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New Year Games Toys

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Games and Toys for the New Year

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: New Year
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

New Year is a time for traditional games and traditional toys.

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hagoita battledore

Ball game (temari 手毬 (てまり)
with a decorative cotton ball
song for the ball game 手毬唄（てまりうた temari uta）

Ball game for kicking (kemari 蹴鞠初め)
a court ritual

Battledore, Shuttlecock (hagoita　羽子板)

Card Games (karuta 歌留多) hanafuda, uta karuta.
toranpu トランプ trupm and many more

Fan-throwing competition
投扇興 ( とうせんきょう) toosenkyoo
toosen 投扇（とうせん）oogi nage 扇投（おうぎなげ）
Fan (oogi 扇　uchiwa　団扇）

Laughing, Lucky Laugh, fuku warai 福笑い (ふくわらい)
okametsuke おかめつけ

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"sixteen soldiers"
十六むさし (じゅうろくむさし)juuroku musashi
十六目石（じゅうろくむさし）
juuroku sasukari 十六さすかり（じゅうろくさすかり）
musashi sasukari むさしさすかり
Sixteen Musashi , Juroku Musashi

A board game with 16 pieces (warriors) and a central figure called Benkei (the Strong Monk).
Benkei must be pushed into a corner, where he can not move any more. But he has the power to topple the warrior stones as his defence.
This game was rather popular in the 17th century.
There are some famous woodblock prints with this theme.
Click the image to see some.

http://www.kabuki-za.co.jp/info/tosyo/no8.html

Kimono for a Kabuki play for the heroine Tachibana Princess
橘姫 / 妹背山婦女庭訓 Imoseyama onna teikin
When she meets her younger sister, they are not supposed to know each other and just can play a game of Juroku Musashi.

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Musashibo Benkei 武蔵坊弁慶 Benkei, the Warrior-Monk from Musashi

Reference

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Spinning top, tops (koma 独楽（コマ）) Kreisel

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Sugoroku board with the IROHA alphabet

sugoroku 双六 (すごろく) Sugoroku board game
e sugoroku 絵双六（えすごろく）with pictures
kami sugoroku 紙双六（かみすごろく）
doochuu sugoroku 道中双六（どううちゅうすごろく）with pictures from the 53 stations of the Tokaido Road

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Sugoroku (双六) refers to two different forms of Japanese board game, one similar to western backgammon and the other similar to western Snakes and ladders. Sugoroku plays identically to backgammon (it even has the same starting position), except for the following differences:

Doubles are not special. If a player rolls doubles, each die still counts only once.
There is no "bearing off". The goal is to move all of one's men to within the last six spaces of the board.
There is no doubling cube.
It is not permitted to form a prime of six contiguous points to obstruct one's opponent.

The game is thought to have been introduced from China (where it was known as Shuanglu) into Japan in the sixth century. There are pictures and a cursory description of the rules at http://www.cultural-china.com/chinaWH/html/en/11Kaleidoscope2118.html

It is known that in the centuries following the game's introduction into Japan it was made illegal several times, most prominently in 689 and 754. This is because the simple and luck-based nature of sugoroku made it an ideal gambling game. This version of sugoroku and records of playing for gambling continuously appeared until early Edo era. In early Edo-era, a new and quick gambling game called Hanchō (半丁) appeared and using sugoroku for gambling quickly dwindled.

This variant of the backgammon family has died out in most other countries, but it is still popular in Japan, partially due to a boost caused by the inclusion of a free Sugoroku board with the first issue of the newspaper Kingu (in 1925) which sold 740,000 copies.

A simpler sugoroku, with the similar rules as Snakes and ladders appeared as early as late 13th century and helped by the cheap and elaborate wooden block printing technology of Edo period, it became a popular game. Thousands of variations of boards were made with pictures and themes from religion, political, actors, and even adult material. In Meiji and later period, this variation of game remained popular often included as a game in kid-oriented magazines.

In 1968, Takara introduced Jinsei Game (人生ゲーム Jinsei Gēmu) as a Japanese version of The Game of Life and this became an instant hit by using a roulette instead of dice and by offering alternative goals beside quickly reaching the goal. This game was periodically updated introducing many timely topics and sold over 10 million sets to date. In the electric gaming genre, Momotaro Dentetsu series is the most popular computer sugoroku game in Japan.
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ばらばらに花散る里や投扇興
barabara ni hana chiru sato ya toosenkyoo

scattered they fall,
the flowers of my hometown -
throwing fans competition

Ooshita Hideko 大下秀子

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そのむかし十六むさし争ひし
sono mukashi juuroku musashi arasoishi

in olden times
the sixteen soldiers
fought bravely

Takizawa Iyoji 瀧澤伊代次

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碁に弱く十六むさし強きかな
go ni yowaku juuroku musashi tsuyoki kana

bad at the Go game -
Sixteen Soldiers is
my strong game

Ikenouchi Takeshi 池内たけし

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双六の戻りて大井川越せず
sugoroku no modorite Ooigawa kosezu

playing Sugoroku
I have to go back
and can not cross River Oigawa

Ikeda Hidesui 池田秀水 (1933 - )

River Oigawa refers to the game of the 53 stations of the Tokaido road.
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Washing (arau)

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Washing something

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

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Explanation

Washing something, from your hair to the gravestone to vegetables ...
many of these activities are KIGO !

Let us look at some kigo with

arau 洗う　(あらう) to wash something

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Kigo for Summer

kami arau 髪洗う (かみあらう) washing the hair
araigami 洗い髪（あらいがみ） washed hair

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kigo for late summer

mikoshi arai 神輿洗（みこしあらい）washing the portable shrines
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ushi arau 牛洗う（うしあらう）washing the cows
uma arau 馬洗う（うまあらう） washing the horses
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Kigo for Autumn

azuki arai 小豆洗い（あずきあらい）washing adzuki beans
Washoku
red beans for sweet bean paste

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kigo for early autumn

haka arau 墓洗う（はかあらう） washing the gravestones
Preparations for the Ancestor Festival (O-Bon)

suzuri arau 硯洗う（すずりあらう）washing the inkstone
susuri arai 硯洗 (すずりあらい ) washed inkstone
tsukue arau 机洗う（つくえあらう） washing the table
For the Tanabata Star Festival

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kigo for early autumn

oyama arai 御山洗 (おやまあらい) washing the mountain
Fuji no yama arai 富士の山洗（ふじのやまあらい） washing mount Fuji
by the rain of autumn

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kigo for mid-autumn
shooji arau 障子洗う (しょうじあらう) washing sliding doors
Autumn activities in the home

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Kigo for Winter

na arau 菜洗う（なあらう）washing leafy vegetables
negi arau 葱洗う（ねぎあらう）washing leek
arainegi, arai-negi 洗葱（あらいねぎ） washed leek
Winter Vegetables

tabi arau 足袋洗う（たびあらう）washing the tabi socks
Tabi, socks and toe socks

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kigo for early winter
daikon arau 大根洗う（だいこんあらう）washing radishes
Winter Vegetables

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Snow enjoyment

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Enjoying snow (yukimi)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Late Winter
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

Enjoying snow is one way to cope with it.
There are quite a few related kigo on the enjoyment, in times with no central heating ... !

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yukimi 雪見 (ゆきみ) snow viewing
to enjyoy the beautiful snowy scenery

yukimi no en 雪見の宴（ゆきみのえん）snow-viewing party
yukimibune 雪見船（ゆきみぶね）boat for snow-viewing
yukimikoo 雪見行（ゆきみこう）to go and enjyoy the beautiful snowy scenery

yukimizake 雪見酒（ゆきみざけ）ricewine while enjoying snow
yukimigasa 雪見笠（ゆきみがさ）straw hat for enjoying snow viewing

yuki no tomo 雪の友（ゆきのとも）a friend to enjoy the snow with
... yuki no hito 雪の人（ゆきのひと）

kan mimai 寒見舞 (かんみまい) visiting a friend in the cold season
... kanchuu mimai 寒中見舞（かんちゅうみまい）
yuki mimai 雪見舞 (ゆきみまい) visiting a friend during the snow season
This is done in person or by sending a letter or postcard.

yukikeshi 雪消し（ゆきけし）"make the snow forget" by bringing sweets or fruit to a friend in January

hikan 避寒 (ひかん) wintering
pass the winter (the extreme cold) in a warmer region
hikanchi 避寒地 winter resort
hikan yado 避寒宿（ひかんやど）place to spend the cold, wintering hotel

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Snowman (yuki Daruma) Japan (yuki-botoke)

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低くすぎる避寒の宿の机かな
hikusugiru hikan no yado no tsukue kana

it is too low -
the table in this
winter hotel

Furuya Nobuko 吉屋信子 (1896 - 1973)

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消ゴムの滓みな長き避寒かな
keshigomu no kasu mina nagaki hikan kana

the crumbs of the eraser
are all so long -
wintering at home

Yotsuya Ryuu 四ツ谷龍

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***** Winter (fuyu, Japan) the season

***** Snow (yuki) Japan . Many kigo related to snow.

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Pond, lake (ike)

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Pond, small lake (ike)

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

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Explanation

The word POND / LAKE (ike 池) just like that are not kigo, not even the "old pond".

But
there are some compound kigo about the irrigation ponds and rivulets important for farming in olden times.

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All Winter

ikebushin, ike-bushin 池普請 (いけぶしん) cleaning the pond
kawabushin, kawa-bushin 川普請（かわぶしん）cleaning the river

In winter, when the water level was low, the bottom of watering ponds and rivers was cleaned from mud and other things than had gathered during the year. The shallower river beds were made deeper in this way for transporting goods and the mud was used as fertilizer for the nearby fields.
Dams and dikes along rivers were also repaired at this time of year.

ike karu 池涸る（いけかる）pond drying up
... kareike, kare-ike 涸池（かれいけ）
not enough water in the pond/lake

saihyoochi 採氷池（さいひょうち）pond for cutting ice
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Ice was cut from clear ponds, stored in huts in the valleyes and later transported to the feudal lords in summer to cool them down.
. Ice cutting (koori kiru) 　
and related kigo

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kigo for all autumm

aki no ike 秋の池（あきのいけ）pond/lake in autumn

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early autumn
ceremony

nanako no ike 七箇の池ななこのいけ "seven ponds"
one ceremony during the Tanabata star festival. Seven bowls for washing your hands (tarai) were interpreted as ponds and a mirror put in each. The stars would then reflect in these seven mirrors.

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nanashu no otamuke 七種の御手向（しちしゅのおたむけ）
tanabata no o-asobi 七夕の御遊（たなばたのおあそび） "Tanabata enjoyment"
nana asobi 七遊（ななあそび）"seven enjoyments"
momoko no ike 百子の池（ももこのいけ）

Star Festival (Tanabata, Japan) Milky Way (ama no gawa)

ikegaebon, ikekae bon 池替え盆（いけかえぼん）cleaning the pond "for O-Bon"
Often done in a temple by all paritioners.

part of the preparations on
nanukabon 七日盆（なぬかぼん）O-Bon ceremonies on the 7th of August

Bon Festival (o-bon, obon)

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kigo for all summer

natsu no ike 夏の池（なつのいけ）pond/lake in summer

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late summer

hasu ike 蓮池（はすいけ） lotus pond

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kigo for late spring

tanaike, tana-ike 種池（たないけ）pond to immerse the rice seeds (momidane 籾種)
before they are sown into the seed beds.

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tana-i 種井たない , tana-ido 種井戸（たないど）well to immerse the seeds
tana-oke 種桶（たねおけ）bucket to immerse the seeds

tana-ike sarai 種池浚い (たないけさらい) cleaning the pond (before immersing the rice seeds)
... tane-ike barai 種池ばらい（たないけばらい）
... tane-i barai 種井ばらい（たないばらい）
... tane-i-gae 種井替（たないがえ）

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well, ido　井戸
topic for haiku

. Sound of Water (mizu no oto 水の音)
The Old Pond Haiku by Matsuo Basho　

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Daruma Ike だるま池 ponds named Daruma pond

There are quite a few in Japan, click on the image to see more.

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clear autumn day
by the little lake -
Namu Amida Butsu !

Gabi Greve, Autumn 2005

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なかぞらへ鯉投げあぐる池普請
nakazora e koi nage-aguru ikebushin

high into midair
the carp are thrown -
cleaning the pond

Ameyama Minoru 飴山實 (1926 - 2000)
Tr. Gabi Greve

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***** . Well, cleaning the well (ido zarai) 　
kigo for early summer
Brunnen reinigen

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Winter forest work

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Forest work in Winter

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Winter
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

Winter is a time to tend to the forests, when the trees have less sap and can be cut.
Making charcoal was also mostly done in winter during the agricultural off-season (nookanki 農閑期).

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Kigo for early winter

botan takibi 牡丹焚火 (ぼたんたきび / 焚き火) bonfire from peony branches
botan taku 牡丹焚く（ぼたんたく）burning peony branches
botan kuyoo 牡丹供養（ぼたんくよう) memorial service for peonies

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In some parts of Northen Japan, especially in Sugakawa 須賀川, the branches of old peony plants are cut off and burned at night at a temple or peony park. The flames have a violet and greenish color in the cold winter night.

shuro hagu 棕櫚剥ぐ (しゅろはぐ) stripping a hemp-palm
... shuro muku 棕櫚むく（しゅろむく）peeling off a hemp-palm
Trachycarpus fortunei. Hanfpalme
The fibers of the bark were used to make tough cloth or hemp-palm brooms.
This tree grows to a hight of about 5 meters in the forest of the warmer parts of Japan. When the bark is peeled off, it will grow back soon.

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Kigo for mid-winter

kuruma shimau 車蔵う (くるましまう) packing the cart away
... kuruma sutsu 車棄つ（くるますつ）
In former times, the wooden carriages and carts could not be used in the snowy areas of Japan. They were taken apart, the wheels put up high on the wall, the side panels sometimes used to enforce the northern wall of the home. Or the carts and carriages were just put into a special barn.

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preparations for the end of the year
. ono jimai 斧仕舞 (おのじまい ) packing away the axes 　

toshikikori, toshiki kori 年木樵としきこり
cuttng firewood for the new year
toshiki tsumu 年木積む（としきつむ）collecting firewood for the new year
toshiki uri 年木売（としきうり）vendor of firewood for the new year

toshigi としぎ【年木／歳木】 "firewood for the New Year"
is a kigo for the new year

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Kigo for late winter

maruta hiki 丸太曳 (まるたひき) transporting logs (timber)
... maruta dashi 丸太出（まるただし）
... yabudashi 藪出（やぶだし）
In times without maschinery, that was hard labor. One or two large stems were bound together and transported out of the forest by horses or cows on special paths for that purpose.

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Kigo for all winter

edauchi, eda-uchi 枝打 (えだうち) cutting off branches
kareki oroshi 枯木卸し（かれきおろし）cutting off dried wood
(see below)

fuyusoma, fuyu soma 冬杣 (ふゆそま)forest worker, woodcutter
Some work in the forest during the daytime (higaeri soma) and to home in the evening, others wander around and stay in a small hut for a few days (nagare soma) and then move on to the next job.
Waldarbeiter, Holzäfller (somabito そまびと)

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. sumi 炭 (すみ) charcoal 　
binchootan 備長炭 special charcoal from Wakayama
a kigo list about charcoal types

sumigama 炭竈 (すみがま) kiln for charcoal
... sumiyakigama 炭焼竈（すみやきがま）

sumiyaki 炭焼 (すみやき)making charcoal
hut used for making charcoal 炭焼小屋（すみやきごや）
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sumiyakifu 炭焼夫（すみやきふ）worker making charcoal
... yakigo 焼子（やきご）
... sumioi me 炭負女（すみおいめ）woman carrying charcoal
sumiuma, sumi-uma 炭馬（すみうま）horse carrying charcoal
sumiguruma 炭車（すみぐるま）cart transporting charcoal
sumizori 炭橇（すみぞり）sled transporting charcoal

Making charcoal was not a specialized work, but most farmers did it in the back woods of their home to use as heating. It was also done during other seasons, when they could sell their charcoal well. It takes about a week to cut the necessary wood and fire it in a special kiln.

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Forestry
In the Edo period, forests were important for the flood control and to prevent soil erosion. Many mountains were declared "closed mountains" of a domaine to protect the trees. Tree felling by private people was not allowed and regulated by the domaine officials for forestry.
Modern Japan
The nation's forest resources, although abundant, have not been well developed to sustain a large lumber industry. Of the 245,000 km² of forests, 198.000 km² are classified as active forests. Most often forestry is a part-time activity for farmers or small companies. About a third of all forests are owned by the government.
Production is highest in Hokkaido and in Aomori, Iwate, Akita, Fukushima, Gifu, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima prefectures. Nearly 33.5 million cubic meters of roundwood were produced in 1986, of which 98 % was destined for industrial uses.
The Japanese forest industry has been defeated by cheap wood shipped from abroad.
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edauchi, eda-uchi 枝打 (えだうち)
cutting off branches

This care for the forest trees is especially important for a kind of cedar, the Daisugi of Kitayama, in Northern Kyoto 北山台杉.
Kitayama cedars (Cryptomeria japonica). "Migaki Maruta"
The forest is owned by the same family for many generations, especially in Nakagawa village.
To cut the branches, each forest worker has his own sickle and a whetstone (toishi 砥石(といし), which he finds in the river up the forest and keeps as a precious personal tool. There is a saying in the area:
"Never lend these two things:
your wife and your whetstone!"

The tree is usually cut when it has about 20 year rings, which are very narrow to show the strength of the material when used for building.

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When a cedar becomes 5 to 6 year-old, we cut most branches, just leaving some branches on the top protion of the tree, designated "Hosaki"and the bottom protion, which is designated "Tori-ki" and will serve as a basis for young newly growing branches, in the future. The main trunk is now called "Tachi-ki".

After this process, we cut branches of newly growing branches on the "Tori-ki" in addition to the main trunk, "Tachi-ki" every other year until the main trunk grows big enough as building materials. Once we cut the main trunk "Tachi-ki", we select some of the best newly growing branches on "Toriki" for future "Tachi-ki" and cut other branches. Among many young branches, ones growing straight to the sky are considered to be the best.

Fore more than 600 years, we have been repeating these processes in order to produce as many logs as possible, and there are some "Daisugi" threes which are more than several hundred years old.
We has been growing "Daisugi" cedars to collect logs for more than 600 years. Collected logs had been used to build "Sukiya"-styled tea houses. However, the large demand of logs due to the wide spread of the modern "Sukiya"-style after the World War II exceeded our supply. In addition, some of young logs from "Daisugi" cedars are called "Taru-ki", and they are no longer used to build houses due to a change in the law. Because of these events, the way we produce cedar log changed dramatically and demand of "Daisugi" decreased. .

However, the excellent figure of "Daisugi" is now loved by many peope and "Daisugi" cedars are used in Japanse gardens as well as golf yards.
source : http://www12.ocn.ne.jp/~ydaisuke/page035.html

Since the tradition has been revived, there are now also some young forest workers who learn the tradition from their peers. Whith small ladders they climb the trees and whack away the branches. It must be done in a way as not to make too large a wound on the tree, in one sharp cut, so that the ast hole will become a beautiful pattern for the log as the tree keeps growing and ageing.

The Daisugi trees are also used for bonsai nowadays.
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枝打ちの伝統ありて今もなお
eda-uchi no dentoo arite ima mo nao

keeping the tradition
of cutting cedar branches ...
even now

Gabi Greve, November 2009

杉木立朝日を浴びて蒸す如く
sugikodachi asahi o abite musu gotoku

lanes of cedar trees
shine with the sun rise
and grow in mist

Terry Ishii
Seattle WA USA , November 2009

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Charcoal Setting (sumi temae　炭点前)
for the tea ceremony

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The woodcutter
works in all seasons.
Splitting wood is both
Action and inaction.

Tao Te Ching, Verse 64

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HAIKU

牡丹焚火山河は闇に納まれり
botan takibi sanga wa yami ni osamareri

peony bonfire -
the mountain landscape settles
in the darkness

Kohiyama Shigeko 小檜山繁子
MORE haiku with botan takibi

sanga refers to the mountains and rivers of one's natural sourroundings of ones native place.

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年木樵無灯自転車にて帰る
toshiki kori mutoo jitensha nite kaeru

transporting firewood
I drive home on a bicycle
without a light

Tsuji Momoko 辻桃子

MORE haiku with toshikikori

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***** Winter (fuyu, Japan) the season

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Mori no Megumi 森の恵み Food from the Bountiful Woods
and Satoyama Saijiki 里山歳時記

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Straw (wara)

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Straw (wara)

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

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Explanation

Straw is used for many things in Japan.
Let us look at the kigo.

We have straw from wheat (mugiwara) and rice plants.

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kigo for spring

early spring

warauma hiki, wara-uma hiki 藁馬曳きわらうまひき
leading a straw horse
ceremony

all spring

suwara suzume 巣藁雀（すわらすずめ）
sparrow nest made of straw

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kigo for summer

early summer

mugiwara 麦藁 (むぎわら) straw from wheat
... 麦稈（むぎわら）

mugiwarabue, mugiwara bue 麦藁笛（むぎわらぶえ）
flute from straw
... 麦稈笛（むぎわらぶえ）

mid-summer

makiwarabune 巻藁船（まきわらぶね）ship to transport straw bundles
(during the Atsuta festival 熱田祭 (あつたまつり))

mugiwara kago 麦藁籠 (むぎわらかご) straw basket
... 麦稈籠（むぎわらかご）

mugiwara haze 麦藁鯊 (むぎわらはぜ) "straw goby" fish
goby caught in autumn

mugiwara dai 麦藁鯛 (むぎわらだい) "straw sea bream"
caught in autumn, after laying eggs
... waradai, wara-dai 麦鯛

mugiwara dako 麦藁章魚むぎわらだこ "octopus during straw season"
... mugiwaradako 麦藁蛸（むぎわらだこ）

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kigo for late autumn

shinwara 新藁 (しんわら) new straw
kotoshi wara 今年藁（ことしわら） straw of this year

warazuka 藁塚 (わらづか) mound of straw
. . . nio にお、wara nio 藁にお（わらにお）、waraguru 藁ぐろ（わらぐろ）、warago zumi 藁こづみ（わらこづみ）

tawara ami 俵網 (たわらあみ) making straw bags

wara kinuta 藁砧（わらきぬた）mallet for pounding straw
Fulling block (kinuta)

mugiwara tonbo 麦藁蜻蛉（むぎわらとんぼ）"wheat straw" dragonfly
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kigo for winter

wara shigoto 藁仕事 (わらしごと) working with straw

wara utsu 藁打つ（わらうつ）hitting straw
with a wooden mallet, to make it softer

nawa nau 縄綯う（なわなう）making a rope
tawara amu 俵編む（たわらあむ）making straw bags
(also in late autumn)

mushiro oru 筵織る（むしろおる）weavint straw mats
Mushiro for summer

waragutsu amu 藁沓編む（わらぐつあむ）weaving straw boots
waragutsu 藁沓（わらぐつ）straw shoes for winter

kamasu oru 叺織る（かますおる）weaving a straw bag
Straw bag (kamasu) topic for haiku

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kigo for the New Year

fukuwara 福藁 (ふくわら) straw for good luck
fukuwara shiku 福藁敷く（ふくわらしく）
fukusa wara ふくさ藁（ふくさわら）
New straw that is placed at the entrance and in the garden of a mansion. It serves to purify the place for the coming year and is a gesture of respect for the visitors on the New Year.

kazariwara, kazari-wara 飾藁（かざりわら）straw for decorations
especially shimenawa ropes
Shimenawa 注連縄

wara gooshi 藁盒子 (わらごうし) small straw container with a lid
... saiwai kago 幸籠（さいわいかご）"good luck basket"

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aramakizake 新巻鮭（あらまきざけ）one whole salmon perserved in straw after marinating in vinegar.

WASHOKU
salmon food

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warazaiku 藁細工 things made of straw
straw works, straw crafts

Winter was the time for the farmers to make many useful things of straw in the olden times. Each villag had its specialist and the housewifes learned from him and made many things themselves. Toys for the children were also made of straw.
Stroharbeiten

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HAIKU

fukuwara ya gomi sae kesa no utsukushiki

new auspicious straw -
this morning even the dirt
looks beautiful

Chiyo-Ni (Chiyoni), Kaga no Chiyo jo (1703-1775)
(tr. Gabi Greve)

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***** Bagworm (minomushi - "straw raincoat bug") Japan. Case moth, basketworm

***** Geta, wooden Japanses sandals Japan. Straw sandals (zoori)

***** Hat, Straw hat, hood (kasa, zukin, booshi) Japan Worldwide

***** Sandeel: KAMASU : straw back, tobacco pouch, Pacific sandeel (Ammodytes personatus) Japan

***** Strawberries Cranberries

***** Straw mats (thick: tatami. thin: goza) Japan

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Acebia (akebi)

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Acebia (akebi)

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

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akebi あけび【通草／木通】acebia, akebia.
"chocolate vine", five-leaf akebia, woody climbing vine
Akebia quinata (Houtt.) Decne
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The name may be derived from
開け実 hirake mi ... fruit which opens, because it looks like an open mouth.

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kigo for mid-spring

akebi no mezuke あけびの芽漬（あけびのめづけ)
pickles of akebi buds

WASHOKU : pickles of spring

kigo for late spring

akebi no hana あけびの花 / 通草の花 (あけびのはな)
flowers of the acebia
... yamahime no hana 山女の花（やまひめのはな）
... akebi no hana 丁翁の花（あけびのはな）
... hana akebi 花通草（はなあけび）
akebikazura あけびかずら acebina vine in blossom
mitsuba akebi 三葉通草（みつばあけび）"three leaf acebia"
akebi saku 通草咲く（あけびさく） acebia is blossoming

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kigo for mid-autumn

akebi あけび【通草／木通】acebia, akebia

akebi kazura 通草かずら（あけびかずら）acebia vine
... akebu あけぶ、omekazura おめかずら、kamikazura かみかずら
yamahime 山女（やまひめ）"mountain princess"

akebidana 通草棚（あけびだな）shelf for growing acebina

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Akebia quinata (Chocolate Vine or Five-leaf Akebia) is a shrub that is native to Japan, China and Korea.

It grows to 10 metres or more in height and has compound leaves with five leaflets. The inflorescences are clustered in racemes and are vanilla-scented, with three or four sepals. The fruits are sausage-shaped pods which contain edible pulp.

In China A. quinata is referred to as 木通 "mu tung" (Wade-Giles)) meaning "perforated wood". It is also occasionally known as 通草 "tung tsao" (Wade-Giles)) meaning "perforated grass".

In the Chinese pharmacopoeia it is believed to be therapeutic as a diuretic, antiphlogistic, galactagogue and analgesic. The principal use of the herb in China is as a traditional remedy for insufficient lactation in nursing mothers. The medicinal part of the plant is the woody stem which is sliced in transverse sections and prepared as a decoction. The stem contains approximately 30% potassium salts thus giving the diuretic action.
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akebi no karakkozuke アケビの殻っこづけ
akebia skin stuffed with meat and vegetables 　
Akita and Yamagata

Yamagata is one of the most important growing areas for akebi.
山形の郷土料理 Yamagata Local Food

akebi tenpura あけび天ぷら tempura from akebia
akebia meat tasts good with fat, like tempura or simply fried with shiitake mushrooms or other vegetables.

nikuzume あけびの肉詰め akebia stuffed with minced meat

nuta-ae あけびのぬたあえ with a vinegar-miso-sauce

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Akebi-Ranke

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The vine is used to make baskets and containers.
akebizaiku アケビ細工
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HAIKU

手とどかぬ通草ばかりが目について　
te todokanu akebi bakari ga me ni tsuite

I can only see
these akebi fruit
too high to grab　　　　　　　

Shimomura Umeko 下村梅子

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ぬれ髪のまま寝てゆめの通草かな　
nuregami no mama nete yume no akebi kana

I sleep
with wet hair - in my dream
akebi vine
　　　　　　　　　
Akao Tooshi 赤尾兜子 (1925 - 1981)

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あけびの実軽しつぶてとして重し　
akebi no mi karushi tsubute to shite omoshi
　　　　　　　
Kaneko Tohta 金子兜太

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Columbus Day

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Columbus Day

***** Location: America
***** Season: Autumn
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

October12

Many countries in the New World and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, which occurred on October 12, 1492 in the Julian calendar and October 21, 1492 in the modern Gregorian calendar, as an official holiday. The day is celebrated as Columbus Day in the United States, as Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) in many countries in Latin America, as Día de las Culturas (Day of the Cultures) in Costa Rica, as Discovery Day in The Bahamas, as Día de la Hispanidad and Fiesta Nacional in Spain, as Día de las Américas (Day of the Americas) in Uruguay and as Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Day of Indigenous Resistance) in Venezuela. These holidays have been celebrated unofficially since the late 18th century, and officially in various countries since the early 20th century.

Columbus Day first became an official state holiday in Colorado in 1905, and became a federal holiday in 1934. But people have celebrated Columbus' voyage since the colonial period. In 1792, New York City and other eastern U.S. cities celebrated the 300th anniversary of his landing in the New World. In 1892, President Benjamin Harrison called upon the people of the United States to celebrate Columbus Day on the 400th anniversary of the event. During the 400-year anniversary in 1892, teachers, preachers, poets and politicians used Columbus Day rituals to teach ideals of patriotism. These patriotic rituals were framed around themes such as support for war, citizenship boundaries, the importance of loyalty to the nation, and celebrating social progress.

Catholic immigration in the mid-nineteenth century induced discrimination from anti-immigrant activists such as the Ku Klux Klan. Like many other struggling immigrant communities, Catholics developed organizations to fight discrimination and provide insurance for the struggling immigrants. One such organization, the Knights of Columbus, chose that name in part because it saw Christopher Columbus as a fitting symbol of Catholic immigrants' right to citizenship: one of their own, a fellow Catholic, had discovered America.

Some Italian-Americans observe Columbus Day as a celebration of their heritage, the first occasion being in New York City on October 12, 1866. Columbus Day was first popularized as a holiday in the United States through the lobbying of Angelo Noce, a first generation Italian, in Denver. The first official, regular Columbus Day holiday was proclaimed by Colorado governor Jesse F. McDonald in 1905 and made a statutory holiday in 1907. In April 1934, as a result of lobbying by the Knights of Columbus, Congress and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt October 12 was made a federal holiday under the name Columbus Day and a Federal holiday.

Since 1971, the holiday has been fixed to the second Monday in October, coincidentally the same day as Thanksgiving in neighboring Canada (which was fixed to that date in 1959). It is generally observed today by banks, the bond market, the U.S. Postal Service and other federal agencies, most state government offices, and some school districts; however, some businesses and stock exchanges remain open.

Actual observance varies in different parts of the United States, ranging from large-scale parades and events to complete non-observance.

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Christopher Columbus (c. 1451 – 20 May 1506)

was a navigator, colonizer and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European awareness of the American continents in the Western Hemisphere. With his four voyages of discovery and several attempts at establishing a settlement on the island of Hispaniola, all funded by Isabella I of Castile, he initiated the process of Spanish colonization which foreshadowed general European colonization of the "New World."

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HAIKU

Columbus Day--
in the tide pool
a new world

H. Gene Murtha, USA
October 2009

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first encounter
on a quiet, sunny beach
Columbus Day

Armando Corbelle

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Columbus Day
Mount Washington
obscured by clouds

Columbus Day
getting lost on the way
to the mall

William Kenney, USA
http://haiku-usa.blogspot.com/

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Columbus Day
Native students boycott
the assembly

Catherine J.S. Lee, USA

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Ice cutting

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Ice cutting (koori kiru)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Late Winter
***** Category: Humanity

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Cutting ice from a clear lake and putting it into a storehouse (muro) to keep it for summer was vital during the times without electricity and refrigerators.

Lakes with especially clear water were protected and a Shinto shrine was usually close by to pray for the safe clear ice to send to the local lord or Shogun in Edo during the Summer Months.

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koori kiru 氷切る（こおりきる）cutting ice
... saihyoo 採氷 (さいひょう)
koori hiku 氷挽く（こおりひく）cutting ice
saihyoojoo 採氷場（さいひょうじょう）place for cutting ice
saihyoofu 採氷夫（さいひょうふ）worker who cuts ice
saihyoosha 採氷車（さいひょうしゃ）cart to transport the cut ice
saihyoochi 採氷池（さいひょうち）pond/lake for cutting ice

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saihyoosen 砕氷船 (さいひょうせん) icebreaker ship
Eisbrecher

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kigo for early winter

hio no tsukai 氷魚の使 (ひおのつかい) "bringer of iced fish"
hio o tamau 氷魚を賜う（ひおをたまう）
mootoo no jun 孟冬の旬 (もうとうのじゅん)

In the Heian period, it was custom to bring frozen fish from Yamashiro no Kuni (Uji) 山城国宇治 and Omi (Ueda) 近江国田上 to the court in Kyoto.

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Eating ice during other seasons !

kigo for late summer

himuro 氷室 (ひむろ) icehouse, ice cellar
himuro mori 氷室守（ひむろもり）warden of the ice cellar
himuro no yuki 氷室の雪（ひむろのゆき）snow in the ice cellar
himuro no yama 氷室の山（ひむろのやま） mountain with an ice cellar

The himuro was often in the forest, close to the pond where the ice was cut. It had to be a cold and shaded place.

observances in late summer

koori o kuuzu 氷を供ず (こおりをくうず) offering ice (in a Shinto shrine)
... hi n omitsugi 氷の貢（ひのみつぎ）
himuro no tsukai 氷室の使（ひむろのつかい）bringer of the ice
hi no omono 氷の御物（ひのおもの）ice offering

... shihyoo no setsu 賜氷の節 (しひょうのせつ)
first day of the sixth months
himochi o iwau 氷餅を祝う (ひもちをいわう) celebrate with iced mochi (see below, minazuki sweets)
himuro no sekku 氷室の節供（ひむろのせっく）seasonal celebration of the ice cellars
koori n o tsuitachi 氷の朔日（こおりのついたち）"first day of the ice"

himuro no sakura 氷室の桜 (ひむろのさくら) "cherry blossoms in ice"
himuro no hana 氷室の花（ひむろのはな) "flowers in ice"
offering from the fish of the sea and fish of the land (sweetwater fish) at Shrine Himuro Jinja, Nara 奈良氷室神社
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Food treasures of the sea and the mountains

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kigo for all summer

koori reizooko 氷冷蔵庫（こおりれいぞうこ）refrigerator (with ice)
The oldfashioned ones used blocks of ice.
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koori uri 氷売 (こおりうり) seller of ice blocks

"summer ice" . natsugoori 夏氷（なつごおり）
. WASHOKU
Drinks with ice in Summer

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himuro manjuu 氷室饅頭 "ice cellar manjuu"

Eaten on the first day of the 7th month (himuro no tsuitachi)
They are of white and red color and eaten with the wish for good health during the following year. Made from barley flower. In Kaga it was custom to open the ice cellars (himuro) on the first day of the 6th month (now June 30). The ice, which was collected in winter from pure water ponds, was put on carts and transported hastily to the Shogun in Edo.

. WASHOKU
氷室饅頭 himuro "ice cellar manjuu"

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minazuki 水無月 (みなずき) sweets for June
These sweets were the poor man's equivalent of a royal treat in June, when the emperor in Kyoto was served beans on shaved ice that was taken into a storeroom in the winter time.
The ice stores (himuro 氷室) for the emperor's court were in the north of Kyoto, protected by the shrine Himuro Jinja 氷室神社 in Kitayama.

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山は風のひやつく氷室哉
yama wa kaze no hiyatsuku himuro kana

the wind in the mountain
is getting so cold -
ice storehouse

Masaoka Shiki 正岡子規

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***** saffron cod 氷魚 (ひお) hio, lit. "ice fish"
..... hiuo ひうお
Eleginus gracilis
kigo for all winter

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also called KANKAI カンカイ（寒海）
also called KOMAI 氷下魚 (こまい)

komai tsuri 氷下魚釣り（こまいつり）fishing for saffron cod
komaijiru 氷下魚汁（こまいじる）soup with saffron cod
hoshi komai 乾氷下魚（ほしこまい）dried saffron cod

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Winter farmers work

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Farmers work in Winter

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Winter
***** Category: Humanity

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There is a lot to be done in winter, repairing and preparing things for the next season.

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Kigo for early winter

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daikon hiku 大根引 (だいこんひき)
harvesting radish, pulling out radish
daiko hiki だいこ引き（だいこひき）
daikon uma 大根馬（だいこんうま）horse for pulling out radish
daikon bune 大根舟（だいこんぶね）"boat" for pulling out radish
daikonguruma 大根車（だいこんぐるま）cart for transporting radish

daikon arau 大根洗う（だいこんあらう）washing radish
(before drying)
daikon hosu 大根干す ( だいこんほす) to dry radish
hoshidaiko 干大根（ほしだいこ）drying radish

kakedaiko 懸大根（かけだいこ）daikon to dry on a shelf
Gestell zum Trocknen von Rettich

kiriboshi 切干 (きりぼし) kiriboshi dakion
cut and dried radish. prepared to be used all year round.
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getrocknete Rettichschnitzel

Radish (daikon)

hoshina 干菜ほしな dried leaves of turnips and radish
... hiba 干葉（ひば）
kakena 懸菜（かけな）shelf to dry leaves
tsurina 吊菜（つりな）leaves hanging to dry
getrocknetes Blattgemüse

hoshinajiru ほしなじる【干菜汁】
miso soup with dried leaves

kabura hiki 蕪引 (かぶらひき) pulling out turnips
kabura hosu 蕪干す（かぶらほす) to dry turnips

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mugi maki 麦蒔 (むぎまき) sowing wheat
Wheat and Barley (mugi) and related kigo

renkon horu れんこん掘る digging for lotus root 　
and related kigo

soba kari 蕎麦刈 (そばかり)harvesting buckwheat
soba hosu 蕎麦干す（そばほす) drying buckwheat
Buckwheat (soba), Buckwheat flowers Japan

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Kigo for mid-winter

i uu 藺植う ( いうう ) planting rushes
igusa いぐさ【藺草】Juncus decipiens Nakai
is used for many things, especially to make tatami mats.
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kansho kari 甘蔗刈 (かんしょかり) harvesting sugar cane
... kibi kari 甘蔗刈（きびかり）
sugar cane, satoo kibi 甘蔗 (さとうきび)

. digging for konnyaku roots 蒟蒻掘る (こんにゃくほる) konnyaku horu
and many related kigo

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Kigo for late winter

kangoe 寒肥 (かんごえ)
fertilizing (the fields) in the cold season
... kanpi 寒肥（かんぴ）, kangoyashi 寒ごやし（かんごやし）

kuzu sarashi 葛晒し (くずさらし) bleaching arrowroot
It needs to be washed thoroughly before it can be made to a kind of flour for various dishes.
kudzu arrowroot starch / kuzu-Stärke
Arrowroot flower, Kudzu flower (kuzu no hana)

Dishes with arrowroot

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Kigo for all winter

onshitsu 温室（おんしつ）hothouse, greenhouse
onshoo 温床（おんしょう）hotbed (for seedlings)
fureemu フレーム "frame"

tookoo 冬耕 (とうこう) plowing in winter
... tsuchihiki 土曳き（つちひき）
kyakudo 客土（きゃくど）"fertilizing the soil"
kankoo 寒耕（かんこう) plowing in the cold
rice fields in all seasons

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HAIKU

冷腹を暖め了す干菜汁
reifuku o atatameryuusu hoshinajiru

finally it warms
our cold stomachs -
soup with dried vegetable leaves

Takahama Kyoshi 虚子

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寒肥や花の少き枇杷(びは)の木に
kangoe ya hana no sukunaki hiba no ki ni

fertilizing in the cold -
now for the loquat tree
with the few blossoms

Takano Sujuu 高野素十 (1893 - 1976)

Tr. Gabi Greve

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***** Winter (fuyu, Japan) the season

*** Autumn and farmers work

***** Check the WKD LIST of
. HUMANITY and All Winter Kigo

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Winter hunting

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Hunting in Winter

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Winter
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

Hunters living in the large forests of Japan are out in winter to get some food.
Bears, wild boars, deer and fowl. Dogs are used for hunting.
Usually they go in groups and share the food.

The official hunting season is from 15th of November to the 15th of February next year.
In Hokkaido it is from the first of October till 30th of January.

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Kigo for early winter

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Kigo for mid-winter

nagashimochi 流黐 (ながしもち) luring waterfowl
mochi nagachi 黐流し（もちながし
Long branches were covered with birdlime to go after ducks and other waterfowl.

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Kigo for late winter

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Kigo for all winter

kari 狩 (かり) hunting
ryooki 猟期（りょうき）hunting season
kariba 狩場（かりば）hunting ground

ryoojin 猟人（りょうじん）hunter
... karyuudo 狩人（かりゅうど）
... satsuo 猟夫（さつお）
ryooken 猟犬（りょうけん）hunting dog, hound

ryoojuu 猟銃（りょうじゅう）hunting rifle, shotgun

kemonogari 獣狩（けものがり）hunting wild animals
shishigari 猪狩（ししがり） hunting wild boars, boar-hunting
shikagari 鹿狩（しかがり）deer-hunting

seiko 勢子（せこ）beater
They make a lot of noise to drive the animals toward the hunters.

yokohiki 夜興引（よこひき）(yogohikiよごひき) hunting at night
... yohiki 夜引（よひき)
Usually with dogs to lead the way in a mountain forest on a snowy night.

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itachi wana 鼬罠 (いたちわな) trap for a weasel

weasel, itachi　鼬、イタチ

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kitsune wana 狐罠 (きつねわな) trap for fox hunting
... kitsune otoshi 狐落し（きつねおとし）
kitsune tsuri 狐釣（きつねつり）hunting for foxes

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kumamatsuki 熊突 (くまつき) hunting for bears
... kumagari 熊狩（くまがり）
... kumaryoo 熊猟（くまりょう）
anaguma uchi 穴熊打（あなぐまうち）driving the bear out of his hole

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usagigari 兎狩 (うさぎがり) rabbit-hunting
usagi ami 兎網（うさぎあみ） net for hunting rabbits
usagi wana 兎罠（うさぎわな）trap for hunting rabbits

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takagari 鷹狩 (たかがり) hunting with hawks and falcons
... hooyoo 放鷹（ほうよう）
takano 鷹野（たかの）open field with hawks

takajoo 鷹匠 (たかじょう) keeper, trainer of the falcons and hawks
... takashi 鷹師（たかし）
Falkner, Beizjäger

Hunting with hawks and falcons was a privilege of many lords, who kept their own hawks.
Hawk (taka　鷹たか)

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tanukigari 狸狩（たぬきがり）badger-hunting
tanuki wana 狸罠 (たぬきわな) trap for hunting badgers

. WASHOKU
Tanukijiru 狸汁 (たぬきじる) Badgers' soup 　　

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Matagi ryoori, matagi ryori マタギ料理, the cuisine of the hunters
sanniku ryoori, san-niku ryori （山肉料理）
"Mountain Meat Cuisine"
. WASHOKU
matagi meshi マタギ飯 bear hunter's rice and other dishes

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kariba, o-kariba お狩場 / お狩り場 the honorable hunting ground of the lord
The Shogun and other daimyo had their own hunting grounds.
WASHOKU : okaribayaki お狩場焼き is food prepared during a hunting session.

There are also deities to protect these areas.
Kariba Gongen 狩場権現, also called
Kariba Myojin (Kariba Myoojin) 狩場明神
CLICK here for PHOTOS !

He is especially venerated at Mount Koya.

高野明神像 ...... 丹生明神像　

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HAIKU

夜興引や犬心得て山の路
yokohiki ya inu kokoroete yama no michi

hunting at night ...
the dog knows the mountain paths
very well

Masaoka Shiki 子規

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裏山に出て雪ありぬ兎狩
urayama ni dete yuki arinu usagigari

going out to the back mountain
it is covered with snow -
hunting for rabbits

Noburo 野風呂

Tr. Gabi Greve

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***** Winter (fuyu, Japan) the season

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. Hunting in AUTUMN
hatsuryoo 初猟 (はつりょう) first hunting

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Winter fishing

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Fishing in Winter

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Winter
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

Some fish are best caught in winter, preparations for spring are also made.

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Kigo for early winter

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Kigo for mid-winter

erisu amu えり簀編む (えりすあむ)
weaving a special bamboo mat
(for fishing). The mat is placed between poles in a river or lake in summer, so this work had to be done in winter. There were even some specialists for this work.

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Kigo for late winter

kannori 寒乗 (かんのり) working on a fishing boat in the cold season
to bring fresh fish to the cities, fishermen had to work in the Setonaikai and bring the fish to Osaka. Sinse it was often a stormy sea, the work was quite dangerous.

kanzuri 寒釣 (かんづり) fishing in the cold

yatsume unagi toru 八目鰻取る (やつめうなぎとる)
catching lamprey eel
Lampetra japonica
Neunauge

WKD
Yatsume unagi 八目鰻 (やつめうなぎ, 八つ目鰻) lamprey (eel)

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Kigo for all winter

ajiro 網代 (あじろ) wickerwork fishtraps
ajirogi 網代木（あじろぎ）poles for the wickerwork fishtraps
ajiromori 網代守（あじろもり) person looking after the traps, fishtrap watcher
geflochtenes Fischwehr

ajiro uchi 網代打 (あじろうち) preparing wickerwork fishtraps
kigo for late autumn

famous ajirogi from Uji 宇治の網代木

source : www.wao.or.jp

朝ぼらけ宇治の川霧たえだえに　
あらはれわたる瀬々の網代木
asaborake Uji no kawagiri taedae ni
araware wataru seze no ajirogi

when the day breaks,
mist hanging over the Uji River
sowly clears off
one by one they appear
first close ones, then the ones in the distance -
the stakes to support the fishtraps

Gon Chuunagon Sadayori 権中納言定頼
From 百人一首 Hyakunin Isshu poetry collection

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buriami, buri-ami 鰤網 (ぶりあみ) net for yellowtail
buribune 鰤船（ぶりぶね）boat for fishing yellowtail
buri tsuru 鰤釣る（ぶりつる）fishing for yellowtail
buriba 鰤場（ぶりば）place for fishing

WKD : yellowtail, the fish and food
Gelbschwanz fischen

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dojoo horu 泥鰌掘る (どじょうほる) digging for loach
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Water is let out of paddies and the ground, where the fish have dug deep to get over winter, is dug up to get the fish.
Loach dishes as food kigo
nach Schmerlen graben

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fushizuke 紫漬 (ふしづけ) old fishing method
Branches of pine and other needle trees are hung into the river like a forest, small lure is put in there and fish, which come here to hide from the cold and feed, are then caught. The fish are then caught in nets. Used in former times around Lake Biwa.

not to mix with

shibazuke しばづけ【柴漬（け）】 vegetables pickles with red shiso perilla leaves
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kaki muku 牡蠣剥く (かきむく) opening oysters (peeling)
..... kaki waru 牡蠣割る（かきわる）
kakiwarime 牡蠣割女（かきわりめ）woman who opens oysters

kakibune 牡蠣船 (かきぶね) boat for oyster fishing
kaki ryoori 牡蠣料理（かきりょうり）oyster dishes
... kaki meshi 牡蠣飯（かきめし）rice with oysters
... kakinabe 牡蠣鍋（かきなべ）hodgepodge with oysters

WKD
Oyster (kaki 牡蠣)

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hokei 捕鯨 (ほげい) whaling, whale hunting
kujira tsuki 鯨突（くじらつき）spearing a whale
isana tori 勇魚取（いさなとり）
kujirabune 鯨舟（くじらぶね）whaler, boat for whaling
..... hokeisen 捕鯨船（ほげいせん）
kujirami 鯨見（くじらみ）outlook for whales
..... kujiraban 鯨番（くじらばん）
ichiban mori 一番銛（いちばんもり）first harpoon
niban mori 二番銛（にばんもり）second harpoon

Whales, kujira (Japan)

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tappe 竹瓮 (たっぺ )
ancient tool for fishing in rivers and lakes
Thin stripes of bamboo are woven into a trap, which is filled with bait. After one night in the water, the fish is taken out next morning and the trap filled again.

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HAIKU

柴漬に古椀ぶくりぶくり哉
fushizuke ya kowan bukuri bukuri kana

Kobayashi Issa 一茶　

柴漬やをねをね晴れて山遠し
fushizuke ya oneone harete yama tooshi

Murakami Kijoo 村上鬼城　

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Winter vehicles

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Vehicles used in Winter

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

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Explanation

Some vehicles are for use in winter only. Let us look at them.

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Kigo for late winter

rasserusha ラッセル車 (らっせるしゃ) snowplow; snowplough
(Russel car)
josetsusha 除雪車（じょせつしゃ）, haisetsusha 排雪車（はいせつしゃ）
rootarisha ロータリー車（ろーたりーしゃ）

sunoomobiru スノーモビル snow mobil, snowmobil
..... setsujoosha 雪上車 (せつじょうしゃ)

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Kigo for all winter

sori 橇 (そり) sled
..... sori 雪橇（そり）雪舟（そり）
Schlitten

hakozori 箱橇（はこぞり）sled like a box
often used to transport children.

nizori 荷橇（にぞり）sled for luggge
kyakuzori 客橇（きゃくぞり）sled for visitors
yuubinzori 、郵便橇（ゆうびんぞり）sled for the postman

tezori 手橇（てぞり）handpulled sled

bazori 馬橇（ばそり）sled pulled by a horse
..... umazori 、うまぞり
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nozo 犬橇（のそ）sled pulled by dogs
..... inuzori いぬぞり

soriyoi 橇酔（そりよい）feel unwell on a sled

sori no yado 、橇の宿（そりのやど）home/house with a sled

sori no suzu 橇の鈴（そりのすず）bell of a sled

hozori 帆橇（ほぞり）sled with a sail
..... hokakezori 帆かけ橇

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***** Winter (fuyu, Japan) the season

***** Check the WKD LIST of
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Warm Things (fuyu mono) in the home

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Things to keep us warm (fuyumono)

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

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Explanation

There are many things to keep us warm in winter, most of them are kigo.
Here is a growing list of them.

Please add the kigo of your region !
Click on the hyperlinks for more detailed information in the World Kigo Database.

Gabi Greve

cold winter night -
the welcome warmth of
a small candle

kalte Winternacht -
die willkommene Waerme
einer kleinen Kerze

Gabi Greve, December 2006

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fuyuzashiki 冬座敷 (ふゆざしき) Japanese living room in winter

kantoo 寒燈 (かんとう) lamplight in winter
..... fuyu no hi 冬の燈（ふゆのひ）
..... fuyu tomoshi 冬燈（ふゆともし）

tatami gae 畳替 (たたみがえ) changing the tatami mats

blanket, buranketto　ブランケット
woolen blanket, moofu 毛布
electric blanket, denki moofu　電気毛布
Daruma on a blanket (moofu)

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. Stove ストーブ sutoobu ... and heating
danro, hibachi braziers, handwarmers, firewood and more, KIGO LIST

kanchuu, kan kuriya, kankuriya 寒厨 (かんちゅう)
kitchen in the cold
kigo for late winter

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Japanese Interior Items to keep the body warm

winter sitting room, fuyu zashiki 冬座敷
staying at home, fuyugomori 　冬篭り, 冬篭

portable　screens, byoobu 屏風
used to keep the cold wind from reaching the body
more info is here: Read about Byoobu and Tsuitate

screen for the hips, koshi byoobu　腰屏風
screen near the pillow, makura byoobu　枕屏風
e byoobu, e-byoobu 絵屏風 screen with paintings
kin byoobu 金屏風（きんびょうぶ）golden screen
..... kinbyoo 金屏（きんびょう）
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
ginbyoobu 銀屏風（ぎんびょうぶ）silcer screen
..... ginbyoo 銀屏（ぎんびょう）
. . . CLICK here for Photos !

byoobu uri 屏風売（びょうぶうり）vendor of screens

tsuitate 衝立（ついたて）free-standing screen, Stellschirm
. . . CLICK here for Photos !

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Sliding doors between the room and the veranda to outside, shooji　障子
light doors, akari shooji　明り障子
stand-alone doors, tsuitate shooji　衝立障子
doors from handmade paper, karakami shooji　唐紙障子
doors in hip size, koshi shooji　腰障子
doors for the cat, nekoma shooji　猫間障子
doors for viewing the snow, yukimi shooji　雪見障子

秋の夜やしょうじの穴が笛を吹
aki no yo ya shôji no ana ga fue wo fuku

autumn evening--
the hole in the paper door
blows flute

Kobayashi Issa
Tr. David Lanoue

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Sliding doors between the rooms, fusuma　襖　ふすま
臥す間, literally, a room to lie down, bedroom.
winter doors, fuyu fusuma　冬襖
white sliding doors, shirobusuma 白襖
fusumagami 襖紙（ふすまがみ）washi Japanese paper for fusuma
karakami 唐紙（からかみ）special paper for sliding doors
ebusuma 絵襖（えぶすま）fusuma with paintings
shirobusuma 白襖（しろぶすま）white sliding door
fusumashooji 襖障子（ふすましょうじ）fusuma sliding doors
karakami shooji 唐紙障子（からかみしょうじ）fusuma with karakami paper
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
furubusuma 古襖（ふるぶすま）odl fusuma
Reference : fusuma sliding doors

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warm bedding, futon 布団、蒲団 quilted bedding
kakebuton 掛布団（かけぶとん）futon blanket, coverlet, top quilt
shikibuton 敷蒲団（しきぶとん）futon matress, underquilt
hanebuton 羽蒲団（はねぶとん）futon with down feathers
futon hosu 蒲団干す（ふとんほす）hanging the futon to dry, quilt airing
hoshibuton 干蒲団 (ほしぶとん) matress-drying,, matress airing, quilt-airing

shoulder cover, katabuton 肩蒲団
back cover, senabuton　背蒲団
hip cover, koshibuton 腰蒲団
bed cover with cotton layers, quilt, wataire　綿入

fusuma 衾 (ふすま) a kind of down futon (not to be mixed with the sliding doors) . Daunendecke
... kakebusuma 掛衾（かけぶすま）to cover you
... shikibusuma 敷衾（しきぶすま）to lie on
furubusuma 古衾（ふるぶすま）old futon blanket
kamibusuma 紙衾 (かみぶすま) futon from paper, the inside is padded with cotton. This was used by poor people, using old sliding doors from temples, which were discarded in late autumn.
... Tentokuji 天德寺（てんとくじ）"like in the tempel Tentoku-Ji"

Carpet, carpets, rugs (juutan, dantsuu だんつう【段通／緞通】)
juutan 絨毯 (じゅうたん)
kaapetto カーペット carpet
peechika ペーチカ pechka (Russian, pechika)

　. . . Heating, fusuma, shoji in AUTUMN 　

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Things to do at home in winter

nochi no koromogae 後の更衣 (のちのころもが)
changing cloths for the winter season
kigo for early winter
Cloths are changed in spring and in early winter to prepare for the hot and cold season. The date for winter was the first of october according to the Asian lunar calendar.

keito amu 毛糸編む (けいとあむ) knitting with wool
keito 毛糸（けいと）wool, yarn
keitodama 毛糸玉（けいとだま）ball of wool

harugi nuu 春着縫う (はるぎぬう) preparing spring clothing
kigo for mid-winter

yugetate 湯気立 (ゆげたて) humidifier
..... kashitsuki かしつき【加湿器】
Sometimes medicinal herbs are put in a large water pot and this is placed on a stove.
Nowadays we also have electircal appliances.
Luftbefeuchter

kyuunyuuki 吸入器 (きゅうにゅうき) inhalator

hoshina yu 干菜湯 (ほしなゆ) bath with dried herbs
..... hibayu 干葉湯（ひばゆ）
hoshina buro 干菜風呂（ほしなぶろ）
In former times, the cut-off leaves of daikon radish or turnips were dried and put into the bathwater. It is said to help when the body feels cool (hieshoo) and for old people.

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Winter clothing, fuyumono　冬物　・fuyugi　冬着

sweater, seetaa セーター
cardigan, kaadigan　カーヂガン
jumper, janpaa　ジャンパー
vest, besuto ベスト
kooto コート coat
... Azuma kooto 東コート（あずまこーと）coat from Edo (Azuma region)
... Naniwa kooto 浪華コート（なにわこーと）coat from Osaka (Naniwa)
overcoat, oobakooto　オーバコート, ooba オーバー
..... gaitoo　外套
..... nijuu mawashi 二重回し (にじゅうまわし) . . . CLICK here for Photos !
..... mawashi 回し（まわし）、tonbi とんび、inverness インバネス、manto マント、tsurigane manto 釣鐘マント（つりがねまんと）"overcoat like a hanging temple bell
..... hifu 被布 (ひふ) padded overcoat worn by small children and women . . . CLICK here for Photos !
anorack, anorakku　アノラック
jakettsu ジャケツ jacket ジャケット

kegawa 毛皮 (けがわ) fur-lined overcoat
kegawa uri 毛皮売（けがわうり）vendor of fur coats
kegawa ten 毛皮店（けがわてん）shop selling fur coats
..... kegoromo 毛衣 (けごろも) clothing from fur
... kawagoromo 皮衣（かわごろも）clothing from leather
... kawagoromo 裘（かわごろも）, kawaginu かわぎぬ
kokyuu 狐裘（こきゅう）coat from fox fur

winter hat, fuyu booshi　冬帽子
fuyuboo 冬帽（ふゆぼう）winter hat
woolen hat, kebooshi　毛帽子
snow hat, yuki booshi　雪帽子

zukin 頭巾 (ずきん) hood
..... maruzukin 丸頭巾（まるずきん）round hood
..... hoorokuzuki 焙烙頭巾（ほうろくずきん）flat round hood
WKD : hooroku 焙烙earthen pans and how to put them on the head of Jizo
Daikokuzukin, Daikoku zukin 大黒頭巾（だいこくずきん）hood like the god of good luck, Daikoku 大黒天
kakuzukin 角頭巾（かくずきん）square hood
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Okosozukin 御髙祖頭巾（おこそずきん / 御高祖頭巾）hood made from a long shawl, like St. Nichiren used to wear.
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bookan boo 防寒帽 (ぼうかんぼう) hat against the cold
kebooshi 毛帽子（けぼうし）fur hat
yukibooshi 雪帽子（ゆきぼうし）snow hat

minobooshi 蓑帽子（みのぼうし）long straw winter hat

hookaburi 頬被 (ほおかぶり) cover head and cheeks with a towel or shawl
..... hookamuri 頬かむり（ほおかむり）

mimibukuro, mimi fukuro 耳袋みみぶくろ ear warmer

masuku マスク mask (to protect your nose and mouth)

gloves, mittens, tebukuro　手袋
..... shutoo 手套（しゅとう）mittens
leather gloves, kawa tebukuro　皮手袋

tabi 足袋 (たび) tabi socks
tabi arau 足袋洗う（たびあらう）to wash the tabi socks
tabi hosu 足袋干す（たびほす）to dry the tabi socks

shawl, shooru　ショール
muffler, mafuraa　マフラー
shoulder shawl, katakake　肩掛
stola, sutooru　ストール
erimaki 襟巻 (えりまき) shawl
..... kubimaki 首巻（くびまき）

fuyu shaatsu 冬シャツ (ふゆしゃつ) winter underwear, winter shirt
... keshaatsu 毛シャツ（けしゃつ）woolen winter underwear
... doogi 胴着 (どうぎ) padded, sleeveless undergarment

momohiki 股引 (ももひき) long underpants "riding on your thighs"
..... patchi ぱっち / パッチ
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more Traditional Japanese Wear

fuyufuku 冬服 (ふゆふく) winter cloths
... fuyu no fuku 冬の服（ふゆのふく）
... fuyugi 冬着 (ふゆぎ)
... fuyugoromo 冬衣（ふゆごろも）
... fuyumono 冬物（ふゆもの）
Winterkleidung

Bedtime quilt (yogi) 夜着　よぎ
..... kaimaki, 掻巻（かいまき）, quilt, fusuma 衾, sleeved futon

square shoulder shawl, kakumaki 角巻

half coat, hanten 　はんてん　半纏
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tanzen たんぜん　丹前 longer coat
... dotera 褞袍 (どてら)
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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）with cotton padding
... chabaori 茶羽織（ちゃばおり）"tea haori coat"
kawabaori 皮羽織かわばおり leather haori coat
... kawabaori 革羽織（かわばおり）

yukigappa (yuki kappa) 雪合羽 (ゆきがっぱ) snow jacket
..... yukimino 雪蓑（ゆきみの）snow jacket made from straw
yukibakama (yuki hakama) 雪袴 (ゆきばかま) hakama trousers for snow

atsushi 厚司 (あつし) warm winter garment, made from blankets by the Ainu in Hokkaido
..... atsushi 厚子（あつし）
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vest, chanchanko　ちゃんちゃんこ
..... sodenashi 袖無（そでなし）"without sleeves"

Especially used by old people and small children in the Edo period and later. In the Northern parts of Japan, everyone used it. Because it has no sleeves, you can easily do your daily chores with it, outside and inside the usually cold farm houses.

monpe もんぺ cotton trousers . Mompe.
..... moppe もっぺ
Often blue with fine patterns, still used by farm wifes nowadays. In winter they are quilted.
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night coat, yogi 夜着よぎ
..... kaimaki, 掻巻（かいまき）, quilt, fusuma 衾
　..... short night coat, koyogi 小夜着

Paper clothing, paper robes (kamiko) 紙衣 (かみこ) 紙子（かみこ）

wata 綿 (わた) cotton (garment)
wata-ire 綿入 (わたいれ) (garment with) cotton padding
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Cotton-padded garments to keep you warm

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Shoes and footwear

yukigutsu (yuki kutsu) 雪沓 (ゆきぐつ)
(traditional) snow shoes
waragutsu 藁沓（わらぐつ）straw shoes for winter
..... fukagutsu 深沓（ふかぐつ）
..... tsumago 爪籠（つまご）

tsunanuki 綱貫 (つなぬき) special snow shoes
made from cow leather, with iron spikes on the bottom.

kanjiki 樏 (かんじき) special bamboo contraptions to walk in the snow (snow-shoes)
wakanjiki 輪樏（わかんじき）round kanjiki
kane kanjiki 金樏（かねかんじき）kanjiki made from metal
ita kanjiki 板樏（いたかんじき）kanjiki with wooden plates
They are used by the bear hunters (matagi) in winter to walk through the forest.

yukigeta 雪下駄 (ゆきげた) snow geta sandals
bookan zoori 防寒草履（ぼうかんぞうり）cold-proof sandals
With a special warm cover for the toes.
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yukifumi 雪踏 (ゆきふみ)"stepping on snow"
special winter sandals
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fumidawara 踏俵（ふみだわら）special boots to make a way for walking in snowy counry.
They look like tawara, bundles for rice
kigo for late winter

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Japanese Food to keep you warm

The most important is the hodgepodge, nabe　鍋　なべもの that comes in many varieties.
wild boar stew, shishinabe 猪鍋
..... "peony stew" botan nabe 牡丹鍋
mixed stew, yosenabe　寄せ鍋、寄鍋
mixed seafood pot, ishikari nabe 石狩鍋

hot reddish in broth, furofuki 風呂吹き

Hot steamed rice, fukashimeshi　蒸飯

hot soup, shiru, xxx jiru　汁

soup eaten in the dark with candlelight, shared with good friends. Sometimes they had to guess the kind and number of ingredients in the dark.
..... yamijiru 闇汁

roots soup, kaburajiru　蕪汁　かぶらじる
blowfish soup, fugujiru　河豚汁
..... Blowfish, globe fish (fugu)
vegetable and tofu soup, kenchinjiru　けんちんじる

tofu in boiling water, yudoofu 湯豆腐
..... yuyakko 湯奴

Oden hodgepodge stew

WINTER FOOD ... ... The WASHOKU Saijiki

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Hot Drinks, our main Kigo List

hot rice wine, atsukan　熱燗, kanzake　燗酒
..... Ricewine, rice wine (sake, saké, saki, Japan)

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Worldwide use

tropical regions

sweat tops, sweaters
kigo for the wet seasons

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Things found on the way

Food of Japan, by Naomichi Ishige

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HAIKU

how cool the mug
before the coffee
is poured -

Paul MacNeil
HSA Bernard Lionel Einbond Renku Collection 2005

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毛皮着て逢えない筈の人と逢う　　
kegawa kite aenai hazu no hito to au

I wear a fur coat -
I meet a person not ment
to meet
　　
Matsumoto Kyooko 松本恭子 (1958 - )

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***** Winter (fuyu, Japan) the season

***** Autumn Food ... ... KIGO list

***** Sweets from Japan (wagashi) 和菓子歳時記
The Japanese Sweets Saijiki

***** Washoku, Winter Food from Japan

Check the WKD LIST of
. HUMANITY and All Winter Kigo

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Winter preparations outside

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Winter preparations outside

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Winter
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

A lot of preparations have to be done for winter.
The house has to be made warm and cosy. Protection from snow and cold is very important in Northern Japan, where the snow reaches many meters and has to be dealt with properly.

. Winter
heating, blankets, warm clothing, snow shoes and more 　

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Early Winter

fuyugamae 冬構 (ふゆがまえ)winter preparations

kazeyoke 風除かざよけ wind guards
kazegaki 風垣（かざがき） wind-protecting hedges
kazegakoi 風囲（かざがこい）
Some houses in Northern Japan have very high hedges (防風垣) on three sides around the house.
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kitamado fusagu 北窓塞ぐ (きたまどふさぐ) closing the north window and more about windows

mebari 目貼 (めばり) sealing the windows
sukimabari 隙間張（すきまばり）sealing the small apertures (where the cold wind might come in)
Japanese wooden houses are full of small slits around the sliding windows and sliding doors. In winter they are all sealed quite carefully with strong paper.

shimoyoke 霜除 (しもよけ) frost protection
shimo ooi 霜覆（しもおおい）shimogakoi霜囲（しもがこい）
Many homes have extra wooden protections against snow and cold. The north walls and windows are sealed tightly.

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Mid-Winter

haka kakou 墓囲う (はかかこう) protecting the graves with an enclosure

yabumaki 藪巻 (やぶまき) putting straw mats around bamboo and underbrush to prevent it from breaking under heavy snow
..... komomaki 菰巻（こもまき）
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yukigakoi 雪囲 (ゆきがこい) snow protection
..... yukiyoke 雪除（ゆきよけ）protective fence against snow
yukigaki 雪垣（ゆきがき）snow-protecting hedge

yukigomo 雪菰（ゆきごも）snow protection for flowers

MORE
SNOW-related kigo about human activities in winter
shoveling snow, yukikaki 雪掻 (ゆきかき) and many more

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Late Winter

gangi 雁木 (がんぎ ) wooden snow protection roof along the road
gangi ichi 雁木市（がんぎいち）
market selling wood for the gangi
In the parts of Japan with heavy snowfall, the roadsides were protected by long roofs, which were supported by strong wooden pillars to carry the heavy load of snow. They form a place where people can walk safely during winter time.

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sugamori すが洩り (すがもり) leeking of melting icewater
... suga more すが漏（すがもれ）
suga is dialect of Northern Japan. Snow and ice around the home begin to melt and leek throught the apertures in the roof or windows or below doors.

国分寺すが洩り跡の堂の壁
kokubunji sugamori ato no doo no kabe

Temple Kokubunji -
the walls of the hall show remains
of leeking meltwater

Himori Mume 日守むめ

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All Winter

fuyugomori 冬篭り winter confinement, winter isolation

fuyu yakata 冬館 (ふゆやかた) large home in winter
usually a home in Western style.

Wind-cutting sickle at the temple Horyu-Ji 法隆寺
kazakirigama 風切鎌 (かざきりがま) "wind-cutting sickle"
A sickle is put up on a long pole or on the roof to "cut the strong north wind" and protect the home.

sukimakaze 隙間風（すきまかぜ） wind through the small apertures of a building
..... himamoru kaze ひま洩る風　（ひまもるかぜ）

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Autumn games entertainment

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Autumn and entertainment

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Autumn
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

Games played in autumn, entertainment in autumn, school in autumn.

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Early autumn

kyuuka ake 休暇明 (きゅうかあけ)
end of the (summer) holidays
... kyuuka hatsu 休暇果つ（きゅうかはつ）
kyuuka shimau 休暇了う（きゅうかしまう）
kaki kyuuka hatsu 夏期休暇果つ（かききゅうかはつ） end of the summer break
nigakki 二学期（にがっき）second term in school
shuugakki 秋学期（しゅうがっき）autumn term in school

Sumo wrestling 相撲 (すもう)

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Mid-autumn

Tsukimi 月見 moon viewing and related kigo

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Late autumn

bai mawashi ばい廻し (ばいまわし / 海蠃廻し)
spinning tops with shells
beigoma べい独楽（べいごま）spinning tops
bai-uchi ばい打（ばいうち / 海打ち）、baibaigoma ばいばいごま
tsuyobai 強ばい（つよばい）"strong shell"
kachibai 勝ばい（かちばい）"winning shell"
makebai 負ばい（まけばい） "loosing shell"
BAI are special conch shells that were used as spinning tops in the Edo period. The conches were opened and the inside filled with wax or lead to make them heavy. They were especially used befor the 9th day of the 9th month of the Chrysanthemum festival. This was not only a toy for children, even grownups enjoyed a game. Later the tops were made of metal. The top of an opponent has to be kicked out of the box or round.
Now these tops are also used during the New Year holidays.
A play of words with BAI, to come back to you manifold. 福が倍にくる
バイガイ, ばい貝, 梅貝 small water snails and New Year Food

奉公にゆく誰彼やばい廻し
hookoo ni yuku darekare ya bai mawashi

someone is leaving
to become an apprentice -
spinning tops

Kubota Mantaroo 万太郎

koma 独楽 (こま) spinning top Kreisel
kigo for the New Year

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gangasa 雁瘡 (がんがさ) "goose ekzema", ekzema in autumn
gansoo 雁瘡（がんそう）, kangasa 雁来瘡（がんがさ）
Difficult to cure, it comes and goes as the geese come and go.
Herbstekzem

imonikai, imoni kai 芋煮会いもにかい "boiled satoimo taro potatoes"
... imoni 芋煮（いもに）
Originally from Yamagata, with Yonezawa beef

kiku matsuri Chrysanthemum Festival
kikukaten 菊花展 (きくかてん) chrysanthemum exhibition
... kikuten 菊展（きくてん）
kiku ningyoo 菊人形 (きくにんぎょう) figures made from chrysanthemums
... kiku shi 菊師（きくし）
. . . CLICK here for Chrysanthemum Doll Photos !

momijigari 紅葉狩もみじがり "hunting for red leaves" leaf watching
... momiji mi 紅葉見（もみじみ, kanpuu 観楓（かんぷう）
momiji fumu 紅葉踏む（もみじふむ）stepping on red leaves
momijizake 紅葉酒（もみじざけ）ricewine while watching red leaves
momijijaya momiji chaya 紅葉茶屋（もみじぢゃや）tea house for watching red leaves
momijibune 紅葉舟（もみじぶね） boat for watching red leaves
momiji taku 紅葉焚く（もみじたく）burning red leaves

momiji no ga 紅葉の賀 (もみじのが) official viewing of the red leaves, court ceremony
... aki no gyoo-u 秋の御遊（あきのぎょゆう）
. . . CLICK here for Ceremony Photos !

takegari 茸狩たけがり "hunting for mushrooms
... kinokogari　茸狩
picking mushrooms, kinoko tori 茸採り（きのことり）
bag for mushrooms, kinoko kago 茸籠（きのこかご）
mat to spread mushrooms to dry, kinoko mushiro 茸筵（たけむしろ）

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All autumn

AKI
shuui, shuu-i 秋意しゅうい feeling of autumn
shuushi 秋思 (しゅうし) autumnal melancholy
shuukai 秋懐（しゅうかい）, shuushuu 傷秋（しょうしゅう）
shuuyoo 秋容（しゅうよう）、aki aware 秋あわれ（あきあわれ）
aki sabishi 秋さびし（あきさびし） feeling lonely in autumn
herbstliche Melancholie

山塊にゆく雲しろむ秋思かな
sankai ni yuku kumo shiromu shuushi kana

above the isolated mountains
white clouds are moving -
autumn melancholy

Iida Dakotsu 飯田蛇笏

aki no asobi 秋の遊び（あきのあそび）joys of autumn
shuukyoo 秋興 (しゅうきょう) joy of autumn
der Reiz des Herbstes

akigawaki 秋渇き (あきがわき) dryness in autumn
aki kawaki 秋乾き（あきかわき）

autumn information, Japanese
http://weather.goo.ne.jp/information/10/01.html

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aki no noasobi, no-asobi 秋の野遊び (あきののあそび)
enjoying outdoor life in autumn
aki asobi 秋遊（あきあそび）enjoying autumn outside
aki no yama asobi 秋の山遊（あきのやまあそび）enjoying the mountains in autumn
aki no pikkunikku 秋のピクニック（あきのぴくにっく）picnic in autumn
aki no ensoku 秋の遠足（あきのえんそく） excursion, outing in autumn

mushiuri, mushi-uri 虫売り/ 虫売 / むしうり vendor of insects and more MUSHI kigo
... mushiya 虫屋（むしや）
mushikago 虫籠 (むしかご) box for keeping insects
... mushigo, mushiko むしご、むしこ

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undookai 運動会 (うんどうかい) athletic meeting
shuuki undookai 秋季大運動会（しゅうきだいうんどうかい）sports festival in autumn
tai-iku sai 体育祭（たいいくさい） athletic meet
Usually at schools, where parents and relatives come to enjoy one day of events and lunch together.
Sportfest

yagaku 夜学 (やがく) night school, studying at night
and related KIGO

Night work (yonabe)of a farmer Japan

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Worldwide use

Europa

Autumn Melancholy

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Things found on the way

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KIGO LISTS about
autumn and humanity

***** Autumn hunting and fishing

***** Autumn festivals and ceremonies

***** Autumn in the home

***** Food and Drinks in Autumn

MORE
Autumn and Humanity Kigo

. . . Autumn (aki, 秋 ) A season for haiku !

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Autumn farmers work

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Autumn and farmers work

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Autumn
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

There is a lot to be done in autumn, harvesting and preparing for winter.

Let us look at some kigo and activities of this haiku season.

LINKS are only to my own entries with more details for you.
Many words are also kigo in other seasons, when they blossom etc. Please check the main ABC index of the world kigo for further reference.

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Early autumn

daikon maku 大根蒔く (だいこんまく)
sowing radish seeds
Radish and its kigo

hachigatsu daimyoo 八月大名 (はちがつだいみょう) "Lord in August"
In the two months of february and august there was not so much field work to do and people used it for marriage celebrations or other ramily rituals, because they had time to travel and meet. Good food was prepared and they enjoyed the "Life of a Lord".
Especially common in Western Japan.

mame hiku 豆引く picking beans soybeans and many others
drying soy beans, daizu hosu 大豆干す

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Mid-autumn

awa karu 粟刈る (あわかる) harvesting foxtail millet
. . . . . awa hiku 粟引く（あわひく）
awa hosu 粟干す（あわほす）drying millet
awa utsu 粟打つ（あわうつ）threshing millet
awa mushiro 粟筵（あわむしろ） straw mat to dry millet
Millet and millet dishes

botan no newake 牡丹の根分 (ぼたんのねわけ)
dividing the roots of peonies (peony)
. . . . . botan no tsugi ki 牡丹の接木（ぼたんのつぎき）grafting peonies
. . . . . shakuyaku no newake 芍薬の根分 (しゃくやくのねわけ) difiding the roots fo herbaceous peonies

goma karu　胡麻刈る cutting sesame plants and more about sesame
goma hosu 胡麻干す（ごまほす）drying sesame plants
goma tataku 胡麻叩く（ごまたたく）"hitting " threshing seseme plants
shingoma 新胡麻（しんごま）new sesame
kurogoma 黒胡麻（くろごま）black sesame
kingoma 金胡麻（きんごま）golden sesame
gomagara 胡麻殻（ごまがら） husks/hulls of the sesame seed

hoonen 豊年 (ほうねん) bountiful harvest
toyo no aki 豊の秋（とよのあき）bountiful autumn
deki aki 出来秋（できあき）fruits of autumn
豊作（ほうさく）abundant harvest, bumper crop

ito-uri 糸瓜, 蛮瓜,布瓜 sponge gourd and related kigo

kakishibu 柿渋（かきしぶ）"persimmon dye" persimmon tannin
and how to make and use it
Kakitannin

karashi tane maku 芥菜蒔く (からしなまく)
sowing poppy seeds
. . . . . keshi maku 罌粟蒔く (けしまく)
keshi no hana poppy flowers 芥子の花（けしのはな） kigo for earlyl summer

kusabana aki maku 草花秋蒔く (くさばなあきまく)
sowing plants and flowers in autumn

kusadomari 草泊 (くさどまり) staying over night for cutting weeds
. . . . . kusayama 草山（くさやま）
In olden times, farmers went up the volcanic slopes to cut the weeds. It took them a few days so they stayed in mountain huts and shelters during this time. It was also a time for their sons and daughters to mingle freely and all looked forward to it.
Nowadays, with tractors, it is a one-day activiy and lost its former charm.

take kiru 竹伐る (たけきる) cutting bamboo
BAMBOO .. An Asian Plant

watatsumi 綿摘（わたつみ）picking cotton
Many COTTON-related kigo.
momen 木綿（もめん）cotton コットン

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Late autumn

aki mayu, akimayu 秋繭 (あきまゆ) silkworms in autumn

aki osame 秋納め (あきおさめ) "reaping in autumn",
a celebration after the harvest
. . . aki wasure 秋忘（あきわすれ） "forgetting autumn",
aki age 秋揚げ（あきあげ）"ending the autumn work"
aki burumai秋振舞（あきぶるまい）"celebrating in autumn"
tajimai 田仕舞（たじまい） "end of the field season"

genge maku 紫雲英蒔く (げんげまく) sowing milk vetch (clover)
Astragalus sinicus

goboo hiku 牛蒡引く (ごぼうひく) picking burdock
goboo horu 牛蒡掘る（ごぼうほる） digging for burdock

hagi kiru 萩刈る (はぎかる) cutting bushclover (bush clover)
. . . . . hagikari 萩刈（はぎかり）

hishi toru 菱取る (ひしとる) collecting water chestnuts
Trapa japonica
. . . . . hishitori 菱採り（ひしとり）
. . . . . hishi no mi toru 菱の実取る（ひしのみとる）
hishibune 菱舟（ひしぶね）ship to collect water chestnuts
yudebishi 茹菱（ゆでびし） boiled water chestnuts
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inekari 稲刈 (いねかり) harvesting rice
one of the most important activities of the rice farmers,
drying the rice plants, ine hosu 稲干す
offering for the rice cutting sickle, kama iwai 鎌祝（かまいわい）
threshing rice, ine koki 稲扱きいねこき
and MANY MORE !

kaya karu 萱刈る (かやかる) cutting miscanthus (reeds)
kaya fuku 萱葺く（かやふく）thatching a roof
kaya no nokiba 萱の軒場（かやののきば）shed to store cut miscanthus
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. . . . . ashi kari 蘆刈 (あしかり) cutting reeds
ashikarime 蘆刈女（あしかりめ）woman cutting reeds
ashikaribune 蘆刈舟（あしかりぶね）boat to cut reeds
. . . ashibune 蘆舟（あしぶね）
ashibi 蘆火 (あしび) burning reed

kurara hiku 苦参引く (くららひく) pulling out kurara (Sophora flavescens)
(a medical plant)
kusa enju horu 草槐掘る（くさえんじゅほる） digging for Sophora flavescens

kusuri horu 薬掘る (くすりほる) "digging for medicine"
kusuri tori 薬採る（くすりとる）collecting medicine
yakusoo horu 薬草掘る（やくそうほる）digging for medicinal plants
akane horu 茜掘る（あかねほる） digging for madder (Rubia cordifolia)

kuwa kukuru 桑括る (くわくくる) binding the mulberries
The branches have to be cut down in autumn when the leaves get brownish, because otherwise the branches will spread in all four directions and the stumps are covered with straw and bound for the winter.

kuzu horu 葛掘る (くずほる) digging for arrowroot
. . . . . kuzune horu 葛根掘る（くずねほる）
. . . . . kuzu hiku 葛引く（くずひく）pulling out arrowroot

kyosaku 凶作 (きょうさく) poor harvest, poor crop
. . . fusaku 不作（ふさく）
kanbatsuden 旱魃田（かんばつでん） dry fields

maki tozasu 牧閉す (まきとざす) "closing down the open grazing land"
umasage, uma sage 馬下げ（うまさげ）getting the horses down
makigaeri 牧帰り（まきがえり） coming home from the grazing land
uma sageru 馬下げる (うまさげる) getting the horses down, is sometimes listed as a kigo for early winter.

matsu teire, matsu te-ire 松手入 (まつていれ) cutting the pine trees
In your garden, usually a hedge to ward off strong wind and decorative pines in the temple gardens. Mostly done by professional gardeners. They climb up high into the trees to cut of old or unwanted branches.

natane maku 菜種蒔く (なたねまく) sowing rapeseed
na no hana 菜の花 rape blossoms kigo for spring

senburi hiku 千振引く (せんぶりひく) pulling Japanese green gentian
(Swertia japonica), amedicinal plant
. . . . . senburi toru 千振採る（せんぶりとる）
tooyaku hiku 当薬引く（とうやくひく）pulling Japanese green gentian
senburi hosu 千振干す（せんぶりほす）drying Japanese green gentian

tanetori 種採 (たねとり) taking seeds
Usually from flowers, they are kept in a sachet and are sown again next year.

tokusa karu 木賊刈る (とくさかる) cutting scouring rush
Equisetum hyemale

tsuru taguri 蔓たぐり (つるたぐり) pulling vines
tsuru kiri 蔓切（つるきり）cutting vines
tsuru hiki 蔓引（つるひき） pulling vines
After the harvest of gourds and beans, the leftover vines in the fields are now pulled out.

yonabe 夜業 (夜なべ) night work at home
... tawara ami 俵網 (たわらあみ) making straw bags
komedawara amu 米俵編む（こめだわらあむ）making straw bags for rice
sumidawara amu 炭俵編む（すみだわらあむ） making straw bags for charcoal

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All autumn

kakashi 案山子 (かがし) scarecrow
bird scarers, tori odoshi 鳥威し, guardian of the fields 田守 (たもり) tamori and more

kinuta 砧 (きぬた) fulling block, washing mallet,
and related kigo

shishigaki 鹿垣 (ししがき) fence against wild boars and other animals
kabiya 鹿火屋かひや hut for the fire watch
kabiya mori 鹿火屋守（かひやもり）guardian of the fire watch hut

shinginu 新絹 (しんぎぬ) new silk
silk of this year, kotoshi ginu 今年絹（ことしぎぬ）
new loom, shinhata 新機（しんはた）

shuukoo 秋耕 (しゅうこう )plowing the fields in autumn

soozu 添水そうず "animal chaser"
. . . soozu 僧都（そうず）、bottanko ばったんこ、botta ばった、
yamada no suuzu 山田の僧都（やまどのそうず） "animal chaser in the mountains and in the fields"
. . . . . karausu, kara-usu 唐臼（からうす）"mortar"
usagi tsuzumi 兎鼓（うさぎつづみ） "rabbit drum" (an expression used in Kyushu)
A kind of bamboo pole that fills with water and drops down with a sound that scares away the animals.
Shishiodoshi, shishi odoshi 鹿威し the deer scarer

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Tobacco plant / Tabakpflanze
Nicotiana tabacum

waka tabako 若煙草 (わかたばこ, ワカタバコ) "young tobacco"
shin tabako 新煙草（しんたばこ） new tobacco
kotoshi tabako 今年煙草（ことしたばこ）tobaco from this year
tabako hosu 煙草干す（たばこほす）drying tobacco
kake tabako 懸煙草（かけたばこ）hanging tobacco leaves to dry
nawa tabako 縄煙草（なわたばこ） tobacco bound in a rope
kigo for all autumn

tabako no hana 煙草の花 (たばこのはな) tabacco flower
. . . . . hanatabako 花煙草（はなたばこ）
kigo for early autumn
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iwa tobakko 岩煙草 (いわたばこ) "cliff tobacco"
. . . . . iwana, iwajisha いわな、いわぢしゃ
Conandron ramondioides
kigo for late summer
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yasai no aki tanemaki 野菜の秋蒔き (やさいのあきまき)
sowing seeds of vegetables in autumn
. . . . . akimaki yasai 秋蒔野菜（あきまきやさい）
kabu maku 蕪蒔く（かぶまく）sowing turnips
goboo maku 牛蒡蒔く（ごぼうまく）sowing burdock
soramame uu 蚕豆植う（そらまめうう）planting fava beans

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***** Autumn in the home

***** Autumn games, entertainment, school

***** Food and Drinks in Autumn

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Autumn and Humanity Kigo

. . . Autumn (aki, 秋 ) A season for haiku !

. Planting, harvesting and preparing food in SPRING kigo 　

***** sumidawara 炭俵 (すみだわら) sack for wrapping charcoal
kigo for all winter

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Autumn hunting fishing

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Autumn hunting and fishing

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Autumn
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

Autumn is a time for hunting and fishing!

Here is a list of the kigo related to these activities.
The name of game and fish are usually also kigo.

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Early autumn

　aki no ukai 秋の鵜飼 (あきのうかい)
cormorant fishing in autumn

hatobue 鳩笛 cooing like a pigeon

takauchi 鷹打 (たかうち)
catching falcons for taming
takauchidokoro 初秋鷹打所（たかうちどころ）place for taming falcons
takaami, taka-ami 鷹網（たかあみ）net for catching falcons
machiamigake 待網掛（まちあがけ）putting up a net
aradaka 荒鷹（あらたか） "wild falcon"

kotakagari 小鷹狩 (こたかがり) hunting with small falcons
hatsu takagari 初鷹狩（はつたかがり）first hunt with falcons
. . . hatsu togari 初鳥狩（はつとがり）
hatsutaka 初鷹（はつたか）"first falcon"
hatsu takano 初鷹野（はつたかの）"first falcon in the fields"
kotakano 小鷹野（こたかの）field with small falcons

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Mid-autumn

shikabue 鹿笛 deer flute / deer call
shikagari 鹿狩（しかがり) deer hunt, deer hunting

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Late autumn

ajiro uchi 網代打 (あじろうち) preparing wickerwork fishtraps
ajirogi utsu 網代木打つ（あじろぎうつ）
They are used for winter fishing, see WINTER HUMANITY kigo.

hatsuryoo 初猟 (はつりょう) first hunting
juuroo hajimaru 銃猟はじまる（じゅうりょうはじまる）hunting with guns begins
juuryooki ni hairu 銃猟期に入る（じゅうりょうきのはいる）hunting season begins
ryookaikin 猟開禁（りょうかいきん） end of no-hunting season

iwashi hiku 鰯引く (いわしひく) catching sardines
iwashi ami 鰯網（いわしあみ）net for sardines
koiwashi hiku 小鰯引く（こいわしひく） catching small sardines

kotorigari 小鳥狩 (ことりがり) hunting for small birds
kotori ami 小鳥網（ことりあみ）net for catching small birds
kasumiami, kasumi-ami 霞網（かすみあみ）net for catching birds
toriya 鳥屋（とや）bird hunter
. . . toriyashi 鳥屋師（とやし）
toyaba 鳥屋場（とやば） place for bird hunting

kuzureyana 崩れ簗 (くずれやな) broken weir fish trap
Usually one from last year, that has been left to stand in the river.

nezuri 根釣 (ねづり) fishing on the ground (in the tree roots)
. . . neuozuri 根魚釣（ねうおづり）
neuo 根魚（ねうお）fish hidden in roots
kishizuri 岸釣（きしづり） fishing close to the shore

otori 囮 (おとり) decoy
otori ban 囮番（おとりばん）keeper of the decoys
. . . otori mori 囮守（おとりもり）
otorikago 囮籠（おとりかご） box with a decoy

sakeuchi 鮭打 (さけうち) trap for salmon
sakeami, sake-ami 鮭網（さけあみ）net for catching salmon
sakeyana 鮭簗（さけやな） weir fishtrap for salmon
sakegoya 鮭小屋（さけごや）hut for the salmon fishemen
. . . sake banya 鮭番屋（さけばんや）

takahago 高擌 (たかはご) contraption to catch birds
. . . takahago 高羽籠（たかはご）
. . . takanawa 、高縄（たかなわ）、takahaga 高はが（たかはが）、zukubiki 木莵引（ずくひき）
a kind of net on a long pole, under which decoys are placed.

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All autumn

hazetsuri 鯊釣 (はぜつり) fishing for goby
hazebune 鯊舟（はぜぶね）boat for fishing goby
haze no sao 鯊の竿（はぜのさお） fishing pole for goby

ika hosu 烏賊干す (いかほす) hanging squid to dry
ika busuma 烏賊襖（いかぶすま）drying squid
ika arai 烏賊洗（いかあらい）cleaning squid
ikasaki 烏賊裂（いかさき）cutting squid
shioika, shio-ika 塩烏賊（しおいか） squid in salt

kudariyana 下り簗 (くだりやな) weir fish trap
for fish coming back downstream after laying their eggs upstream. Usually spread over the width of a river.

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初猟の老いたる犬に火を熾す　
hatsuryoo no oitaru inu ni hi o okosu

first hunting -
I make a warming fire
for my old dog

Haruka　遥
Tr. Gabi Greve

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KIGO LISTS about
autumn and humanity

***** Autumn hunting and fishing

***** Autumn festivals and ceremonies

***** Autumn in the home

***** Autumn games, entertainment, school

***** Food and Drinks in Autumn

MORE
Autumn and Humanity Kigo

. . . Autumn (aki, 秋 ) A season for haiku !

. HUNTING in WINTER 　

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Autumn in the home

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Autumn in the home

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Autumn
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

The haiku autumn starts on August 8. Some preparations are made in the home to live comfortably through this season.

Also the O-Bon festival has many kigo related to the preparations at home.

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Early autumn

aki oogi 秋扇 (あきおうぎ ) folding handfan in autumn
. . . shuusen 秋扇（しゅうせん）
oogi oku 扇置く（おうぎおく） putting down the folding fan
suteoogi, sute-oogi 捨扇（すておうぎ） thrown-away folding fan
wasureoogi, wasure-oogi、忘れ扇（わすれおうぎ） forgotten folding fan
We can express our feeling of loneliness and melancoly through this simple tool, which was so useful in summer, expecially in times with no air conditioning.
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Folding Fan (oogi) Japan

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Mid-autumn

akiawase, aki awase 秋袷 (あきあわせ)
lined kimono for autumn
. . . aki no awase 秋の袷（あきのあわせ）
. . . nochi no awase
後の袷（のちのあわせ）

aki sudare 秋簾 (あきすだれ) blinds in autumn
. . . akisu 秋簾（あきす）
sudare no nagori 簾の名残（すだれのなごり）end of the season of the blinds
sudare hazusu 簾外す（すだれはずす）taking off the blinds
sudare osamu 簾納む（すだれおさむ）packing away the blinds
sudare no wakare 簾の別れ（すだれのわかれ）good by to the blinds

Details are HERE
Blinds, summer curtains (sudare)Japan

gyoosui nagori 行水名残 (ぎょうずいなごり)
end of the season of the washtub
. . . gyoosui no hate 行水の果（ぎょうずいのはて）
In summer you could poor cold water in a tub and wash the sweat off. Now with the cooler days coming, it is better to heat the bathtub (ofuro) again and the washtubs are put away.

shooji arau 障子洗う (しょうじあらう )
to wash the sliding doors
shooji haru 障子貼る (しょうじはる) to paste (new paper) to the sliding doors, repair the sliding doors
shooji no harikae 障子の貼替（しょうじのはりかえ） new paper for the sliding doors

shooji fusuma o ireru 障子襖を入れる (しょうじふすまをいれる)
to put in sliding doors between the tatami rooms
shooji ireru 障子入るる（しょうじいるる）
fusuma ireru 襖入るる（ふすまいるる）
During summer, the sliding doors have been removed to make a path for more air.
Sliding doors (shooji)and fusuma in Japan

takamushiro 簟名残 (たかむしろなごり)
end of the season for patterned floor mats
takamushiro no wakare 簟の別れ（たかむしろのわかれ）
Floor mats and tatami in the Japanese home KIGO

tooroo 燈籠 (とうろう) lanterns for O-Bon

yoshido shimau 葭戸蔵う (よしどしまう)
put away the reed doors
. . . 簀戸蔵う（すどしまう）
These reed doors are put in in summer to let more air come into the rooms and have some cool shade. They are part of the Edo culture to survive the humit Japanese summers.

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Late autumn

fuuro 風炉の名残 (ふろのなごり)
end of the season of the fuuro, summer hearth for the tea ceremony
. . . fuuro nagori 風炉名残（ふろなごり）
nagori no cha 名残の茶（なごりのちゃ）
nagorizuki 名残月（なごりづき）
Tea Ceremony Saijiki 茶道の歳時記　

fuyujitaku 冬仕度 (ふゆじたく) preparations for winter
. . . fuyu yooi 冬用意（ふゆようい）
yuki jitaku 雪支度（ゆきじたく） preparations for snow

hi koishi 火恋し (ひこいし) longing for a warm fire
sumibi koishi 炭火恋し（すみびこいし） longing for a charcoal fire
robi koishi 炉火恋し（ろびこいし）longing for the hearth fire
hibachi hoshi 火鉢欲し（ひばちほし）to want a handwarmer
kotatsu hoshi 炬燵欲し（こたつほし） to want a kotatsu
aki no ro 秋の炉 (あきのろ) hearth in autumn
. . . shuuro 秋炉（しゅうろ）
Now is the time to get out the warming tools! and get the hearth fire going again.
Heating in winter, KIGO list

kiku makura 菊枕 (きくまくら) "chrysanthemum pillow"
. . . kikuchin, kiku chin 菊枕（きくちん）
. . . kiku no makura 菊の枕（きくのまくら）
Petals of the chrysanthemums are dryed and stuffed into the pillow to enjoy the faint smell and drive away evil influence.
Dew from chrysanthemum petals is sipped to gain long life.
These customs are from China and belong to the chrysanthemum festival on the ninth day of the ninth month, the double nine (according to the Asian lunar calendar).

kiku gasane 菊襲 (きくがさね) chrysanthemum kimono

Details are here
Chrysanthemum kiku, chiyomigusa (Japan)

momijigoromo 紅葉衣 (もみじごろも)
kimono for viewing the red autumn leaves
. . . momijigasane 紅葉重（もみじがさね）
. Autumn Leaves (momiji, Japan) yellow leaves, colored leaves

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All autumn

aki no fuku 秋の服 (あきのふく)
cloths worn in autumn

aki no hi 秋の燈 (あきのひ) lamplight in autumn
. . . shuutoo 秋燈（しゅうとう）
tooka no aki 燈火の秋（とうかのあき） autumn with lamplight
tooka shitashimu 燈火親しむ（とうかしたしむ）to enjoy the lamplight in autumn
Contrary to spring, this lamplight is used for reading and studying. It has a cosy feeling of the family united in one room.

aki no kaya 秋の蚊帳 (あきのかや)
mosquito net in autumn
kaya no hate 蚊帳の果（かやのはて）the last days of the season of the mosquito net
..... kaya no nagori 蚊帳の名残（かやのなごり）
kaya no wakare 蚊帳の別れ（かやのわかれ）good bye to the mosquito net
kugatsu kaya 九月蚊帳（くがつがや） mosquito net in September
Different from the mosquito net in summer, it is now cooler under its protective covers and cool night air is in the room. The warm season will now soon be over.

aki no yado 秋の宿 (あきのやど)
home in autumn, (my) house in autumn, a lodging in autumn
aki no an 秋の庵（あきのいお）my retreat in autumn
aki no to 秋の戸（あきのと） my home in autumn
These kigo convey a feeling of loneliness and solitude.

aki uchiwa 秋団扇 (あきうちわ) handfan in autumn
uchiwa oku 団扇置く（うちわおく）putting down the handfan
suteuchiwa, sute-uchiwa捨団扇（すてうちわ）thrown-away handfan
wasureuchiwa, wasure-uchiwa 忘れ団扇（わすれうちわ）forgotten handfan
Handfan (uchiwa)

yagaku 夜学 (やがく) night school, studying at night
. . . yagakkoo 夜学校（やがっこう) night school
. . . yakan gakkoo 夜間学校（やかんがっこう）
yagakushi 夜学子（やがくし）night-school student
. . . yagakusei 夜学生（やがくせい）child studying at night
yonarai 夜習（よならい） studying at night, in the evening

Night work (yonabe)of a farmer Japan

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HAIKU

秋の宿淋しきながら柱有
aki no yado sabishiki nagara hashira ari

my home in autumn -
it is quite lonely but
it has pillars

Matsuse Seisei 松瀬青々
(1869 - 1937)
Tr. Gabi Greve

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***** Kimono, Traditional Japanese Robes a KIGO list

***** Bon Festival (o-bon)

KIGO LISTS about
autumn and humanity

***** Autumn hunting and fishing

***** Autumn festivals and ceremonies

***** Autumn in the home

***** Autumn games, entertainment, school

***** Food and Drinks in Autumn

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Autumn and Humanity Kigo

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Cotton (wata)

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Cotton (wata)

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

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Explanation

Since the early Edo period, cotton was produced mainly in the Kinnai area 畿内 and Kawachi 河内国 region and many merchants lived in nearby Osaka.
The seeds are sown in May and the picking starts after the O-Bon holidays in August.
The fields were located in the watery rice paddies on elevated earth, called handen 半田（はんでん）」or shimabata「嶋畑（しまばた）.

cotton picking in the Edo period

source : 河内木綿の部屋
with more photos from the Cotton Museum of Kawachi !

wata refers to the cotton plant with more than 40 sub-species.
Gossypium spp.

momen 木綿（もめん）is another word for cotton コットン.

Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, India and Africa.
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The oil from cotton seed is used for cooking.
menjitsuyu 綿実油 cotton seed oil

Some kigo concern its harvesting and production, others things made ouf of cotton.
They come in various seasons.

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early summer

watanuki 綿抜（わたぬき, 綿抜き）
"take the cotton padding out"
On April first (lunar Calendar), the robes and lined kimono (awase) changed from warm winter to light summer garments.
wata o nuku, this is the original of the family name Watanuki.

mid-summer

shin mawata 新真綿 (しんまわた) new silk floss
mawata tori 真綿取り（まわたとり） picking silk floss
Seidenwatte, Florettseide

late summer

wata no hana 棉の花 (わたのはな)
flowers of the cotton plant
. . . 綿の花（わたのはな）

watasuge 綿菅 (わたすげ) "cotton sedge"
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all summer

chijimi momen 縮木綿（ちぢみもめん）cotton crepe

momengaya 木綿蚊帳（もめんがや）
mosquito net made from cotton thread

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mid-autumn

wata tori 綿取 (わたとり) harvesting cotton
watatsumi 綿摘（わたつみ）picking cotton

watayumi 綿弓（わたゆみ）cotton bow
wata uchi yumi 綿打弓（わたうちゆみ）bow to hit the cotton
To disentangle old cotton padding. Made of bamboo. The bowstring makes a nostalgic low sound, almost like a melody. See the haiku by Basho below.
This old custom of "hitting cotton" is still alive in India and many other countries and I remember this sound very well.

wata hosu 綿干す（わたほす）drying cotton
wata kuri 綿繰り（わたくり）turning cotton

wata kai 綿買（わたかい） buyer of cotton, cotton merchant

kigo for late autumn
shin wata 新綿 (しんわた) new cotton
. . . nii-wata 新綿（にいわた）
kotoshi wata 今年綿（ことしわた） cotton of this year

kiku no kisewata 菊の着綿 (きくのきせわた)
"chrysanthemum cotton garment"
"Chrysanthemum Covers"
kiku no wata 菊の綿（きくのわた）
. . . kiku no somewata 菊の染綿（きくのそめわた）
On the 8th of September (one day before the nineth Chrysanthemum festival) cotton silk floss covers were placed outside over the chrysanthemums to catch the evening dew. On the morning of the 9th, these garments were used to wrap the body of court ladies, a custom since the Heian Period. This was said to ward off evil and lead to a healthy ripe old age.
After this day, summer cotton garments were put away and the winter garments came into use.

Chrysanthemum (kiku)

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All winter

wata-irebaori 綿入羽織（わたいればおり）
haori half-coat with cotton padding

wata 綿 (わた) cotton (garment)
momenwata 木綿わた（もめんわた）, kiwata木綿（きわた）、panya パンヤ、

mawata 真綿（まわた）silk floss
... kinuwata 絹綿（きぬわた）

wata-ire 綿入 (わたいれ) (garment with) cotton padding
kosode 小袖（こそで）、nunoko 布子（ぬのこ）

watago 綿子（わたこ）"cotton child" warm undergarment
oimawata 負真綿おいまわた "cotton garment to keep the back warm"

watabooshi 綿帽子 (わたぼうし) headdress of floss silk
. . . kazukiwata 被綿（かずきわた）
It used to be a cap to protect a woman from the cold in winter. Usually worn for a wedding now.

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New Year

kazashi no wata 插頭綿（かざしのわた）
cotton flowers for a ritual court dance
Tooka no sechi e 踏歌節会 Imperial Court Ceremony

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Georgia (USA)
kigo for winter

white christmas
along the road home
drifts of cotton

Judith Gorgone
WKD Facebook, November 2009

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Daruma Wata だるまわた　shop sign
Darumax company in Fukuoka prefecture
They make bedding out of cotton.

http://www.darmax.co.jp/
株式会社ダルマックス in Daruma Museum

Otafuku Cotton and a Daruma shop sign

At the train station of Ohi Honsen, Kumamoto
JR豊肥本線(ほうひほんせん

Daruma cotton wool ダルマ. 綿しつけ糸

Tenugui 手ぬぐい　Small Cotton Towels
With Daruma San as pattern

YUKATA : light summer garment
With Daruma San as pattern

Furoshiki　風呂敷　＜＞ Cotton Wrapper Cloth

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wata-ame わたあめ / 綿あめ / 綿飴 cotton candy
Zuckerwatte

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HAIKU

綿弓や琵琶になぐさむ竹の奥
わたゆみやびわになぐさむたけのおく
wata yumi ya biwa ni nagusamu take no oku

this cotton bow -
comforting like a biwa lute
deep in the bamboo (grove)

Matsuo Basho
from Nozarashi kiko (Records of the Weather-Exposed Skeleton)
Tr. Gabi Greve

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綿採りの唄声ありと思ふのみ
watatori no utagoe ari to omou nomi

the song
of the cotton pickers -
this is all there is

Nakamura Teijo 中村汀女
(1900 - 1988)

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新綿や駱駝連ねて運ぶとは
niiwata ya rakuda tsurarete hakobu to wa

Nomura Kishuu 野村喜舟
(1886 - 1983)

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卯の花に布子の膝の光哉
u no hana ni nunoko no hiza no hikari kana

the deuzia blossoms
light up the quilt
on my knees

Kobayashi Issa, 1821

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Related words

***** Cotton fly (watamushi) Japan
Snow fly (yukimushi), snow firefly (yuki hotaru, yukibotaru)

***** Silk (kinu). Many related kigo. and Mulberry (kuwa)

***** watayuki 綿雪（わたゆき) "cotton snow"
kigo for all spring
SNOW (yuki) and related kigo

***** watagoori 綿氷（わたごおり)"cotton ice"
kigo for late winter
ICE (koori) and related kigo

　Autumn and farmers work

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Paper mulberry leaf

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Paper mulberry leaf (kaji no ha)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Early autumn
***** Category: Plant

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Explanation

kaji no ha 梶の葉 (かじのは ) paper mulberry leaf

kaji no nanaha 梶の七葉（かじのななは） "seven lobes of a paper mulberry leaf"
kaji no ha no uta 梶葉の歌（かじのはのうた）poem on a the paper mullbery leaf

kaji no ha uri 梶葉売（かじのはうり）vendor of paper mulberry leaves

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seven Tanabata princesses 七姫 (ななひめ) nanahime
the seven different names for the Orihime Tanabata princes, Weaver Girl, Vega.

Akisari hime 秋去姫（あきさりひめ） "autumn leaves"
(she has just finished weaving a dress for autumn)
Takimono hime 薫姫（たきものひめ） "incense"
(reminder to an old Chinese legend of Kikoden 乞巧奠)
Sasageni hime ささがに姫（ささがにひめ） "spider"
(she is like a spider weaving her net or weaving her wish into the spider net and hope it will come true)
Momoko hime 百子姫（ももこひめ） "milky way"
(reminder of the pond "Momoko", most probably another name for the milky way)
Ito-ori hime 糸織姫（いとおりひめ） "thread spinning"
(she is weaving robes for the deities)
Asagao hime 朝顔姫（あさがおひめ） "morning glory"
(asagao, another name is "flower of the cowherd" けんぎゅうばな【牽牛花】 , so she is the wife of the cowherd)

kaji no ha hime 梶の葉姫（かじのはひめ）
"princess of the paper mulberry leaf"
.. she writes seven poems on seven leaves and lets them float to her heavenly lover ..

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Broussonetia papyrifera
The Paper Mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera, syn. Morus papyrifera L.) is a tree in the family Moraceae, native to eastern Asia. Other names include Halibun, Kalivon, Kozo, and Tapacloth tree.

It is a deciduous tree growing to 15 metres tall. The leaves are variable in shape (even on the same branch), unlobed ovate cordate to deeply lobed, with lobed leaves more frequent on fast-growing young plants; they are 7–20 centimetres long, with a rough surface above, fuzzy-downy below and a finely serrated margin. The male (staminate) flowers are produced in an oblong inflorescence, and the female (pistillate) flowers in a globular inflorescence. In summer, the pistillate flower matures into a red to orange, sweet, juicy fruit 3–4 centimetres diameter, which is an important food for wild animals. The fruit is edible and very sweet, but too fragile to be commercialised.

The bark is composed of very strong fibres, and can be used for making high-quality paper.
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kaji no ki カジノキ（梶の木）paper mulberry tree and
its leaves are a popular family crest.

鬼梶の葉　 and others
source : www.harimaya.com

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kigo for early autumn

kajimari 梶の鞠（かじのまり）
paper mulberry kickball for the
Tanabata star festival rituals

Asukai no mari 飛鳥井の鞠（あすかいのまり）kickball at Asukai
Asukai is an old noble family which has the kickball game as their family tradtion. Now obligatory at the shrine Shiramine in Kyoto.

Tanabata no mari 七夕の鞠（たなばたのまり）kickball at Tanabata
Tanabata no kemari 七夕の蹴鞠（たなばたのけまり）
koozo no mari 楮の鞠（こうぞのまり）paper mulberry kickball

source : kata2.wablog.com

Kemari is a traditional game in which several players (usually eight priests) form a circle and try to kick a ball back and forth between themselves, without allowing the ball to fall to the ground.
No player is allowed to use their hands. When the players kick the ball, they call to each other in way of encouragement. Special traditional clothing is worn, and there are no winners or losers, and no time limits. Therefore, it is important for the players to kick the ball to each other as accurately as possible. Anyone can really play this game, regardless of sex, skill level or age. It is a game to be played and enjoyed.
This game is thought to have come to Japan from China around 1400 years ago.
source : www.kyopro.kufs.ac.jp

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In astronomy, the Pleiades, or seven sisters, are an open star cluster in the constellation of Taurus. It is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky. Pleiades has several meanings in different cultures and traditions.
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HAIKU

梶の葉の歌をしゃぶりて這ふ子哉
kaji no ha no uta o shaburite hau ko kana

sucking on the
mulberry leaf poem...
the crawling child

子宝が蚯蚓のたるぞ梶の葉に
ko-dakara ga mimizu no taru zo kaji no ha ni

the treasured child's
wormy scribbles...
mulberry leaf

Kobayashi Issa

This haiku refers to the Tanabata Festival, which takes place on the seventh day of Seventh Month. According to a romantic legend, two celestial lovers--the stars Altair and Vega--are separated by Heaven's River (the Milky Way). One night a year (Tanabata night), they cross the starry river to be together. In honor of the star lovers, a "Star Poem" is written on mulberry leaves.
The child's poor handwriting resembles the squiggles of earthworms.

Robin D. Gill writes,
"The kaji is and is not a mulberry in the same sense a flowering cherry is and is not a prunus, or plum. It is in the mulberry family but not a mulberry per se. This is important because 'mulberry' makes one think of the silk-worms fed on its leaves and hence the weaver, while the kaji is used for writing poems (about the lovers, the weather conditions and the wishes of the poet) because of other associations, namely the shape is said to resemble sculling oars (the upper two parts of the five-part leaf seem like the handle and the bottom three the oar) or, alternatively, the heart, a good shape to write wishes on.
Such explanation may be a folk invention, for the plant is one of a few held to be particularly sacred in Shinto, but there is more: a sculling/steering 'oar' is also kaji, so most old poems, athough using the Chinese character for the plant, use the word to mean 'oar', for the boat used to cross the river for the starry tryst."
source : Tr. David Lanoue

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Tanabata princess -
her poem floats
on a scented leaf

Gabi Greve
(studying for this entry, July 2009)

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***** Star Festival (Tanabata, Japan)
Milky Way (ama no gawa)

***** First Kick-Ball Game (mari hajime) New Year

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Camping, Camp

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Camp (kyanpu)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Late summer
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

kyanpu キャンプ camp
kyanpu mura キャンプ村（きゃんぷむら）camp village, tent village
kyanpufaia キャンプファイヤー camp fire, campfire
kyanpingu キャンピング camping
kyanpingu toreera キャンピングトレーラー camping trailor
tento 天幕（テント） tent

camping is one of the joys during the summer holidays. You can go to the mountains or the beach, enjoy nature and prepare simple food.

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kigo for all summer

samaa hausu サマーハウス summer house
umi no ie 海の家（うみのいえ）house on the beach
(temporary restaurant)
biichi hausu ビーチハウス beach house

I remember well the "umi no ie" along the beach of Kamakura, where you could take a shower after a swim, enjoy some food in the evening and hang out with your friends. Usually during a strong typhoon much damage was done to the temporary wooden or bamboo buildings.

Gabi Greve

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BEACH ... Kigo for Summer 　

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New England

Camping, Going to camp, Summer Camp
New England Saijiki, USA

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HAIKU

キャンピング焼き過ぎ野菜を持て余し
kyanpingu yakisugi yasai o mote-amashi

camping !
we have too many overcooked
vegetables

anonymous
Tr. Gabi Greve
http://gendaihaiku.gr.jp/haikukai/result/88_touku.htm

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summer camp
chaos organized in a
child's backpack

Dr. Angelee Deodhar
Simply Haiku, December 2003
http://www.simplyhaiku.com/SHv1n6/Angelee_Deodhar_haiku.html

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bare feet
beachcomber
biking
boating
camping
fan, ceiling fan
forest fires
hiking
picnic
pool
sandals
straw hat
sun bathing
sunburn
surfers
sweat
summer illness
summer lovemaking
swimming
vacation
wicker chairs

from WKD : North American Kiyose

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Laquer tree

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Laquer tree (urushi no ki)

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

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Explanation

In a general sense, lacquer is a clear or coloured varnish that dries by solvent evaporation and often a curing process as well that produces a hard, durable finish, in any sheen level from ultra matte to high gloss and that can be further polished as required.

True lacquerwork is Chinese or Japanese in origin. Varnish resin derived from a tree indigenous to China, species Toxicodendron vernicifluum (formerly Rhus vernicifluum, Rhus verniciflua), commonly known as the varnish tree. These lacquers produce very hard, durable finishes that are both beautiful and very resistant to damage by water, acid, alkali or abrasion.

The contemporary theory held that from China, knowledge of lacquer technology was introduced to Korea, and from there to Japan. It was believed that Japan had also been using lacquer from ancient times, but the systematic process of application was developed by the Chinese. With the discovery of lacquer ware in Japan dating back to Jōmon period, conflicting theories claim that technology may have been independently developed in Japan. Trade of lacquer objects traveled through various routes to the Middle East. Known applications of lacquer in China included coffins, plates, music instruments and furniture. Lacquer mixed with powdered cinnabar is used to produce the traditional red lacquerware from China.

The trees must be at least 10 years old before cutting to bleed the resin. The sap is poisonous and causes extreme rashes.
The trees grow up to 20 m tall with large leaves, each containing from 7 to 19 leaflets (most often 11-13). The sap contains the allergenic compound urushiol, which gets its name from this species' Japanese name urushi (漆).

Urushi is a very strong adhesive.
The leaves, seeds, and the resin of the Lacquer Tree are sometimes used in Chinese medicine for the treatment of internal parasites and for stopping bleeding. Compounds butein and sulfuretin have antioxidative, and aldose reductase and advanced glycation endproducts inhibitory effects.
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kigo for late spring

no urushi 野漆 (のうるし) "wild laquer"
Euphorbia adenochlora Morr. et Decne

sawaurushi, sawa urushi 沢漆（さわうるし）Sun Spurge
lit. "swamp laquer"
Euphorbia helioscopia
toodaigusa 燈台草 (とうだいぐさ)
suzuburibana 鈴振花（すずふりばな）"flower with swinging bells"

Euphorbia helioscopia is a species of spurge native to most of Europe, northern Africa, and eastward through most of Asia.
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These plants are NOT related to the laquer tree, despite their Japanese name.

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kigo for mid-summer

urushikaki 漆掻 (うるしかき)
urushi-liquid collectors. lacquer-tappers, laquer sap collectors

urushi kaku 漆掻く（うるしかく）
scratching the laquer tree
"bleeding the laquer tree"
"slashing the laquer tree" to collect the sap

This is a job of specialists, making insertions in the tree bark and scratching the liquor bit by bit, over many weeks in summer. They used to make good money in olden times, but now with chemicals, are almost out of their jobs. Some rural communities are trying to revive the laquer tree plantations and the use of "true" Japanese laquer for art.

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kigo for autumn

urushi momiji 漆紅葉　(うるしもみじ)
red leaves of the laquer tree

They are especially splendid.

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Daruma made from Laquer Ware
My PHOTOS

General Reference

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In my story about Kamakura-bori, Laquer from Kamakura, I introduced the main techniques and some Daruma figures. Read the full story here:
Kamakurabori - Daruma and Laquerware

In the story about Wakasa Laquer, more Daruma figures are introduced.
Wakasa Daruma ― Daruma of Laquer and Agate Stone

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coffee made from the beans of the laquer tree
うるしコーヒー urushi koohii, "laquer coffee"
漆の実のコーヒー urushi no mi koohii
The fruit of the tree has a lot of wax particles, which can be extracted and make candles too. After extracting the wax, the beans are dried and then used for drip coffee.
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WASHOKU
DRINKS SAIJIKI

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HAIKU

　　暗闇で昼飯を喰ふ漆かき
kurayami de hirumeshi o kuu urushi-kaki

in the darkness
they eat their lunch -
laquer sap collectors

anonymous
http://geocities.yahoo.co.jp/dr/view?member=sjshlret

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***** WKD ABC Reference

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Fountain (funsui)

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Fountain (funsui)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: All summer in Japan
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

funsui 噴水 (ふんすい) fountain, Springbrunnen
fukiage 吹上げ（ふきあげ） "sprouting water, spraying water"
fukimizu ふきみず
funsen 噴泉（ふんせん）

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One of the great human devices to bring some cool to a garden or a park. Its sparkling pillars give us a feeeling of cool. The fountains of Versailles and other European parks come to mind.
A great place to meet a friend and spend a cool evening.

Best used for fountains where the water is really pumped high up into the air.

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Worldwide use

Belgium

In Brussels, the fountains are definitely kigo. They work all summer, mostly just during the daytime, and are generally enjoyed, with park benches around, where people relax and unwind. Some are so big that dogs go there to swim, children play, and one year, we even had a duck hatching out her young and taking them for swims (until one day they were eaten by a dog...).

Stopping the fountain, or leaves in the fountain,
could be a kigo for autumn.
Empty fountain could be a kigo for winter.
Cleaning the fountain could be a kigo for spring.

Isabelle Prondzynski, June 2009
Kigo Hotline

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Canada

Wading Pool, Spray Park

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Kenya

In Nairobi, fountains are many, and they work well.
There is no particular seasonal element to them though.
topic for haiku

Isabelle Prondzynski

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Things found on the way

Moon Watching Fountain
Ginkaku-Ji, Kyoto, Silver Pavillion

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HAIKU

Reference : Haiku Fountain

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陽をうけて噴水の飛沫虹になる　　
hi o ukete funsui no shibuki niji ni naru

in the sunshine
the spray of the fountain
becomes a rainbow

Suiren 水蓮
source : www.hb-arts.co.jp

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what is it that makes
the night time fountain so still?
city noise goes on

empty fountain
refilling with slush --
first birdsong

sitting in silence
by the trickling fountain --
the latest ringtone

summer's end --
a build-up of beer bottles
in the fountain

early spring --
new rubbish gathers
in the fountain

Isabelle Prondzynski, Brussels, Belgium
Kigo Hotline

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by Narayanan Raghunathan, India

twilight sun glows
on the cool fountain ~
a fragrant breeze

Trevi Fountain ~
dimes and pennies shine
in the ancient waters

sculptures washed
in sunlight-waters' sound ~
Trevi Fountain

old woman throwing
a coin into the Trevi Fountain ~
laughing husband

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevi_Fountain
http://www.italyguides.it/us/roma/trevi.htm
http://trevifountain.net/index.html

spectral fountains
beneath a starry sky ~
Brindavan gardens

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brindavan_Gardens
http://horticulture.kar.nic.in/brindavan.htm
http://www.mysore.nic.in/tourism_brindavan_garden.htm

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Related words

***** Well, cleaning the well (ido zarai) Japan. Brunnen

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