsutsumu ya kawabaori

my old bones
wrapped so snuggly -
this leather haori coat

. 芥川龍之介 Akutagawa Ryunosuke .


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革羽織古めかしたる寒かな 　
kawabaori furumekashitaru samusa kana

my leather haori coat
is already so old -
this cold

. Natsume Soseki 夏目漱石 .


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. short, light summer coat 夏羽織 natsubaori .


- - - - - MATSUO BASHO - - - - -

別れ端や笠手に提げて夏羽織
. wakareba ya kasa te ni sagete natsu-baori .

time to say good bye -
the traveller's hat in my hand
and my summer coat on
Tr. Gabi Greve


Written about 1684 貞亨元年, Basho age 41 or later

Some explain this as Basho taking leave of his summer robe and friends at the same time. The season would then be early autumn.
It could also be the "change of robes" for summer robes on the first day of the fourth lunar month, thus a kigo for summer, and Basho would be taking leave of his warm winter coat, getting ready for a journey in summer.

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花に酔へり羽織着て刀さす女　
hana ni yoeri haori kite katana sasu onna

drunk by cherry blossoms
a lady wearing a haori coat
and a sword
Tr. Gabi Greve

Written about 天和元年 , Basho 38 to 40.
At that time, ladies never wore haori coats or had a sword in the sash. That was samurai wear.
Maybe someone was using this a costume? When drunk with blossoms, all things seem possible.
The meaning is not quite clear.


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風薫る羽織は襟もつくろはず　
. kaze kaoru haori wa eri mo tsukurohazu .
remembering Ishiyama Joozan 石山丈山 Jozan in Kyoto


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きてもみよ甚兵が羽織花衣
. kite mo miyo jinbe ga haori hanagoromo .


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別れ端や笠手に提げて夏羽織　
. wakareba ya kasa te ni sagete natsu-baori .

time to say good bye -
the traveller's hat in my hand
and my summer coat on
Tr. Gabi Greve

Written about 1684 貞亨元年, Basho age 41 or later

Some explain this as Basho taking leave of his summer robe and friends at the same time. The season would then be early autumn.
It could also be the "change of robes" for summer robes on the first day of the fourth lunar month, thus a kigo for summer, and Basho would be taking leave of his warm winter coat, getting ready for a journey in summer.



. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


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***** . Warm Robes in Winter .


***** . toshi no ichi 年の市 last market of the Year .
..... kure no ichi 暮の市（くれのいち） Year-end market
..... kure ichi 暮市（くれいち）
shiwasu no ichi 師走の市（しわすのいち） December market
saimatsu oo-uridash 歳末大売出しYear-end sale
sekki ichi 節季市（せっきいち）seasonal market



inden 印伝, short for indengawa 印伝革
. Deerskin goods from Yamanashi .


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