by Issa, 1816
David’s comment
Mount Asama is a volcano in Issa's home province of Shinano, active during the poet's lifetime. The eruption of 1783, when Issa was twenty-one years old and living in Edo (today's Tokyo), killed 1,151 people.
sakuo renku
優しけれども悲劇忘れず
yasasi keredo mo higeki wasurezu
even it’s tender but
couldn’t forget tragedy
9 comments:
lovely
john
a sad remembrance
much love
gillena
a sad remembrance
much love
gillena
Dear Sakuo san,
I added your haiga to the Asama file in the world kigo database
http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/04/mount-asama.html
Thank you so very much !
GABI
Thank you John san for your compliment.
sakuo
gillena san, thank you.
It was big trouble in Edo era.
sakuo.
Thank you, Gabi san, I will soon visite your site.
sakuo.
You write very well.
Thank you Amaryllis san for your visiting here and place comment.
sakuo.
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