to^ bakari miete to^ji wa natsu kodachi
塔ばかり見へて東寺は夏木立
David's English
Toh Temple--
just its pagoda shows
over the summer trees
by Issa, 1792
The haiku refers to To^ji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto. Shinji Ogawa comments, "[Issa] skillfully depicts the vigorous green foliage in summer without mentioning anything about the foliage itself."
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sakuo haiga
2 comments:
I love all of these sakuo san
john
Thank you John san for your kind comment.
You always encourage me much.
sakuo.
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