abandoned

Issa 一茶 1804 age 42

見かぎりし古郷の山の桜哉
mikagirishi kokyo^ no yama no sakura kana

David’s English

the home village
I abandoned...
mountain cherry blossoms

Kashiwabara was Issa's home village that he "abandoned" until his homecoming in 1813. According to volume 1 of Issa zenshu^, this haiku was written in 1803, but in volume 2 a date of 1804 is given (Nagano: Shinano Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1976-79, 1.222; 2.199).
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sakuo renga & renga

江戸の句友の拍手喝采

getting a big hand
from haiku friends in Edo