Issa 一茶1818 age 56
how good
to see a pagoda!
billowing clouds
yoi hodo ni to^ no mie keri kumo no mine
よい程に塔の見へけり雲の峰
Issa is playing the game of imagining what shapes in the clouds look like. In one of them he perceives the pagoda of a Buddhist temple. translated by David Lanoue http://cat.xula.edu/issa/
6 comments:
I like this :-)
the drawing of the clouds are so dramatic; they loom large;
I too love to watch clouds
much love
gillena
I think Issa is maybe talking about the pagoda of temple Toji in Kyoto.
塔ばかり見へて東寺は夏木立
too bakari miete Tooji wa natsu kodachi
only the pagoda
shows from tempel Toji ...
summer trees
More about Pagodas
http://darumamuseumgallery.blogspot.com/2010/04/pagoda-too.html
Thanks for a lovely Haiga, Sakuo san.
Gabi
Ashe san,
Thank you for your comment.
sakuo.
Gillena san,
Your prise on my cloud is very pleased.
Thank you for sharing.
sakuo.
Gabi san,
Your reference to Toji is very helpful.
Your database is always help me much.
Thank you greatly.
sakuo.
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