Rape blossoms (na no hana)

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Rapeseed flowers (na no hana, nanohana)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Late Spring, and see below
***** Category: Flower

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The translation of this name is a bit difficult, since
rape - has another meaning altogether.

I prefere rapeseed.

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rapeseed blossoms, rapeseed flower,
na no hana 菜の花
..... hana na 花菜（はなな）. nanohana
rape seed blossoms, rapeseed flower,
natane no hana 菜種の花（なたねのはな）
..... natane na 菜種菜
abura na, aburana 油菜 "oil leaf"
mustard flowers, granola flowers (in Canada)
na-no-hana

aburana あぶらな【油菜】 Turnip rape, Chinese colza
Brassica rapa L. var. nippo-oleifera, (syn. B. campestris L.)
油菜、菜の花、菜種、赤種

. aburana 油菜（あぶらな） colza, Brassica campestris .
leafy vegetable for winter, kigo for winter, fuyuna 冬菜

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nanohana choo ni kasu 菜の花蝶に化す
a rape blossom is reborn as a butterfly
菜花蝶に化す (なのはなてふにくわす)
The blossoms are compared to a butterfly, which flutters in the spring wind.


菜の花の化したる蝶や法隆寺
nanohana no ka shitaru choo ya Hooryuuji

rapeseed flowers reborn
to be butterflies -
temple Horyu-ji

Matsuse Seisei 松瀬青々


. Haiku and Temple Horyu-Ji 　


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© Photo Gabi Greve, April 2007


WASHOKU : Dishes using rapeseed blossoms


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Rapeseed (Brassica napus), also known as Rape, Oilseed Rape, Rapa, Rapaseed and (one particular variety) Canola, is a bright yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae (mustard or cabbage family). The name is derived through Old English from a term for turnip, rapum (see Brassica napobrassica, which may be considered a variety of Brassica napus). Some botanists include the closely related Brassica campestris within B. napus.

The rape plant, which grows to a height of 50 to 100 cm, flowers in spring with petals measuring about 1 cm. After blossoming, it bears slim fruit with bill-shaped projections. Once ripe, the fruits eject very small dark brown seeds, which are squeezed to produce rapeseed oil. The fatty acids extracted and refined from this oil contain high amounts of erucic acid.
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aburana あぶらな【油菜】 Turnip rape, Chinese colza
Brassica rapa L. var. nippo-oleifera, (syn. B. campestris L.)
油菜、菜の花、菜種、赤種


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Things found on the way

Ichimen no Na no Hana / Rapeseee Flowers Everywhere


”一面の菜の花”: いちめんのなのはな

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HAIKU



菜畠に花見顔なる雀哉
nabatake ni hanamigao naru suzume kana

in a field of rapeseed
they enjoy the blossoms -
these sparrows

Written in 貞亨2年, Basho age 42
This hokku has the cut marker KANA at the end of line 3.

Nozarashi Kiko 野ざらし紀行
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


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山吹の露菜の花のかこち顔なるや
yamabuki no tsuyu na no hana no kakochigao naru ya

dew on the yellow mountain roses
the rapeseed flowers make a face
of envy !
Tr. Gabi Greve

Written in 延宝9年, Basho age 38
This hokku has the cut marker YA at the end of line 3, which is quite unusual.

The dew on yamabuki has been the subject of poetry since the Heian period. But nobody ever wrote about the dew on rapeseed flowers.
Just like people write poems about the lotus leaves, but not about the leaves of sweet potatoes.

. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


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藪の菜のだまって咲て居たりけり
yabu no na no damatte saite itari keri

rapeseed flowers
in the thicket, hushed
have bloomed



菜の花や西へむかへば善光寺
na no hana ya nishi e mukaeba zenkôji

flowering rapeseed --
and looking west
Zenko Temple

Issa (Tr. David Lanoue)

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菜の花や 引残したる 窓の前
na no hana ya hikinokoshitaru mado no mae

Renshi 蓮之

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. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .


菜の花や月は東に日は西に
na no hana ya tsuki wa higashi ni hi wa nishini



rapeseed flowers -
the moon is in the east,
the sun in the west
(Tr. Gabi Greve)


・菜の花や　鯨もよらず　海暮れぬ
・菜の花を　墓に手向けん　金福寺 - Buson "菜の花"　与謝蕪村


mustard flowers
with the moon in the east
the sun in the west
Tr. Ueda Makoto
Further discussion of this haiku


But why did Buson choose this flower for his poem (it comes with a lovely haiga by Buson, I could not locate yet...)

In his homeland, rapeseed was grown everywhere to prepare supplies of rapeseed oil for the lamps of the growing town of Edo. So the farmers were producing the "light" that could turn the night of Edo into a day.
This is a kind of nioizuke 匂い付け, letting us smell something ...


At the same temple Buson wrote

菜の花や摩耶を下れば日の暮るる
na no hana ya maya o kudareba hi no kururu

rapeseed flowers -
walking down from Maya temple
it is getting dark

. Maya Temple Visit 　

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na no hana ya tsuki wa higashi ni hi wa nishi ni

mustard flowers
with the moon in the east
the sun in the west
Tr. Ueda

Part of Ueda's comment:
"The scene described here was probably observed around the tenth of the lunar second month, when the moon rises before sunset. Buson must have read one of T'ao Ch'ien's 'Miscellaneous Poems':

'The bright sun sinking on the western bank
and the pale moon rising above the eastern ridge,
the earth looms in the rays of light that spread far out
and reach all the corners of the spacious sky.'

BUSON and
. Tao Yuanming 　陶淵明 Too Enmei, To Enmei .
Chinese poet 365～427

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rapeseed blossoms
the earth filled
with sunshine

　© Gabi Greve / Spring in the Rice Fields 2007

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***** natane maku 菜種蒔く (なたねまく) sowing rapeseed
kigo for late autumn

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kigo for early summer

natane kari 菜種刈 (なたねかり)to harvest rapeseed leaves
..... natane karu 菜種刈る（なたねかる）
natane hosu 菜種干す（なたねほす）to dry rapeseed leaves
natane utsu 菜種打つ（なたねうつ）to thresh rapeseeds
nagara 菜殻（ながら）rapeseed husks (after taking the oil out)
..... natanegara 菜種殻（なたねがら）
natane taku 菜種焚く（なたねたく）burning the rapeseed husks
nagarabi 菜殻火（ながらび） fire for burning the rapeseed husks

After the rice planting, rapeseed is cut, dried and the oil pressed out.



observance kigo for early spring
. Kitano natane goku 北野菜種御供 (きたのなたねごく)
ritual for rapeseed blossoms .

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***** . Takana 高菜 mustard greens .
Senfkraut
Leaf mustard, Indian mustard, Rai, Brown mustard, wild mustard
Brassica juncea var. integlifolia


***** Flower, Cherry Blossom and Hana

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Wisteria (fuji)

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Wisteria (fuji)

***** Location: Japan, other areas
***** Season: Late Spring
***** Category: Plant

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Explanation

The wisteria is well loved in Japanese literature.


© PHOTO : Gabi Greve, 2010

Here are some kigo:

wisteria, fuji 藤 (ふじ )
fuji no hana
藤の花（ふじのはな）

wisteria trellis, fujidana 藤棚（ふじだな）
Constructed from bamboo or wood poles, so we can walk under it and enjoy the blossoms as they hang down.

Click on the photo to see some more !


white wisteria blossoms, shirobana fuji
白花藤（しろばなふじ）
red (violett) wisteria blossoms, akabana fuji赤花藤（あかはなふじ）
many-layered wisteria blossoms, yaefuji 八重藤（やえふじ）

tuft of wisteria, fuji fusa 藤房（ふじふさ）
"waves of wisteria" , fuji nami 藤波（ふじなみ）、
南蛮藤（なんばんふじ）、

mountain wisteria, yamafuji 山藤（やまふじ）
wild wisteria, nofuji 野藤（のふじ）
wistria in the fields, noda fuji 野田藤（のだふじ）
white wisteria blossoms, shirafuji 白藤（しらふじ）
a kind of wild wisteria


Wisteria floribunda - Japanese Wisteria
Wisteria / Wikipedia Facts

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Wisteria Maiden, Fuji Musume 藤娘,
a famous Kabuki dance


Click on the photo to see more versions !

Fuji Musume (“Wisteria Maiden”) is a famous classical dance out of the Kabuki theater in Japan. Fuji (wisteria) Musume (maiden) was first performed in 1826 at Nakamura-za, Edo and was originally performed as one in a series of five dances.

Later in 1938, Onoe Baiko VII, the most famous Kabuki actor during his time, became associated with the dance after his portrayal of Fuji Musume at the Kabukiza Theater in Tokyo. His choreography and refinement of this dance helped to make it stand out and remain today as one of the most popular and famous Kabuki dances.

The story begins in Otsu, an area in outside of Kyoto and around Lake Biwa. Otsu is a city famous for its paintings. People would stroll its art-lined streets, viewing the beauty of the artisans works.

One painting in particular, that of the wisteria maiden, caught the eye of a male passerby. As he gazed upon the painting, the Wisteria Maiden became infatuated. So infatuated in fact, that she came to life, stepping out of the painting. The maiden is dressed in long flowing kimono; black-lacquered bamboo hat and carrying a beautiful branch of fuji (wisteria). She writes beautiful, heartfelt letters to her love. The letters however go unanswered.

The story continues on as she dances under a beautiful pine tree, covered in wisteria. The dancer expresses the emotions found in unrequited love in the manner of women of the Edo era (1603-1868). Eventually, sadness and despair take over our maiden and, heartbroken, she returns to the painting. Her return to the painting remains the last pose of the dance.

The Fuji Musume dance is accompanied by Nagauta music. Nagauta is the most important school of music in Kabuki theater as it has developed in conjunction with Kabuki.
MORE photos :
© 2007 by Melanie Shintaku. .


The wisteria entangles a pine tree - an old symbol in waka poetry for the Fujiwara clan　藤原 and its trusting relationship with the imperial court (the evergreen pine).

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Things found on the way

Helen Hyde and the Wisteria Woodblocks

Wisteria at Kameido


Look at more of them HERE
© lotusgreen : Japonism

kono fuji wa
hayaku sakitari
Kameido no
fuji sakamaku wa
tôka mari nochi

these wisteria
have bloomed early...
the blossoming of
those at Kameido will be
more than ten days later

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kozo no haru
Kamedo ni fuji o
mishi koto o
ima fuji o mite
omoi idetsumo

last spring
i saw wisteria
at Kamedo--seeing
the wisteria now
brings it to mind

Many artists have depicted this famous bridge, which was destroyed in WWII and has since been rebuilt.

Two Tanka by Masaoka Shiki
Tr. Janine Beichman

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HAIKU

wisteria trellis--
behind it, in the light
wildflowers

fuji-dana ya ushiro akari no kusa no hana

by Issa, 1809

In one text, Issa copies this haiku with the prescript, "Toogan Temple wisteria temple solicitation."
His point in the haiku, perhaps, is that Nature gives its gifts freely--the wildflowers in the light--and has nothing to do with the money-making of the Buddhist temple with its wisteria trellis and request for donations.
Tr. David Lanoue




Key is 後ろ明り　the back light, that implies Buddha is existing.
Buddha lights up everything, wisteria as well as wild flowers .

ここにも来ている仏の恵み
koko ni mo kite iru hotoke no megumi

Buddha's favors
have come even here

© Haiga and Renku by Nakamura Sakuo

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Temple Toogan-Ji 東岸寺 藤勧進 in 木更津市 in Kisarazu Town, Chiba 中央１丁目 東岸寺 .
There is a stone memorial of this haiku at this temple in Kisarazu.
http://www.geocities.jp/f_travel2000/kisarazushi1.htm

The abbot of this tempel was a friend of Kobayashi Issa and they held a Wisteria Haiku Meeting 藤見句会 with eight people there, when the above haiku was penned.
Statue of the Buddha of Healing at Toogan-Ji


Legend of Kimisarazu 君不去（きみさらず）

Prince Brave of Yamato was once trying to cross Tokyo Bay to Kazusa when his boat was suddenly attacked by strong waves, almost sinking it. At that moment, Princess Oto Tachibana jumped into the water in an attempt to pacify the sea god and save the Prince's life.
It worked and the fierce waves subsided immediately. After landing, the Prince went to Mount Oda to look over the sea and reminisce his lost love. The fact that he stayed there for many days gave rise to the place name Kimisarazu (meaning "prince-didn't leave" in Japanese). This later turned to KISARAZU.
http://www.city.kisarazu.chiba.jp/foreign/english/symbol.html

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藤棚を潜れば王子海道哉
fuji-dana o kugureba ôji kaido kana

creeping through
wisteria trellises...
Oji Highway

Issa

Tr. David Lanoue
Read more wisteria haiku by Issa here !

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***** natsu fuji 夏藤 (なつふじ) summer fuji
doyoo fuji 土用藤（どようふじ） fuji for the dog days


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***** fuji no mi 藤の実 (ふじのみ)
wisteria seeds, wisteria beans
kigo for late autumn

They look almost like beans in a sheath.


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藤の実は俳諧にせん花の跡
fuji no mi wa haikai ni sen hana no ato

fuji seed pods
as theme for our haikai -
after the flowers


For Hirose Izen 広瀬維然.
1689 Oku no Hosomichi, at Ogaki, 元禄2年9月, ninth lunar month

The town of Seki 関 in Gifu was quite famous for its wisteria flowers, but when Basho arrived at Ogaki, it was autumn. So he composed this poem for his host, Hirose Izen 広瀬維然 from Seki.
(Maybe Izen was insecure about the various possibilities of haikai and this was an instruction for him.)

For Basho, anything at hand was worth a subject for a greeting poem and a haikai session.
This shows his true haikai spirit.
The priest Soogi 宗祇 Sogi (1421 - 1502) is famous for his waka about wisteria blossoms.

. Hirose Izen 広瀬維然 at Seki 関.


- - - Station 43 - Ogaki 大垣 - - -
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .




by Koonoo Bairei 幸野楳嶺 Bairei Kono (1844-1895)

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***** Wisteria Cutting Ceremony (Fuji Kiri Eshiki)


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Kimono and sleeve

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Kimono, traditional Japanese robes

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Various, see below
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Explanation

The love of seasonal flavor shows in the way of wearing traditional Kimono too. They come in seasonal colors and patterns.



Kimono are the traditional garb of Japan, and they date back well over 1000 years. The garment has undergone many transformations since that time, both stylistically and in the way it's constructed. Kimono literally means "clothing," but usually refers to the traditional wrap-around, full-length, one-piece robe worn by both men and women.

During the Heian period (795-1185), the kimono was so splendid that its appearance must have been stunning to say the least. The world's first novelist, Lady Murasaki Shikibu (author of "Tale of Genji," and attendant to the Emperior's court), described in her writings multi layered costumes made of the finest silk. Up to a dozen or more colorful layers of contrasting colored kimono would be worn!

As the kimono evolved into outer wear, so to did its potential for creative and expressive design. Kimono became elaborate works of art, sometimes with renowned artists commissioned to paint their surface. Glorious embroidery that utilized gold or silver thread embellished the garments.

The Japanese love and reverence for nature was reflected in the themes chosen to decorate kimono. Flower blossoms, trees, and streams were lovingly hand painted onto the surface of the robes. Oftentimes kanji would be incorporated into the designs... bits of poetry or characters alluding to ideas or concepts would be embroidered or painted onto the garment.

A very intricate dyeing technique was developed called yuuzen. Artwork would be either stenciled or painted directly onto the garment with an organic material (rice paste), which would then dry and harden. The cloth would then be dipped into a dye bath... with the "resist" painted areas refusing the dye. After the stencil painting was removed by washing, a dazzling piece of artwork would be the result. This dye-resist method is still used today in the production of some kimono.

Once it became fashionable to wear kimono as outer garments, they were combined with a trouser called, hakama. Around the 15th century, kimono were worn without hakama and this fashion became the standard for both men and women. Kimono had become a single layer, multicolored robe with rectangular sleeves, and was secured at the waist by a sash called the obi.
quote from
A brief history on Japanese Kimono
Lisa Mari





Kimono: Fashioning Culture
Liza Dalby

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juuni hitoe　十二単衣　12 layered court robe



The jūnihitoe is an extremely elegant and highly complex kimono that was only worn by court-ladies in Japan. Literally translated, it means "twelve-layer robe". The older term, still used by scholars but not widely recognised in mainstream Japan, is Karaginu Mo (唐衣裳). This is in reference to its Chinese coat (Karaginu) and apron-like train (Mo), the defining parts of the costume.
... The colours and the arrangements of the layers are very important. The colours have poetic names, such as "crimson plum of the spring".
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !


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Some two hundred rules were established which governed things like the combination of colors of kimono colors and how the colors of the outside and the lining should be harmonized. This resulted in certain colors being associated with November to February which were called ume-gasane or "shades of the plum blossom. Such kimonos were white on the outside and red on the inside.

For March and April there was a combination called "shades of wisteria", a kimono with lavender outside and a blue lining.
Winter and Spring had their own set with an outer garment of yellow and orange.

The colors were set to mirror the seasons and their moods, showing just how closely the Japanese were attuned to the world of nature around them. This also, of course, led to other things one did not do with kimonos, such as wear one with cherry blossom designs in the winter or fall. Examples of summer motifs include ocean waves and red maple leaves.
source : darkchilde


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tamoto たもと【袂】the sleeve of a kimono
This is an important item, used by ladies to wipe their tears. It is also important in Japanese dance.

. hana no tamoto, 花の袂（はなのたもと）
kimono sleeve for cherry blossom viewing


. kasumi no tamoto 霞の袂 sleeves of mist


. tamoto no shigure 袖の時雨
"a sleeve wet from cold tears"
sode そで【袖】sleeve arm of a coat



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Haiku with tamoto / sleeve



春の雪せまき袂にすがりけり
haru no yuki semaki tamoto ni sugari keri

spring snow
on my narrow sleeves...
clinging

Kobayashi Issa

Or: "his" or "her sleeves."
There is a cultural dimension to this haiku that is lost in translation. Shinji Ogawa explains, "The expression tamoto ni sugari or 'clinging to the sleeve' is a typical gesture in the theater for a lover's departure. I think it is Issa's humor to depict the spring's unwillingness to depart.
The phrase semaki tamoto implies the work clothes or poor man's clothes."
Tr. and Text David Lanoue


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Here are a few kigo with the dresses of Japan.

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........................... Spring

Japanese robes for spring, haru goromo 春衣
..... haru irui 春衣（はるい）
willow robes ...
with various flower robes

lined kimono 春袷 はるあわせ haru awase, haru-awase


spring wear スプリングウェア supuringu uea
shunpuku 春服 (しゅんぷく)
haru no fuku 春の服（はるのふく）
haru no kimono 春の着物（はるのきもの）
shunsoo 春装（しゅんそう）

haru booshi 16 春帽子 ( はるぼうし) hat for spring
iisutaahatto イースターハット Easter hat
iisuta bonetto イースターボンネット Easter bonnet

haru no gaitoo 春外套 (はるがいとう) overcoat for spring
supuringu kooto スプリングコート
haru kooto 春コート（はるこーと）
supuringu スプリング topcoat for spring
aioobaa, ai-oobaa 合オーバー（あいおーばー）


haru seetaa 春セーター (はるせーたー) sweater for sprig

haru shooru 春ショール (はるしょーる) shawl for spring
..... haru mafura 春マフラー（はるまふらー）muffler for spring

haru tebukuro 春手袋 (はるてぶくろ) gloves for spring
.... harushuuto 春手套（はるしゅとう）



kigo for late spring

haru no kasa 春日傘 (はるひがさ) parasol for spring
..... haru no higasa 春の日傘（はるのひがさ）
..... haru parasoru 春パラソル（はるぱらそる）


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Festival of dying material for robes, senshokusai
染織祭 (せんしょくさい)
kigo for late spring
..... gofuku sai 呉服祭（ごふくさい）

Beginning of April, especially in Kyoto, where many dyers were living.
Started in 1930 to revive the traditional arts and crafts of Okasaki, Kyoto.



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........................... Summer

first wearing of summer robes, awase, 袷
hatsu awase 初袷（はつあわせ）、suawase 素袷（すあわせ）
"no more quiltings", watanuki 綿抜（わたぬき）
old summer robes, furu awase古袷（ふるあわせ


summer robes (natsu goromo)
including bleached cloths, sarashi, shrinked cloths, chijimifu and many more.

Summer sash (natsu obi) 夏帯

white layered robe, shiragasane 白重, 白襲
..... white robe, shira-e, shira e 白衣（しらえ）

cotton robes, yukata


. higasa 日傘 ( ひがさ) parasol for summer
umbrella and kigo


natsu tebukuro 夏手袋 (なつてぶくろ) gloves for summer
..... 夏手套（なつてぶくろ）
reesu tebukuro レース手袋（れーすてぶくろ）gloves made from lace
amitebukuro 網手袋（あみてぶくろ）net-gloves
They are used by ladies to prevent the sun from shining directly on the skin.



shirogutsu, shiroi kutsu 白靴 (しろぐつ) white shoes

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Weaving the Colors of Nature
Fukumi Shimura
has been weaving kimono from naturally dyed thread for more than 60 years. The traditional Japanese artist was recently awarded the prestigious Kyoto Prize in recognition of her ability to reflect the harmony between humans and nature in her art. But she is concerned that that relationship is changing for the worse.
- source : nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english


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autumn cloths, aki no fuku 秋の服 あきのふく
..... aki awase 秋袷 あきあわせ, aki no awase 秋の袷（あきのあわせ）
..... nochi no awase 後の袷（のちのあわせ）

chrysanthemum robes, kiku gasane 菊襲 きくがさね


maple leaves robes, momiji goromo 紅葉衣 もみじごろも
..... momiji gasane 紅葉重（もみじがさね）


Momijigasane

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observance kigo for early autumn

. kashi kosode 貸小袖 (かしこそで) lending a robe .
hoshi no kashimono 星の貸物（ほしのかしもの）
If you lend some yarn and a kosode robe to the Weaver Princess, your own ability in weaving would increase. So robes and yarn was put on the Kikoden-shelf.
Ritual for the Tanabata Star Festival

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. yookai, yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters .

kosode no te 小袖の手 Hands of a Kosode


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kosode no te 小袖の手
TRANSLATION: kosode (a short sleeved kimono) hands
APPEARANCE:
Kosode no te is a phenomenon appearing in short-sleeved kimonos formerly owned by prostitutes. It is characterized by a pair of ghostly hands emerging from the sleeves and assaulting nearby people.
ORIGIN:
Kosode no te can occur for a number of reasons. One common origin is when a prostitute dies in vain, after working for many years to save up the money to buy her freedom from her owner. Upon death, such women usually had their clothes donated to a temple for prayers to be said over them. However, if the woman was still owed money by her clients when she died, her spirit often reanimated her old clothing, and they leave the temple to find her customers and beg them for the owed money.
Another common origin is
when, instead of being donated to a temple, a dead person’s kimono is sold to someone else. If the deceased was unable to properly pass on to nirvana upon death, that person’s spirit occasionally comes back and haunts the kimono.
- source : yokai.com/kosodenote -

- reference : "kosode no te" -

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Warm Winther Cloths

Gloves, mittens (tebukuro)

Wearing the hakama for the first time, hakamagi　袴着


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wearing the first robe, kiso hajime 着衣初 きそはじめ
..... hatsu ishoo 初衣裳（はついしょう）, hatsu gasane 初重ね（はつがさね）


"spring robes" harugi 春着 はるぎ, 春衣（はるぎ）
new year kimono, shoogatsu kosode 正月小袖（しょうがつこそで）
spring kimono, haru kosode 春小袖（はるこそで）
spring cloths, harubuku 春服（しゅんぷく）haru no fuku

"Spring" is here synonym with the New Year according to the Asian Lunar Calendar.




December- Preparing new kimono for the New Year
Watanabe Nobukazu (1872-1944)

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sode fure-au mo tashoo no en 袖触れ合うも他生の縁
. When our sleeves touch,
it feels like we met in a past life. .

karma relations

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Kimono, Yukata, Nagajuban and more
着物、浴衣、長襦袢　などなど
Daruma Museum, Gabi Greve

ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo

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crepe, chirimen
slit-weave tapestry, tsuzure-ori
weft brocade, nishiki
woven hand-cut velvet, tsuzure-biroodo

. yuuzen 友禅 Yuzen past-resist dyeing, .
Kaga yuuzen 加賀友禅 Yuzen from the Kaga region

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HAIKU

- sode 袖 sleeve, kosode 小袖 short-sleeved kimono -
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


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念仏の給金とりや初袷
nembutsu no kyuukin tori ya hatsu awase

his prayers for pay
pay off...
a new summer kimono



桜へと見えてじんじんばしより哉
sakura e to miete jin-jin bashiyori kana


off to view cherry blossoms
old man with kimono
tucked


Kobayaslhi Issa

I thank Susumu Takiguchi for helping me to visualize this haiku. In an e-mail (4/17/01), he explains that the first line, jin-jin bashiyori refers to "an action whereby a man picks up the centre-back of the hem to his kimono and tucks it to his obi sash at the back of his waist.
By doing it, his legs would be given freer movement and it is presumed that a man does this when he wants to do something, such as walking a long way as in a walking journey, dancing or engaging in an active action. It is not clear if this noun only refers to old men, or men in general."
Shinji Ogawa notes that the Japanese kimono is not well suited for striding or running, and thus needs to be tucked for such movement. Jin-jin bashori (or jin-jin bashiyori) is a relatively easy way to tuck the kimono but it looks untidy; thus it is called "an old man's tuck."
Tr. David Lanoue




jinjin bashiori じんじん端折り/ ”じんじんばしょり”
jijii bashiori じじいばしょり（爺端折）



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natsu matade baika no yuki ya shiragasane

not waiting for summer
the plum blossoms in snow -
white layered robes
Tr. Gabi Greve

Den Sutejo (1633-1698)



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***** Loincloth (fundoshi) and haiku

***** Paper clothing, paper robes (kamiko) 紙衣 (かみこ) 紙子（かみこ）

***** Parasol (higasa)

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Willow robes (yanagi gasane)

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Willow robes (yanagi gasane)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Late Spring
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

In the Heian period, seasonal cloths were quite important.
The willow robes come with various kigo:

Willow robes, yanagi gasane 柳重
..... yanagi goromo 柳衣（やなぎごろも）
willow silk, yanagi no kinu 柳のきぬ（やなぎのきぬ）、
"flower willow robe" hanayaki goromo 花柳衣（はなやぎごろも）
"green willow robe" aoyagi goromo,青柳衣（あおやぎごろも）


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Other flower robes used as spring kigo

cherry blossom robe, sakura goromo 桜衣 さくらごろも
..... sakura gasane 桜重（さくらがさね）

azalea robe, tsutsuji no koromo 躑躅の衣
..... mochi tsutsuji もち躑躅（もちつつじ）
"rock azalea" iwa tsutsuji 岩躑躅（いわつつじ）
white azalea, shiro tsutsuji 白躑躅（しろつつじ）


yellow mountain rose robes 山吹衣 (やまぶきごろも)
yamabuki goromo
..... hanayamabuki 花山吹（はなやまぶき）
..... aoyamabuki 青山吹（あおやまぶき）
kigo for late spring
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robes worn for cherry blossom viewing
..... hana goromo 花衣, hanami goromo 花見衣（はなみごろも）, hanami kosode 花見小袖（はなみこそで）, hana no tamoto 花の袂（はなのたもと）, hanami ishoo 花見衣裳（はなみいしょう）
"sleeves for the blossoms", hana no sode 花の袖（はなのそで）

robes for spring, haru goromo 春衣
..... haru irui 春衣（はるい）

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Yanagi Kasane, willow layers

Examples of "Kasane" waring different tiers of colors
This list also explains the months for each flower robe.

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Willow Tree as Kigo


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haiku and artwork by Fay Aoyagi

Fay Aoyagi's second haiku collection, 'In Borrowed Shoes' was published by Blue Willow Press.
Her first book, 'Chrysanthemum Love' is still available.
http://www.bluewillowhaiku.com/


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aoyagi ni koomori tsutau yuubae ya

Kikaku　

A bat flying
Along the green willows
In the evening glory!

(Tr. Blyth)

According to Shiki, this haiku comes from a 'Kuawase' that Kikaku made with Sampuu, which would be, according to my research, either "The Rustic Haiku Contest" ("Inaka no Kuawase") or "The Evergreen Haiku Contest" ("Tokiwaya no Kuawase").

Shiki considers this haiku an example of moving beyond the Danrin School, beyond "the mere play of words." Shiki says "their humour was in their taste, a high-class humour" [Translations in quotes by Blyth].

bats flutter
along the green willows -
bright sunset

(Tr. Gabi Greve)
Seeing the bats as courtiers in their black robes and aoyagi as the ladies in their spring robes.
Discussing the translation of this haiku in detail here.
Compiled by Larry Bole

The real meaning might be completely different.
See this LINK for more on the Willow Tree Meanig
Willow Tree as Kigo

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匂ひ有きぬもたたまず春の暮
nioi aru kinu mo tatamazu haru no kure

The scented clothes
still not put away,
twilight in spring.
Tr. Sawa and Shiffert


quote
The clothes incensed
Left unfolded;
Spring evening!

To burn incense to perfume one's clothes is one of long-standing personal habits to be well-groomed.
The person who has just returned home steeps himself in the sentiment enchanted with spring evening and he neglects to do a duty to change his clothes and hold the incensed clothes. It is neither cold nor hot and the time somewhat languid. The atmosphere of the room is beginning to be filled with a lingering perfume of the clothes he wears.
A mental weariness, a melancholic mood caused by a spring day form the basis of the Haiku. What if something has happened to him? And it's unknown whether it is a good thing or not. The depth of the Haiku may lie in its resonance note that we could catch if we would try.
- Tr. and comment : Kumano Shoji


I can also imagine Buson having spent a day with a lovely lady at some hanami blossom viewing party and still enjoying the scent of her fragrance while back home . . .

. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .


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***** Azalea (Japan) Tsutsuji, Satsuki, Oomurasaki

***** Cherry Blossoms (sakura, Japan)

***** Yellow Mountain Rose (yamabuki, Japan)

***** Yellow Willow (yanagi, Japan)


More about
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Summer Robes (natsu goromo)

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Summer robes, summer clothing (natsugoromo)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Summer
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

At the beginning of summer it is time to
change the robes, koromogae 更衣 ころもがえ

In modern Japan, western clothing is becoming more and more common and the traditional Japanese robes, as described below, are not worn so much any more in the big cities. In the countryside, where I live, some are still quite common.
It used to be the first day of the fourth lunar month, but now it has come to be done on the first of June.


BTW
there is another time for koromogae in autumn, when summer robes are put away and the winter robes are coming out:

nochi no koromogae 後の更衣 (のちのころもがえ)
"the later changing of robes"
kigo for early winter
It was the first day of the tenth month, now often given as the first of october.


changing cloths for the winter season
. Warm things for Winter .

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white layered robe, shiragasane 白重, 白襲
..... white robe, shira-e, shira e 白衣（しらえ）

one layer of robes, hito-e, hito e 単衣 ひとえ

summer robes, natsuginu 夏衣（なつぎぬ）, natsugi 夏着（なつぎ）, natsumono夏物（なつもの）

hemp robes, asafuku 麻服（あさふく）
They are especially light and cool in summer, although nowadays, they are quite expensive.

light lined kimono, awase 袷 あわせ , natsu awase 初袷（はつあわせ）, suawase 素袷（すあわせ）, watanuki 綿抜（わたぬき）
old lined kimono, furuawase 古袷（ふるあわせ）


katabira 帷子 かたびら unlined (linen) kimono
shirokatabira 白帷子（しろかたびら）white linen kimono
somekatabira 染帷子（そめかたびら）dyed linen kimono
kibira 黄帷子（きびら）yellow linen kimono
ekatabira 絵帷子（えかたびら）lined kimono with patterns

tsujigahana, tsuji ga hana 辻が花（つじがはな)
. tsuji ga hana 辻が花 "flowers at the crossroads" dyeing method .
(haiku by Issa and Masaoka Shiki)



thin robes, thin kimono , usumono 羅 うすもの
usuginu 薄衣（うすぎぬ）, usugoromo 薄ごろも（うすごろも）
silk gauze, ro 絽（ろ）, sha 紗（しゃ）
"transparent robe", sukiya 透綾（すきや）
light cloth robe, joofu 上布（じょうふ）, ryoora 綾羅（りょうら）, keira 軽羅（けいら）、
. joofu 上布 ramie hemp cloth .


silk crepe, made in Akashi town (near Kobe)
akashi 明石（あかし）

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joofu 上布 finely woven summer cloth robes
Echigo joofu 越後上布（えちごじょうふ）from Echigo
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Satsuma joofu 薩摩上布（さつまじょうふ） from Satsuma
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. Yaeyama joofu 八重山上布 Yaeyama ramie hemp cloth .
Okinawa


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kinuno 生布 (きぬの) raw cloth (not washed after weaving)
made from various materials. It feels quite cool in summer.
kibira 生平（きびら）、kuzufu 葛布（くずふ）"kuzu cloth"
sayomi 貲布（さよみ）, tafu 太布（たふ）"heavy cloth"
saimi 細布（さいみ）、asabu 麻布（あさふ）"hemp cloth"
fujifu 藤布（ふじふ）wisteria cloth
kinuno 木布（きぬの） "tree cloth"

bashoofu 芭蕉布（ばしょうふ） "banana fiber cloth"
Basho-fu, bashofu is one of the representative textiles of Okinawa.
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light cotton robes, yukata 浴衣 ゆかた
Yukata is a Japanese summer garment. People wearing yukata are a common sight at fireworks displays, bon-odori festivals, and other summer events. The yukata is a casual form of kimono that is also frequently worn after bathing at traditional Japanese inns. Though their use is not limited to after-bath wear, yukata literally means bath(ing) clothes.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !

first wearing of the summer yukata, hatsu yukata 初浴衣（はつゆかた）
indigo yukata, ai yukata 藍浴衣（あいゆかた）
starched yukata, nori yukata 糊浴衣（のりゆかた）
yukata for retn, kashi yukata 貸浴衣（かしゆかた）
old yukata, furuyukata 古浴衣（ふるゆかた）
cotton robe after a bath, yu katabira 湯帷子（ゆかたびら）
pole to hang a yukata, yukatagake 浴衣掛（ゆかたがけ）


©　Chöpa Imports, 2006 :Yukata Robe-Haiku

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bleached cloths, sarashi 晒布 さらし
Nara sarashi 奈良晒（ならざらし）
river for bleaching cloths, sarashigawa 晒川（さらしがわ）
time for bleaching cloths, sarashidoki 晒時（さらしどき）, sarashi 晒（さらし）
Click HERE for photos of Nara sarashi


shrinked cloths, chijimifu 縮布 ちぢみふ
chijimi 縮（ちぢみ）, shima chijimi 縞縮（しまちぢみ）
shrinked cotton, chijimimen 縮木綿（ちぢみもめん）
shrinked cloth robe for summer, chijimi katabira 縮帷子（ちぢみかたびら）
shrinked cloth from Echigo, Echigo chijimi 越後縮（えちごちぢみ）
shrinked cloth from Akashi, Akashi chijimi 明石縮（あかしちぢみ）

Click HERE for photos of shrinked cloth from Echigo

Click HERE for shrinked cloth from Akashi


. . . Summer sash (natsu obi, natsuobi, natsu-obi)


cotton flannel, neru ネル



neckband for summer, natsueri, natsu eri 夏襟 (なつえり)
This was used under a kimono and could be washed easily.
Sommerkragen, Kragen



haraate, hara ate 腹当 (はらあて) stomach [belly] wrapper
..... haragake 腹掛（はらがけ）
nebie shirazu 寝冷知らず（ねびえしらず）
This was used when sleeping to prevent getting cold with sweat, especially for children.


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越後屋に衣さく音や衣更
Echigoya ni kinu saku oto ya koromogae

at the Echigoya shop
the sound of cutting cloth -
changing the robes

Enomoto Kikaku Takarai 宝井其角


. Echigoya 越後屋 and Mitsui　三井 .

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short, light summer coat, natsubaori
夏羽織 (なつばおり )
one layer coat, hitoebaori 単羽織（ひとえばおり）
thin coat, usubaori 薄羽織（うすばおり）
hemp coat, asabaori 麻羽織（あさばおり）
silk gauze coat, robaori 絽羽織（ろばおり）


HAORI 羽織 is the general term for a coat worn over a Japanese kimono. In combinations it is often spelled ... baori.


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kihgoza 着茣蓙 (きござ) goza mat to wear
Often used by travellers of old to protect them from the sunshine.
Goza floor mats


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summer trouser-skirt, natsubakama 夏袴 (なつばかま)
silk gauze trouser-skirt, robakama 絽袴（ろばかま）
hemp trouser skirt, asabakama 麻袴（あさばかま）
Formal trouser-skirt (hakama) and Haiku

HAKAMA 袴 is the general term for a formal trouser-skirt worn over a Japanese kimono. In combinations it is often spelled ... bakama.


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light summer suit with short legs, jinbei
甚平 (じんべい), jinbee 甚兵衛（じんべえ）, jinbeじんべ



They are very comfortable and many men wear them after the nightly bath to sit outside and enjoy the evening cool. They are usually made of cotton or hemp.


きてもみよ甚兵が羽織花衣
kite mo miyo jinbei ga haori hanagoromo

(kite mo miyo : This is a double play with the meaning, come and see 来て, or come and wear 着て this jinbei when looking for cherry blossoms.)

come and look!
put on a Jinbei robe
and admire the blossoms
Tr. Makoto Ueda

Written in 寛文12年, Basho age 29, in Iga Ueno.


. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .

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half-long trousers, han zubon 半ズボン (はんずぼん)
short trousers, shooto pantsu, ショートパンツ
shorts, shootsu ショーツ


summer shirt, natsu shatsu 夏シャツ (なつしゃつ)
white shirt, shiro shatsu 白シャツ（しろしゃつ）
net shirt, ami shatsu 網シャツ（あみしゃつ）
crepe shirt, kureepu shatsu クレープシャツ


shirt with an open collar, kaikin shatsu
開襟シャツ (かいきんしゃつ)
open collar, kaikin 開襟（かいきん）


aloha shirt, aroha shatsu アロハシャツ (あろはしゃつ) PHOTOS !
aloha (shirt), aroha アロハ


summer dress, samaa doresu サマードレス
"sun dress", san doresu サンドレス
summer coat, samaa kooto サマーコート
summer wear, samaa wea サマーウェア

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white clothing, shirofuku 白服 しろふく
hakusoo 白装（はくそう）



white clothing with splashed patterns
shirogasuri 白絣 しろがすり. 白飛白（しろがすり）
"white material", shiroji 白地（しろじ）

KASURI 絣, ikat, splashed patterns (...gasuri) come in typical dyeing and weaving patterns of some areas of Japanese.
Ikat patterns and Daruma san


lace, reesu レース
making lace, reesu amu レース編む（れーすあむ）

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net-like under-kimono, ami juban
網襦袢 (あみじゅばん)
Kimono, Yukata, Nagajuban and more
着物、浴衣、長襦袢 with DARUMA patterns


juban, worn under a kimono


"sweat catcher", asetori 汗袗 (あせとり)
..... asetori 汗取（あせとり）

made from twisted paper, koyori juban
紙縒襦袢（こよりじゅばん）

made from gauze, gaaze juban ガーゼ襦袢（がーぜじゅばん）
made from a thin bamboo pipe, kuda juban 管襦袢（くだじゅばん）
bamboo under-garment, take juban 竹襦袢（たけじゅばん）

Bamboo Wife (chiku fujin)
.. a device to spend a hot night and other bamboo tools for summer

Woven bamboo under-garments are often worn by priests to protect the precious silk garments worn on official occasions.




loose underpants for men, suteteko, すててこ
Usually they go just over the knee, are made of thin cotton or gauze and can be washed easily.
Many farmers in our area wear them in the evening with no other cloths on top of them. They are extremely comfortable in the humid Japanese summer.


light underwear, appappa あっぱっぱ
"simple clothing", kantan fuku 簡単服 かんたんふく


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bathing suit, mizugi 水着（みずぎ）
"sea water suit", kaisui gi 海水着 (かいすいぎ)
"sea water hat", beach hat, kaisui boo
海水帽（かいすいぼう）



sangurasu サングラス sunglasses



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The mummy of the famous priest Kobo Daishi at the mountain monastery Koya San is also dressed twice a year.

changing of his robes, mi-koromogae 御衣替,
o-koromo-i　御衣井

Kukai Kobo Daishi and Kigo for Haiku



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Photo curtesy of Terry Steudlein, May 2008

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Kimono Saijiki　着物歳時記 Kimono for all seasons



きもの歳時記
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A BLOG with seasonal hints:
きもの歳時記
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Notes for each month :
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HAIKU




夏衣 いまだ虱を とりつくさず
natsugoromo imada shirami o tori tsukusazu

my summer robe
there are still some lice
I have not caught

Matsuo Basho
1685, End of fourth lunar month 貞亨2年4月下旬

Basho had just ended a very satisfying travel and was thus in a playful mood (karumi　軽み）.

Read more from Makoto Ueda and
source : Basho and His Interpreters


summer robes:
still some lice
I've yet to pick
Tr. Barnhill

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ひとつ脱てうしろにおひぬ衣かへ
一つ脱いで後に負ひぬ衣更
hitotsu nugite ushiro ni oinu koromogae

taking off one garment
I sling it over my shoulder
clothes changing day

Along the Nakasendo, 17. Sakamoto-shuku 坂本宿


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source :lucky2zacky.jugem.jp
yukatabira of the Heian period 平安時代の湯帷子
. . . yukata



紫陽花や帷子時の薄浅黄
ajisai ya katabira doki no usu-asagi

these hydrangeas -
time for a linen kimono
in light blue

MORE - Ajisai haiku by
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


. asagi あさぎ - 浅黄 - 浅葱 hues of light yellow, green and blue .


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いでや我よき布着たり蝉衣
ide ya ware yoki nuno kitari semi-goromo

come look at
the fine summer robe I wear -
my Semigoromo
Tr. Gabi Greve

Written in summer of 1687 貞亨4年夏
Sugiyama Sanpu had sent Basho a new katabira robe for summer and this was his thank-you hokku.



semigoromo 蝉衣 a very thin silk cloth for summer robes, as light as the wings of a cicada.
lit. "cicada robe".

This hokku has the cut marker YA in the middle of line 1.


MORE - hokku about the haori and natsu-baori coats by
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


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Issa about the changing of the robes

.更衣松風聞に出たりけり
koromogae matsu kaze kiki ni detari keri

new summer robes--
listening to the pine breeze
they emerge



更衣しばししらみを忘れたり
koromogae shibashi shirami o wasuretari

a new summer robe--
for a little while
no lice



痩藪も窓も月さすころもがへ
yase yabu mo mado mo tsuki sasu koromogae

in thin trees, in my window
bright moon...
new summer robes

Tr. David Lanoue
More haiku with : koromogae



Haiga by Nakamura Sakuo !

糊こはき帷子かぶる昼寝哉
nori kowaki katabira kaburu hirune kana

his starched summer
robe his blanket...
siesta

Katabira refers to a light summer garment made of hemp. The napper is either wearing the garment or using it as a cover. For my translation, I picked the latter. An alternate version: wearing his starched summer robe... siesta

David Lanoue


Festival Katabira


. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .

西山や袷序の神だのみ
nishiyama ya awase tsuide no kami tanomi

western mountains --
going out in summer robes
they also pray to gods

This hokku is from early in the fifth lunar month (June) in 1814, about three weeks after Issa got married to his first wife Kiku in his hometown on 4/11. He seems to be remembering his time in Kyoto a few years earlier and imagining what stylish Kyoto people are doing now in early summer. Kyoto people dress more conservatively than than people in Edo and Osaka do, but they are generally more sensitive to traditional esthetics and styles. The imperial court in Kyoto now lacks real power, but it puts great emphasis on ritual, and it holds a major ceremony on the first of the fourth month, the first day of lunar summer and the day when people change from thick robes into lighter robes consisting of two thin layers of cloth. On 5/5 they will change again into still lighter single-layered summer robes, but for the moment people feel light and loose and celebrate the return of warm weather. Kyoto commoners also consider 4/1 a holiday and celebrate by going out for the day or by going around to exchange greetings and chat with their neighbors and friends.

Issa seems to be writing about one such group or family who are going around seeing people and sights wearing fresh early summer robes for the first time in many months. Issa has another hokku about visiting the low mountains just to the east of Kyoto, but in the present hokku people have decided to visit the low mountains along the western border of Kyoto, a largely wooded area in which many Shinto shrines are located. (There doesn't seem to be any overt mention of Buddhism here.) New leaves cover the trees, and people no doubt enjoy watching the summer fashions others are wearing, but at some point they have decided to visit a Shinto shrine in the foothills -- perhaps the big Matsunoo Shrine there. The word kami-danomi means asking various Shinto or shamanic gods for favors or protection as opposed to making a deep, emotional confession or plea to a god, so Issa seems to be indicating that the prayers the people make on their outing are not the goal of the outing but something convenient they do along the way. He doesn't seem to be satirizing them, however, just evoking the way many people pray. Perhaps he is suggesting that, in contrast to their utilitarian and self-centered requests to the gods, the way people walk and smile full of joy and lightness in their fresh summer robes makes them minor gods for the day, a day when both divinities and humans feel refreshed and changed.

The Issa scholar Maruyama Kazuhiko also feels that "western mountains" here refers to the low mountains along the western edge of Kyoto. See Issa Shichiban nikki 2.51. The geography of Kyoto was well known all over the country in much the same way that most Americans have a vague idea of where Central Park and the Statue of Liberty are, and the Kyoto court was also the center of clothes-changing festivities in Japan.
Tr. and comment : Chris Drake

. Kyoto 京都　"Hana no Miyako" 花の都 .

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The thin legs of Issa
(click on the photo to read the haiku and
enjoy the haiga by Sakuo Nakamura)

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痩脛の毛に微風あり衣更
yasezune no ke ni bifuu ari koromogae

the hair of my thin legs
moves in the light breeze -
changing of the robes

. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .
MORE hokku about koromogae


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夏羽織 われをはなれて 飛ばんとす
natsubaori ware o hanarete toban to su

my summer coat -
it wants to leave me
and fly away

Masaoka Shiki 正岡 子規
Tr. Gabi Greve

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単衣着て 風よろこべば 風まとふ
hitoe kite kaze yorokobeba kaze matou

I wear a thin summer robe -
I enjoy the wind
I wear the wind

or

wearing a thin robe -
if the wind is pleased with it
I wear the wind

Nakamura Teijo 中村 汀女
Tr. Gabi Greve


dressed in a summer robe
the pleasant breeze
wraps me up

Tr. Keiko Izawa

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甚平着て 饅頭笠着て 土佐の人
jinbei kite manjugasa kite Tosa no hito

wearing a jinbei
wearing a round straw hat
a man from Tosa

or

I wear a jinbei
I wear a round straw hat
(like) a man from Tosa

Takahama Toshio 高浜 年尾
(Son of Takahama Kyoshi)


"Round straw hat like a rice dumpling", manjugasa

Tosa, a province in Shikoku

Tr. Gabi Greve


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