Issa Original 住吉の灯また消ル秋の風
sumiyoshi no tomoshi mata kiyuru aki no kaze
David’s English
Sumiyoshi's lamps
die out again...
autumn wind
David's Comment
This is an early haiku written in the 1790s.
Sumiyoshi is a Shinto shrine in Osaka.
sakuo Renku
芭蕉も参りし海の大神
once Basho called to
Sea god Neptunus
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Hi Sakuo san,
I have a bit on the Sumiyoshi Shrine in Aoume
http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2005/04/oume-aome-sumiyoshi-jinja.html
I will try and write about Osaka soon.
GABI
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