Issa original
David English
sakuo renku
1818, Age 56Fifth Month, 4th day, the first daughter, Sato, is bornOn New year his wife is pregnant with fifth month baby.
This ku is an answer from his young wife to Issa.
David's comment
Yokudoshi is an old word that means "to be greedy"; see Kogo dai jiten (Shogakukan 1983) 1704. Is this haiku a gentle slap at Issa's wife, Kiku?
Monday, November 27, 2006
Sunday, November 26, 2006
rubbing Saint
Issa original
Issa( tran. by David to English)
sakuo renku
David's comment
According to Kazuhiko Maruyama, Binzuru is a Buddhist saint, one of the 16 Enlightened Ones. Folk custom dictates that if one prayerfully rubs his image, he or she will recover from illness; see Issa haiku shû (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1990; rpt. 1993) 223, note 1169. In this comic haiku, an autumn leaf has fallen onto the statue's holy head.
Sakuo Nakamura notes that Binzuru-sama is famous for his bald head, which people rub in hopes of recovering from sickness. Here, a leaf is doing the rubbing, "like a baby's palm."
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Friday, November 24, 2006
a crow a cry
Thursday, November 23, 2006
shell gathering in my garden
big straw sandals
Issa original 1824
Issa(tran. by David to English)
sakuo comment
Issa was 62 years old, He has lost all his children and the first wife.
on August he divorced second wife, he was stricken with paralysis losing power to walk and speak .He visited friend by bamboo sedan.
sakuo Renku
moku moku susumu yomiti no okago
黙々進む夜道のお籠
silently bamboo sedan
advances night journey
Issa(tran. by David to English)
sakuo comment
Issa was 62 years old, He has lost all his children and the first wife.
on August he divorced second wife, he was stricken with paralysis losing power to walk and speak .He visited friend by bamboo sedan.
sakuo Renku
moku moku susumu yomiti no okago
黙々進む夜道のお籠
silently bamboo sedan
advances night journey
Monday, November 20, 2006
Checking freely go through
Sunday, November 19, 2006
New Years god shelf
Issa Original
David English
sakuo Renku
1821 Issa was 59 years old.
He already has lost a daughter and two sons.
David's comment
This comic haiku refers to the New Year's custom of visiting a shrine or temple located in a lucky direction. The cat takes aim at the toshi-Dana (New Year's shelf), where offerings to the god have been placed.
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Saturday, November 18, 2006
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Old Quarter Nihon-bashi
Sunday, November 12, 2006
new bride coming
Friday, November 10, 2006
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
open lunch box
Issa original, 1806 Age 44 staying in Edo.
David translate
sakuo Renku
Haiku Sequence [haiku renga]
[ Issa]
山里は油手ふくも梅の花
[ Issa (trans.byDavid) ]
mountain village--
wiping greasy hands
on plum blossoms
[sakuo]
let’s open
the lunch box
[gillena]
mountain picnic- -
who needs
paper napkins
[Gabi,a German living in Japan]
haiku lunch
so many nations
under the plum tree
[Origa]
mountain village--
under the flowering plum
different birds sing
My dream comes true that sequential poem has been settled over time and space.
Isn't it real World Haiku Club?
sakuo
David translate
sakuo Renku
Haiku Sequence [haiku renga]
[ Issa]
山里は油手ふくも梅の花
[ Issa (trans.byDavid) ]
mountain village--
wiping greasy hands
on plum blossoms
[sakuo]
let’s open
the lunch box
[gillena]
mountain picnic- -
who needs
paper napkins
[Gabi,a German living in Japan]
haiku lunch
so many nations
under the plum tree
[Origa]
mountain village--
under the flowering plum
different birds sing
My dream comes true that sequential poem has been settled over time and space.
Isn't it real World Haiku Club?
sakuo
Monday, November 06, 2006
funny female singers
Saturday, November 04, 2006
happy writing on the snow
Friday, November 03, 2006
outdoor theater
David’s English
like the bats
the nighthawk too
slow and sure
一茶
かはほりに夜ほちもそろりそろり哉
kawahori ni yahochi mo sorori-sorori kana
1824 age 62.
sakuo renku
野外劇場夜の幕開け
yagai-gekijyo yoru no maku ake
outdoor theater
opening the curtain in night
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