tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149720513950832230.post2700266285407591444..comments2023-06-27T01:57:51.048-07:00Comments on WKD (03) ..... SAIJIKI of all categories: Eggplant (nasu)Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149720513950832230.post-62970399473702896972016-08-15T00:59:19.504-07:002016-08-15T00:59:19.504-07:00Kobayashi Issa
芝門や貰ふたる日がはつ茄子
shiba no to ya morau...Kobayashi Issa<br /><br />芝門や貰ふたる日がはつ茄子<br />shiba no to ya morautaru hi ga hatsu nasubi<br /><br />this rundown house --<br />our first eggplants of the year<br />are a gift<br /><br />This hokku is from the summer of 1822, when Issa was living in his hometown and traveling around to see students nearby. Since Issa refers to his poor old house, he was presumably at home in his house when he wrote this hokku. It was common to use a humble word for one's own house, but Issa may also be referring to the fact that he lives in a old farmhouse that would be considered a bit rundown by city people in Edo.<br /><br />Most farmers grew their own eggplants, but Issa seems to be lamenting the fact that this year the first eggplants, which were considered especially fresh and delicious, were a gift he and his wife received, not something they grew. It's not clear whether they are a gift from a neighbor or a student, but if they are from a neighbor, it would be normal to reply soon afterwards by giving the giver a similar gift, but Issa seems to have nothing to give and regrets being empty-handed.<br />Another Issa hokku from this period speaks of leaving the first eggplants on their stems, perhaps to mature a little more, and then discovering they'd been stolen, so that may be the reason his and his wife's first eggplants of the year were a gift from someone.<br /><br />Chris Drake<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149720513950832230.post-25604025296246351172013-10-26T22:56:17.180-07:002013-10-26T22:56:17.180-07:00Yosa Buson
水桶にうなづきあふや瓜茄子
mizu-oke ni unazuki-au y...Yosa Buson<br /><br />水桶にうなづきあふや瓜茄子<br />mizu-oke ni unazuki-au ya uri nasubi<br /><br />in the water tub<br />they nodd to each other<br />a melon and an eggplant <br /><br />for priest<br />渡辺雲裡坊 Watanabe Unribo Seihan (1692-1761) <br />.Gabi Greve - Busonhttp://wkdfestivalsaijiki.blogspot.jp/2010/10/ango-retreat-for-monks.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149720513950832230.post-76816063729327294452013-06-01T18:36:32.647-07:002013-06-01T18:36:32.647-07:00茄子をもむ塩にむらさき暮れのこり
nasu o momu shio ni murasaki kur...茄子をもむ塩にむらさき暮れのこり<br /><br />nasu o momu shio ni murasaki kurenokori<br /><br />kneading eggplants…<br /> purple on salt remains<br />like light after the sunset<br /><br />Yabuki Nobuhiko 矢吹申彦<br />(Tr. Fay Aoyagi)<br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149720513950832230.post-70597834103130590742010-09-23T18:28:34.066-07:002010-09-23T18:28:34.066-07:00武家町の畠になりぬ秋茄子
buke machi no hatake ni narinu aki n...武家町の畠になりぬ秋茄子 <br />buke machi no hatake ni narinu aki nasubi<br /><br />Ripening in fields<br />that once were the samurai quarter--<br />autumn eggplant <br /><br />Masaoka Shiki<br />Tr. Burton WatsonGabi Grevehttp://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2006/12/katsuyama-samurai-residence.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149720513950832230.post-52151202871444703412010-05-22T18:12:11.921-07:002010-05-22T18:12:11.921-07:00May rain--
another tomatoless
stew
Hussein Haji, ...May rain--<br />another tomatoless<br />stew<br /><br />Hussein Haji, Kenya, 2010anonymoushttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenyasaijiki/message/2354noreply@blogger.com