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Paulownia flowers (kiri no hana) Japan. P. tomentosa. "princess tree"

Scissor-tailed flycatcher North America. State bird of Oklahoma

Tsukuma Festival (Tsukuma matsuri ) Japan. Pot festival (nabe matsuri)...

Europe DayEuropa-Tag

Clover, Alfalfa, Milk VetchJapan

"Bamboo Wife" (chiku fujin) Asia. Bamboo sleeping companion.

Blanket (moofu) Japan. Quilt and more.



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Banana Kenya. "bashoo" in Japanese

Belgian National Day (Fête nationale de la Belgique)

Swift (Apus apus) Ireland, Europe

Withered fields (kareno, Kudarano) Japan. Fields in winter (fuyu no) and more.

Women's slope (onna-zaka). Slope for men (otoko-zaka) Japan

Cotoneaster
Ireland

Cormorant Ireland

Hazel catkins Ireland

Cornflower Ireland, Europe

YuleIreland

Rubber plantIreland

River mist Ireland

Samhain Festival Ireland

Meadowsweet Ireland

Gooseberry Ireland

Tarweed Ireland

Bog grasses Ireland

Redcurants Ireland, Europe

Bagworm (minomushi - "straw raincoat bug") Japan. Case moth, basketworm

Fleas and lice (nomi, shirami) louse. worldwide

Plums, ripe plums Kenya

Matonge Festival Belgium

Gishi-Sai 義士祭 . Memorial Ceremony for the 47 Samurai, graves of the 47 Ronin at Sengakuji

Bosatsu-Matsuri 菩薩祭 Bodhisattva Festival temple Soofuku-Ji in Nagasaki

Cactus (saboten) Dry areas

Passion Flower (tokeisoo) Japan. Other regions.

Edo, the town before it became Tokyo

Edo Castle and Haiku

Calligraphy (shodoo)


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..................................................................... December 2008

Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) Yemen

cha no hana 茶の花 (ちゃのはな) tea blossoms Japan

Nettle tree (enoki) Japan

Dinner, dining, eating ... and more worldwide

Shoochuu 焼酎 (しょうちゅう) Shochu, strong distilled liquor, Schnaps


..................................................................... November 2008

Rabbit, hare (usagi), snow rabbit (yukiusagi) Japan
Kaninchen, Hase

Firefly squid (hotaruika, hotaru ika ホタルイカ(蛍烏賊))

Ika ... squid dishes

Fish roe dishes (hararago) Japan

Mamakari ままかり Fish dishes from Okayama

Satsumaimo, satsuma imo 薩摩薯(さつまいも)sweet potatoes

Uni 海胆 (うに) sea urchin and sea urchin roe (uni 雲丹). Seeigel

Kani 蟹料理 CRAB dishes Krabben.

Horse meat, baniku (ばにく/ 馬肉) basashi, sakuranabe

BUTA ... Pig and Pork (buta, ton 豚 ぶた)

Daruma Ramen, raamen ラーメン Chinese noodle soup

Ainu Food アイヌ料理

Tosa no Inakazushi (inaka sushi) 土佐の田舎寿司 sushi from the countryside of Tosa


..................................................................... October 2008

Ogata Korin Memorial Day (koorin ki)

Winter honey ... Yemen

Sunbirds... India

Pillow (makura, kukurimakura) Japan

Lobster Decoration (kazari-ebi, Ise-ebi kazaru ) Japan

Stone fish, bullhead (okoze)Fish. Japan

Leek (naganegi) green onions, scallion, porree Japan

Itokoni いとこ煮 boiled pumpkin with red beans Yamaguchi

Kiritanpo (kiritampo) きりたんぽ skewers of mashed rice. Japan

Inkstone (suzuri) Japan


..................................................................... September 2008

World Heart Day September 28

Night of Power, Lailatul Qadr / Lailat-Ul-Qadr Yemen

Shichirin 七輪 portable cooking stove Japan

Onigiri おにぎり rice balls Japan

Hanbaiki 販売機 vending maschines for food Japan

Praise, flattery (homekotoba, o-joozu) Japan

Eel dishes (unagi) Japan. Some are kigo

Burdock root (gobo, goboo) Japan. Arctium lappa

Sansai 山菜  Mountain vegetables
. . . Including
Hahakogusa 母子草(ははこぐさ) sweet cudweed
Kogomi こごみ kind of fern
Nobiru のびる (野蒜) wild rocambole
Tsukushi 土筆(つくし)horsetail plant
Warabi わらび(蕨) bracken, fern
Zenmai 薇(ぜんまい) Japanese Royal Fern
Mori no Megumi, Bountiful food from the Forest

Momotaro Nabe ... Peach Boy HodgepodgeMomotaro Haiku by Issa

Dumplings of all kinds (dango) Japan. Mitarashi dango

Yaseuma, "thin horse" wheat noodles from Oita

Fast Food Gourmet ... the Japanese Version

Inari Sushi (inarizushi) Japan

Kanro-Ni, kanroni, sweet simmering Japan

Tsukuda-ni, Tsukudani ... simmered in sweet soy sauce Japan

Konchu Ryori, konchuu ryoori Insects as food

Citrus fruits (kankitsu rui) Japan
mikan, ponkan, hassaku, sudachi, daidai, kabosu, iyokan, sudachi, yuzu, oranges and others

Interesting, exciting, entertaining, amusing ... (omoshiro ya) Japan

Hara hachibu ... eating only 80% of your capacity an Okinawan diet

Breakfast (asagohan, asameshi) Japan

Kitchen (daidokoro) Japanese Kitchen

Trout and sweetfish (ayu, masu, iwana and more) and salmon (benimasu) and yamame Japan

Hamaguri, clam shells, venus clams Venusmuscheln

Tsukiji, the big fish market in Tokyo Tsukiji shijoo

SHUN ... Specialities of the Season

Spring Chrysanthemum (shungiku) Japan

Rape flower pickles (nahanazuke)/ nanohana rapeseed flower dishes Japan

Hitashi, Ohitashi ... quickly boiled vegetables Japan

Cod (tara) and various food items Japan

Kogawa Festival, Kogawa Sai Wakayama, Japan

Brazier (jiko) Kenya

Sambosa, samosa Food during the Ramadan. Yemen

Ameyoko Cheap shopping alley, from Ueno to Okachimachi.

Mikan, mandarin orange, tangerine Japan

Senbei, sembei 煎餅 (せんべい) rice crackers, sweet and salty

Godairiki san festival at temple Daigoji Kyoto, Japan

Golden Pavillion, Kinkaku-ji Kyoto, Japan

GHANA SAIJIKI

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Pivot ... its use in waka and haiku

Kamakhya Temple near Guwahati in Assam India.
And other pilgrimages worldwide.

GHANA SAIJIKI


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Sweat (ase) Japan. Perspiration, transpiration and related kigo

Asakayama ... 安積山 Mountain near Koriyama, Fukushima pref. Matsuo Basho on his way ...

Demon's gate (kimon) ... Japan

Dinner tray (zen), box tray (hako zen) ... Japan

Nishiyama Soin and the Danrin School (Soo-In) 西山宗因, 談林派

Lottery, lottery ticket (takarakuji) Japan

Melon / cool melon / watermelon Yemen

Flood (koozui, aki demizu) .. Japan. Floods, flooding. Worldwide.



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Karma, the Net of Indra ... Indra Net, Inter Net ... :)

Indian paintbrush (Castilleja) North America

WKD : New England Saijiki

Naked Festivals (Hadaka Matsuri) Japan. LIST

Yui Town Big Drum Festival (O-Taiko Matsuri ) Japan

Urasa Naked Festival at Temple Fukoo-Ji (Urasa no Doo Oshi) Japan

Jazz Music North America

Violett and Purple : MURASAKI in Haiku Lady Murasaki Shikibu

Chameleon, Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) Yemen

Shrine Tada Jinja ... and Matsuo Basho

Rice gruel (kayu) Japan

Toji, Temple Too-Ji in Kyoto Japan

Independence Day, June 12, 1898Philippines

Swallowtail butterflies (agehachoo) Yemen, Japan

Elm tree (Ulmus) Europa, North America

Kasuga Shrine Festivals (Kasuga matsuri, Wakamiya On Matsuri)

Rhode Island USA

Kuromori Kabuki ... 黒森歌舞伎 (くろもりかぶき ) Yamagata prefecture. Japan

Donzuki Matsuri ... どんづき祭 "Body throwing festival", Niigata, Japan

Hasedera no Tada-oshi ... 長谷寺のただ押し (はせでらのただおし)Hasedera Temple Festival, Sakurai, Nara, Japan

Takewari Matsuri ... 竹割祭 (たけわりまつり) Bamboo splitting festival. Japan

Kashihara matsuri ... 橿原祭 Kashihara Shrine Festival. Japan

Towns of India and haiku India

Dream (yume), First Dream (hatsuyume) Japan

Official, minor official (yakunin, koyakunin) Japan, Edo period

Kato Shuson (1905-1993)

Sand, hot sand (nessa) Japan


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Family altar, Buddhist family altar (butsudan) Japan

Spikemoss (iwahiba, iwamatsu) Japan. Sellaginella tamariscina

Iris, bearded Iris (Iris albicans) Yemen

Paper clothing, paper robes (kamiko) Japan

White Dew (shiratsuyu) Japan

Lawn, grass, turf (shiba) Japan. ... and related kigo

New Year Arrow (hamaya) Japan

Goto Takatoshi Takatoshi Gotoh

Trillium family of flowers (kinugasa soo) .. Japan. North America

Delhi, Old Delhi, New Delhi. India

Bombay, Mumbai . India

Lucknow . India

Kumano Road (Kumano Kodo Japan

Saga Dawa / Vesak Celebrations Buddhist Communities

Rhododendron (shakunage, sekinan ) Japan

Shimabara no taiyuu no doochuu ...  Shimabara Geisha Procession (Kyoto)
Shimabara taiyuu no doochuu

Miyako Odori .. "Dance of the Capital" in Kyoto

Naniwa Odori ... Naniwa Dance in Osaka

Haru Matsuri .. Spring Festival. General

Azuma Odori .. Azuma Dance, Tokyo Dance

Kamogawa Odori .. Kamogawa Dance in Kyoto
Garden (niwa), Park (teien, tei-en) Japanese Garden, Zen Garden ...

Storehouse, warehouse (kura, dozoo) Japan

Masahide, Mizuta Masahide (1657-1723)

Shushiki (Shuushiki 秋色) (1668-1725)

Hi no Oka Pass (Hi no Oka Tooge) Japan

Sand skiing, dune skiing Yemen

Pinewood Derby North America

Barangay Fiesta Philippines. and The Santacruzan

Haiku Sweets (haika 俳菓) Japan

Ghosts (yookai, bakemono) Japan

Imagination in Haiku ... Theory

San Miguel Beer Philippines

Straw hats (dholas, kofias and hadrami) Yemen

Sunflower (himawari) Japan. Europa. North America

Four Directions (toozai nanboku)East, West, North, South

Dontaku .. Dontaku Festival in Hakata, Japan

Go, a board game, igo 囲碁 (Japan)

Green Week, Greenery Day (midori no shuukan, midori no hi) Japan

Cassia blossoms (Cassia fistula) India. ... amaltaas, bendra lathi, aragvadha and other names

Cockroach (gokiburi, aburamushi) Japan
..... and more summer insects and little animals ...

Turtle, turtoise (kame) Japan

Grains, the five grains (gokoku) Japan

Deutzia blossoms (u no hana, unohana) Japan

Bataan Beach, Bataan Day Philippines

Buddha's Birthday, Flower Festival, Flower Hall (kanbutsu-e, kambutsu-e, shuuni-e, hanamatsuri, hana midoo   Japan. sweet tea (amacha) and more

Utamakura, Place Names in Japanese Poetry "Poetry Pillow Words", makurakotoba

PLACE NAMES used in Haiku Japan and Worldwide


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Nozawa Boncho 野沢 凡兆 (Nozawa Bonchoo, 1640? - 1714) and his wife Tome, Ukoo 羽紅

Bulbul bird (hiyodori) Japan, Yemen, Kenya and other regions

Grouse, snow grouse, "Thunderbird" (raichoo) Japan

Fish Market Philippines

Airlie Beach Australia

Olympic Games Olympics

Malaysia Haiku

Tourist, sightseer, traveller, visitor ... worldwide

Larks, various types Yemen

Beans in autumn kigo ... the plants also Peanuts plants. Ingen Mame.

Taal Lake Philippines

Tawilis (Sardinella tawilis) Philippines

Peanuts Japan, Philippines

Scilla, Siberian Squill (Scilla Sibirica) Russia, Europe.

Coconuts, Coconut palms Philippines, India

Higashiyama Culture and Haiku

Japanese Culture Week, 2008 Kenya

Ageing ... Kenya

Milkfish (Chanos chanos) also called Bangus. Boneless Bangus. Philippines

Flamingo Yemen

Snack served with tea (cha no ko, o-cha no ko) Japan

Botamochi Rice Cakes (Botamochi) Japan
Botamochi Ceremony

Water dragon, Physignathus lesueurii Australia


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Herring (nishin) Japan. Koorai Iwashi

Flame of the Forest (Butea monosperma, Delonix regia) Two Trees with orange blossoms

Tibet

Migrant fishermen (watari gyofu) Hokkaido, Japan

Irrigation Ceremony (minakuchi matsuri, nawashiro matsuri) Japan

Will-o'-the-wisp (kitsunebi, onibi) Japan

Groundbreaking ceremony (jichinsai, jimatsuri) Japan

Dawn in spring, Spring morning light (shungyoo, haru no akebono)
Spring morning (haru no asa, haru no akatsuki) and others

Holi Festival.. Dol Yatra (the Swing Festival)India. Also introducing Chillum and Bhang.

Jelly strips (tokoroten) Japanese Food

Blind Woman from Echigo (Echigo goze) Japan. Introducing haiku from Echigo

Manzai (New Year's Comic Performance) Japan

Polar bear = ours polaire (ou « ours blanc » ) Canada. Eisbär

Husky = chien de traîneau (ou « husky ») Canada

Kuroda Momoko 黒田杏子 Haiku Poetess

Chichibu Festival (Chichibu Matsuri
Chichibu Night Festival (Chichibu Yomatsuri)

Kobo Daishi Kukai (Kooboo Daishi Kuukai) and Esoteric Buddhism Japan

Neem blossoms, neem tree, magosa (Azadirachta indica) India. And Ugadi Pachadi

Saigyo Hoshi Memorial Day (Saigyoo Ki) Japan. Saigyoo Hooshi

Nightingale singing competition (uguisu awase) Japan.

Arii Shokyu-Ni(1713-1781) "the Nun Shokyu". Nagamatsu Nami, Kohakuan.
Kohakuan Fufuu, Arii Fufuu (1702 - 1762), her husband
Chomu (Choomu) 蝶夢 (1732 - 1796), a Buddhist priest shookyuuni shokyuuni shokyu ni

Kite, black kite, Milan noir (tobi, tombi) Japan. Milvus migrans

Amihan and Habagat Monsoon Philippines

Boomerang Australia

Insects awaken, insects come out, bugs come out, bugs wake up, insects appear again, insects stir (keichitsu) Insects wake up. Japan
..... Frost descends (sookoo)

Matsushima 松島Japan

Leap day, leap year (2008) February 29

Bud of trees, treebuds (ko no me, konome) Japan

Bat (koomori, kawahori) Japan

Stone wall (stonewall) (ishigaki) Japan


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Wheat and Barley (mugi) and related kigo Japan

Coral Tree Blossoms (Erythrina indica) Tiger's claw, Sunshine Tree. India

Common cold and flu (kaze) coughing, sneezing, God of the Cold. Japan, worldwide

Water tank (As-Saharieg) Yemen

Desert rose (Adenium obesum). Yemen

Utsu no Yama, Mount Utsu, Mt. Utsu near Okabe in Shizuoka, Japan

Three treasures of Haiku and ISSA

Temple Saimyo-Ji and Issa

I, the first person (ware, watakushi, ore) used in haiku Japan

Donald Keene

Prickly Pear Cactus, Opuntia Family . Yemen, North America

. . . . . Pakistan ... Haiku in Pakistan

Desert, sand desert Yemen

Canna lily Yemen

Dates, ripe dates from the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) Yemen

Eid Al-Kabir, Aid Al Kabir Yemen

Khat, Catha edulis, chewing khat Yemen


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YEMEN SAIJIKI

Jasmine Yemen

Oleander (kyoochikutoo) Japan. Yemen

Rose of Sharon (mukuge) / Hibiscus (bussooge) Japan. Yemen

Toribeno Cemetery in Kyoto Japan

Sumidagawa River Tokyo, Japan

Tao Yuanming To Enmei, Chinese poet 365 - 427 陶淵明

Takeda Butsugai Fusen ... 1795~1867

Kamikaze, Divine Wind Japan

Dalia (daria) Japan, India

Salt (shio) and salted winter food Japan

Issa and the God of Poverty (bimbogami)

Naito Joso (Naito Joosoo 内藤丈草) (1662 - 1704)

Tattoo, Tatoo (irezumi, horimono) Japan

Garlic chives (nira) and its blossoms (nira no hana) Japan

Balls, decorative hand balls (temari) Japan. Ball catching song, ball bouncing song (temari uta)

KAMASU : straw back, tobacco pouch, Pacific sandeel (Ammodytes personatus) Japan

Swan (hakuchoo) Japan

Fatsia japonica blossoms (yatsude no hana) Japan, Japanese Aralia

Iida Ryuta (Iida Ryouta) 1920-2007
Iida Dakotsu, his father (1885 - 1962)

Buddha Dainichi Nyorai Ceremonies and kigo

First Day of the Tiger (Hatsu Tora ) Japan. visit to Kurama Temple in Kyoto on the first day of the tiger: Kurama hatsu tora mairi .. and related kigo

Pongal Spring Festival India. Kolam decorations.

Boma Homesteads Kenya

Juuni Shinshoo 十二神将 Twelve Heavenly Generals, 12 Warrior Generals

Bishamonten, Tamonten (Vaishravana) Japan. Bishamonten Festival, Messenger of Bishamonten

Song, singing (uta) Japan. A list of kigo.

First Poetry Meeting at court(utakai hajime)

Eid Al-kabir on the pilgrimage to Mekka

Lotus Temple Delhi

Issa and O-Take Nyorai お竹如来

... Kamakura, a Haiku Town in Japan

Flamingo Gulf of Aden

Night work (yonabe) Japan

Mallet for good luck (fuku tsuchi) Japan. Mallet for pounding cloth (kinuta)

Fulling block (kinuta) Japan.Pounding cloth. Mallet for beating straw (wara kinuta) and more

Onomatopoetic Words used in Haiku

Boxing Day Australia, New Zealand, UK

Basho and the Ukimido Floating Hall, Lake Biwa

Australian Seasons ...

Seasons Beginning ... Japan, a KIGO list

Long Life Ceremony (enjusai ) Japan

Inahata Teiko (1931 -)
President of the Japan Traditional Haiku Association



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Names of old Japanese months and their meanings
Dates accordng to the Gregorian Calendar

Japan has been using the Gregorian calendar since 1874.

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quote from
Time in Saijiki
by Hasegawa Kai

In the old calendar,
spring was from the first month through the third month,
summer from the fourth month through the sixth,
autumn from the seventh month through the ninth, and
winter from the tenth month through the twelfth.

Since every month had a full moon falling on the fifteenth in the old calendar, the Bon Festival always fell on the day of the full moon.
According to the solar calendar, however, the fifteenth day of the seventh month is close to the end of the rainy season when summer is at its climax.
... people in rural communities decided to observe the Bon Festival one month later, according to the solar calendar, on 15 August.
Mid-August is not exactly the same as the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, but it is close.
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Even after 1873, new saijiki were edited one after another. The saijiki of the new era, however, could not just attach the season words to similar dates of the solar calendar, so that, for example, an observance of the ninth day of the ninth month (old style) would be attached to 9 September (new style). Events and customs that were firmly bound tothe old calendar still remained throughout the country.
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The biggest problem caused by the change of calendar was the one-month discrepancy in correspondences of the four seasons and the twelve months.

Seasonal festivals are important annual events today as in the past. There are five in all: jinjitsu 人日(or nanakusa 七草, Seven Herbs) on the seventh day of the first month, jooshi 上巳(or hinamatsuri 雛祭り, Doll Festival) on the third day of the third month, tango 端午(Boy’s Festival) on the fifth of day of the fifth month, tanabata 七夕[ (Star Festival) on the seventh day of the seventh month, and chooyoo 重陽(Chrysanthemum Festival) on the ninth day of the ninth month.
All dates fall on the odd days in the odd months, and further, the day and month have the same number except jinjitsu.

When these seasonal festivals are moved to the “same” dates in the solar calendar, the seasons come about one month early.
In the provinces, beyond the jurisdiction of the government, people started to celebrate seasonal festivals a month late. This habit still remains in various places around the country, such as in Sho¯nai in Yamagata prefecture, where the Doll Festival is held in April, or Sendai, where the Star Festival is held in early August.

How would it be if these names for months were all moved back by one?
Shin saijiki (New Saijiki) by Kyoshi 虚子adopted this method. ... Shiwasu winds up being called January. But to call January Shiwasu (literally, “priests running,” a reference to end-of-the-year busyness) does not work. For this reason, Shin saijiki associates Shiwasu with December.

Read an interesting discussion here
source : Time in Saijiki
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spring begins, February 4, risshun 立春
summer begins, May 6, rikka 立夏
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Shoogatsu, the New Year
January 1 till 15, the first half of the first month
It used to co-incide with no-moon till full moon on the 15th of the first lunar month.
Therefore it was also the first month of spring in the old system.
Many kigo of this "early spring / new year / January as late winter" time bracket need to be checked carefully.
When the new saijiki were compiled according to the solar calendar, a fifth season, the NEW YEAR was introduced to avoid these complications. Many of the preparations for the New Year, done in December, are also problematic with respect to the season.


1.Mutsuki 睦月 (むつき) - Sociable Month
4 Feb – 5 Mar
The old name for January. Also read "Mutsubizuki". Etymological word was unknown but in poetry, it always means the month of affection when members of family, relatives and friends join to celebrate the New Year.


2.Kisaragi 如月 (きさらぎ)- More-Clothes
6 Mar – 4 Apr
The archaic name for February. Etymological word was said to be (Kisaragi) means the rebirth of plants and trees, or (Kinusaragi or Kisaragi) means putting more clothes against the cold weather. (In Japan, February is the coldest month of the year.)


3.Yayoi 弥生 (やよい) - Growth
5 Apr – 5 May
The archaic name for March. Etymological word was said that it was transformed from (ya-oi) means the thickly growth. The word (ya or iya) is a prefix, sometime it means "many".


4.Uzuki - Deutzia Month
6 May – 5 Jun
The archaic name for April. It means the month in which (U no Hana 卯の花) or the flower of Deutzia blooms.


5.Satsuki - Swamp Month
6 Jun – 6 Jul
The archaic name for May. The word "Sa", is omitted from (Sanaezuki 早苗月), means the month of planting rice shoots. Sometime it also can be written as (Satsuki 皐月). The word is a prefix, no meaning. For another example : (Sa-otome)


6.Minazuki - Waterless Month
7 Jul – 7 Aug
The archaic name for June. Also read as "Minatsuki". Although literally, it means the "waterless month", etymological word has various views. Some said that "Mi" refers to water and "Na" is a word added for euphony. So, the original meaning may be "Mi no tsuki" or "Month of water". (June is the month which has the most rain of the year).


7.Fumizuki - Literary Month
8 Aug – 7 Sep
The archaic name for July. Also read as "Fuzuki" or archaic, "Funzuki". Literally, "month of letter". It has various views on etymology. Some peoplementioned that the original was from the late Heian period (794-1192) which said that July was the month for writing a letter with casual language. Some people that because of Tanabata Festival (on July 7), people wrote poems in Chinese characters. So it can be said that it was the month of poetry.


8.Hazuki - Leaf Month
8 Sep – 7 Oct
The archaic name for August. Also read as "Hatsuki". Etymological word was unknown, but It refers to the month of falling leaves. In an ancient story, it said that around this time, leaves on the moon changed into light yellow which made the moon became more delight. The full moon on the 15th day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar was also called "Bright Moon of Taro".


9.Nagatsuki - Long Month
8 Oct – 6 Nov
The archaic name for September. Also read as "Nagazuki". Literally, "Long month", or sometime refers to "Long moon". Because poets appreciated the beauty of full moon through out long nights of the spring.


10.Kannazuki -  Month without Gods
7 Nov – 6 Dec
The archaic name for October. Also read as "Kaminazuki" or "Kamunazuki". Literally, "godless month". The legend said that large numbers (Yao-yorozu)of gods from places in Japan, leave their homes to assemble at Izumo Taisha or the Grand shrine of Izumo (now located in Shimane Prefecture) to match soul mates for human. So, there were no gods remains in local shrines. In Izumo, people called this month (Kami-arizuki) or "month of gods".

Large Number, in this case, is the word (Yao-yorozu). Although literally means 8 million, in Archaic Japanese, the word "Ya" means "many". So, the word Yao-yorozu should means "great numbers".


11.Shimotsuki - Frost Month
7 Dec – 4 Jan
The archaic name for November. Literally, "month of frost", because in Japan, winter begins at early November. Dew becomes frozen from the northeast of Japan. It was named to reminds farmers to get ready for winter.


12.Shiwasu - Rushing About, Busy Month
5 Jan – 3 Feb
The archaic name for December. Also called (Gokugetsu) or (Gokutsuki). The word "Shi" refers to a priest, literally, "running priests". It always means to "month of busy priests". In the past, it was a custom that priests must went to houses to attend religious services to Buddhists. Around the end of a year, priests would be busy going to places and it also showed how people be busy at the end of a year.


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24 Sekki ... the 24 solar sections 二十四節気

Risshun (立春): February 4—Beginning of spring
Usui (雨水): February 19—Rain water
Keichitsu (啓蟄): March 5—awakening of hibernated (insects)
Shunbun (春分): March 20—Vernal equinox, middle of spring
Seimei (清明): April 5—Clear and bright
Kokuu (穀雨): April 20—Grain rain

Rikka (立夏): May 5—Beginning of summer
Shōman (小満): May 21—Grain full
Bōshu (芒種): June 6—Grain in ear
Geshi (夏至): June 21—Summer solstice, middle of summer
Shōsho (小暑): July 7—Small heat
Taisho (大暑): July 23—Large heat

Risshū (立秋): August 7—Beginning of autumn
Shosho (処暑): August 23—Limit of heat
Hakuro (白露): September 7—White dew
Shūbun (秋分): September 23—Autumnal equinox, middle of autumn
Kanro (寒露): October 8—Cold dew
Sōkō (霜降): October 23—Frost descent

Rittō (立冬): November 7—Beginning of winter
Shōsetsu (小雪): November 22—Small snow
Taisetsu (大雪): December 7—Large snow
Tōji (冬至): December 22—Winter solstice, middle of winter
Shokan (小寒): January 5 Small Cold— a.k.a.
. . . . 寒の入り (Kan no iri) entrance of the cold
Daikan (大寒): January 20—Major cold

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72 seasons, seasonal points
shichijuuni koo, shichinuniko 七十二候(しちじゅうにこう)
Shichijūni kō


made by dividing the 24 Sekki of a year further by three sections.
Dates are from the year 2010
There is a difference in naming from China and Japan.
Here I list the ones which are used as KIGO.


. . . . . SPRING

uo hi ni noboru 魚氷に上る (うおひにのぼる)
fish climb on ice

(うおこおりにあがる)
until February 14



kawauso uo o matsuru
獺魚を祭る (かわうそうおをまつる)
otter festival

oso no matsuri 獺の祭(おそのまつり)
..... dassai 獺祭(だっさい)
..... dassaigyo 獺祭魚(だっさいぎょ)
within the 24 section of
Usui (雨水): February 19—Rain water, in Japan also called
土脉潤起 / 土が潤い起る


. Dassai Ki 獺祭忌(だっさいき)Dassai memorial day
Otter Festival Anniversary

memorial day for Masaoka Shiki


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taka kashite hato to naru
鷹化して 鳩と為る (たかかしてはととなる)
the hawk changes into a dove

last of keichitsu.
around March 16 to 20

More TAKA haiku in Japanese
http://www.shigaku.or.jp/hanapoem/00.3.23.htm



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denso kashite uzura to naru
田鼠化して鴽となる (でんそかしてうずらとなる /
田鼠化為鴽)
moles come out and change into quails

second point of seimei , now around April 10 - 14.
late spring

also called
雁が北へ渡って行く geese flying north



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. . . . . SUMMER



fusoo hotaru to naru 腐草蛍となる (ふそうほたるとなる)
compost leaves become fireflies

second point in Bōshu (芒種): June 6—Grain in ear



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hangeshoo 半夏生 (はんげしょう)
eleventh day after the summer solstice

hange 半夏(はんげ)
hange ame 半夏雨(はんげあめ)
The rice planting should be finished by this time. It is the last bit of the rainy season.
There are a lot of regional ways to celebrate this day, some with special food.

. WASHOKU
hagesshoomochi 小麦餅(はげっしょう餅 )from Nara

and Wakayama 



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. . . . . AUTUMN


mizu hajimete karu 水始めて涸る (みずはじめてかる)
water dries out for the first time

third section after the autumn equinox
day 3 and 4 of the 10th solar month


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kigo for late autumn

ookami kemono o matsuru
豺獣を祭る おおかみけものをまつる
wolf offers wild animals

..... ookami no matsuri 狼の祭(おおかみのまつり)
..... sai no matsuri 豺の祭(さいのまつり)
first section of the ninth month
Wolves are seen to make an offering of their prey.



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suzume hamaguri to naru
雀蛤となる (すずめはまぐりとなる)
sparrow becomes a clam

suzume umi ni iri hamaguri to naru
雀大水に入り蛤となる(すずめうみにいりはまぐりとなる)
suzume ka shite hamaguri to naru
雀化して蛤となる(すずめけしてはまぐりとなる)
second section of the ninth month
All things that can fly will now change. The color of the wings of a sparrow and the color of the shell of a hamaguri are seen as similar.



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. . . . . WINTER


mizu hajimete kooru 水始めて氷る (みずはじめてこおる)
water freezes for the first time
first point of ritto


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kigo for late winter


kan no iri 寒の入 (かんのいり) "cold period begins"
..... kaniri 寒入り(かんいり)

kan no uchi 寒の内 (かんのうち)
"within the cold period"

between shokan and daikan, see above the 24 solar sections
(Now the thirty days from about January 5 until February 3. This is the opposite of the doyoo hot period of summer.)
kan 寒(かん)cold
kanchuu 寒中(かんちゅう)
kanshiroo 寒四郎(かんしろう)"fourth son of the cold"
The fourth day of the COLD period.
kanku 寒九(かんく)"nineth day of COLD period"

kan doyoo 寒土用 (かんどよう) doyoo period of the cold
doyoo refers to the part, when the season is "at its best", in this case, the most cold.



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The 72 annual spells in Japan
Susan Delany from Texas has made a list, comparing the 72 seasonal spells to events of Texas.
How to make the 72 Seasonal Spells
Shokan Tadashi Kondo

2007, a PDF-file

Backup File in our library
. 72 spells in Tokyo and in Plano, Texas
By Susan Delphine Delaney, MD






more is here n Japanese : koyomi8.com !



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垂乳根の奪衣婆にいま半夏生
tarachine no datsueba ni ima hangeshoo

the old hag of hell
with sagging breasts celebrates
11 days after the solstice


Tomita Naoji 富田直治 (1922 -

Datsueba (Datsue ba 奪衣婆 or 脱衣婆 the ood hag of hell


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..................................................................... November 2006

Haiku Clubs of Kayole, Kenya Meeting November 2006

Court Rituals for the New Year Japan

Teeth strengthening Ceremony (hagatame) Japan
..... rice cakes for strengthening the teeth, hagatame no mochi

First Water, "young water" (wakamizu) Japan. Including more kigo of this ceremony.

Binzuru, Ceremony for the Arhat Binzuru (Binzuru mawashi) Japan

Haiku Teahouse, Haiku Chaya for Pilgrims in Shikoku Japan

Tea, Black Tea from Kenya Coffee from Kenya

Fart, farting (he) Furz Japan, worldwide

Fields, rice paddies (ta, hatake) Japan
..... Including kigo for all seasons in the fields.

Flute (fue, yokobue)   Japan

Saffron Crocus (Crocus sativus) safuron, safuran, Safran Japan

Trumpet Flower (datura) Korean Morning Glory, Mandala Flower (mandarage). Angel's Trumpet Flower. Japan, North America.

Hashidate Festival, Ama no Hashidate Matsuri Japan

Ebisu, the God of Wealth and Prosperity Japan

Ramadan in Kenya

Cold wave (kanpa, kampa) Japan, worldwide

Ganjin Memorial Day (Ganjin Ki) Japan

December Singers, Twelfth Month Singers (sekizoro) Japan

First rainfall, imminent rain Kenya, Tropics

..... Calendar Systems, Asian Lunar Calendar, 12 Zodiac Animals, 24 Seasons
Helpful reference to understand Japanese Haiku Seasons.

Bellows Festival (fuigo matsuri) Japan

Bread (pan) Worldwide

Yew Tree (ichi i, ichii, ichi-i)Japan

Rakugo, comic storytelling Japan

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Blanket (moofu) Japan. Quilt and other warm things.

Uejima Onitsura (1660-1738) Ueshima Onitsura

Hermit, Mountain hermits, sennin 仙人

History of Japanese Saijiki

Rice , Basmati Rice, INDIA

Rice Plants, Ine Japan

Rape blossoms (na no hana)

Kikaku, the poet

Poor Monk (dooshinboo) 道心坊. ドウシンボウ

Dawn moon (ariakezuki)

Kiken Castle (kikenjoo)

Bedtime quilt (yogi)

Hosomi Ayako

Tea Ceremony: Charcoal setting (sumi temae) Japan

Heat shimmers (kageroo) Japan

Mother in Law Day. Mother-in-LawWorldwide

Hawk (taka) Japan. with more related kigo

Shadow (kage) Worldwide

Eros DayWorldwide

Zen and Haiku Worldwide

Haiku Riddles The real, the irreal, the surrea, phantasy, methapysics ... you name it
also Ego and Haiku

Yabu no uchi tea ceremony Japan , yabunouchi 薮ノ内燕庵と古田織部, 藪内流. Mongaku (1139-1203 文覚 )

God of One Word (Hitokotonushi) Japan, Mt. Katsuragi (Kazuragi)

Takagi Noo 薪能 Noo-Performance at night Noh Performance, Yugen (yuugen 幽玄) Japan

Geta, wooden Japanses sandals Japan


Wisteria (fuji) Japan. wisteria trellis, fujidana and more kigo

Willow robes (yanagi goromo, aoyagi) Japan. and more related spring cloths kigo (haru goromo)

Willow tree (yanagi)Japan. Many kigo throughout the seasons

Hassaku Harvest Festival, Hassaku sai, Hassaku no Iwai Japan
with many related kigo

Hassaku orange (hassaku kan) Japan

Moxabustion on the second day (futsuka no kyuu)Japan. February and August.

Jeepney Philippines

Maple Syrup North America

Sugar Moon / Sap Moon Full Worm - March Moon. Maple Moon.
North America and Canada. Making Maple Syrup.

Hosomi Ayako 細見綾子(1907~1997)

Today (kyoo), tomorrow (asu)Japan. This morning (kesa)

Ati-Atihan Festival Philippines

Spring at the beach (haru no umi) Japan. Related kigo:cherryblossom shrimp, sakura ebi.crabs of spring, shiomaneki. firefly squid, hotaru ika. gathering shellfish at low tide, shiohigari. poles for growing seaweed, norisoda.

Dog (inu)Japan. Various related kigo

Ego and Haiku Riddles and Haiku

The Gods of Japan and Haiku (kami to hotoke)

Octopus (tako) Japan. Also squid (ika)

Origami, folding paper Japan, worldwide

Beans and Peas (mame) Soybeans, Adzuki beans, broad beans (daizu, azuki, edamame, soramame)

Yin and Yang, Duality, Judgement a worldwide haiku topic

Genji Monogatari, The Tale of Genji 源氏物語 Japan

Form One entrants and monolisationKenya

Torch Fire Festival (Otomatsuri) Japan


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Backup January 2007 only

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Advent Christian Communities

.. .. .. .. African Haiku

AIDS, World AIDS Day Kenya, worldwide

.. .. .. .. Alaska Kiyose

Alberta Family Day, Canada
All Saints’ Day
All Souls' Day
Ambedkar Jayanti, Memorial Day India

Amida Prayer (Namu Amida Butsu) Japan. Amitabha

Anemone
Angelus Prayer (Catholic Communities)
Anklets (payal) India, Bracelets, Bangles
Ant, ants (ari)Japan, worldwide. Termites, fire ants

Apple (ringo) Japan. Including candy apple, apple pie and many more

April (shigatsu)           
..... April Fool (shigatsu baka) Japan. Worldwide

Armistice Day Europe (Poppy Day, Rememberance Day, Veterans Day)

..... Aroma, Smell, Fragrance in various kigo

Ash Wednesday

Aum (阿吽) A-Un, Om. India

..... Australian Seasons, Australian Saijiki
Autumn (aki, Japan)
. Autum Cherry Shikizakura (Japan)
. Autumn Equinox (aki higan) Japan
. Autumn Festival (aki matsuri) Japan
. Autumn Leaves (momiji, Japan) yellow leaves, colored leaves
. Autumn Melancholy Europe

Avocado pear (Kikuyu : Mûkorobîa) Kenya

Azalea (Japan) Tsutsuji, Satsuki, Oomurasaki



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..... Bahati Haiku Poetry Club, Kenya

BAMBOO .. An Asian Plant
Bhagavad Gita (India)
Banyan Tree (India)
Bargain SalesWorldwide
Baseball Playoff USA (05)
..... Baseball Winter Meetings, USA

Basho Memorial Day (Basho-Ki) Japan

Battledore (hagoita) Japan

Beach Pea (hama-endoo, Japan)
Bee (mitsubachi)
Begonia (shuukaidoo, shukaido) Japan

Bell, Temple Bell (kane, tsurigane, waniguchi, dootaku) Japan
..... Bell, Temple Bell in India

Bellows Festival (fuigo matsuri) Japan

Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer) Cold War (Kalter Krieg), Iron Curtain (eiserner Vorhang). Germany
Between the Years (zwischen den Jahren, Germany)
Bhagavad Gita (India)

........ Haiku in Bhutan

Binzuru, Ceremony for the Arhat Binzuru (Binzuru mawashi) Japan

Birds of Winter Japan
Bird Haze in Spring (torigumori), "birds and wind", torikaze Japan.
..... Including "tori ni kumo" birds and clouds. flower haze, hanagumori. herring clouds, nishingumori.
Bird droppings Worldkide

Blackthorn (Europa)
Blinds, summer curtains (sudare)Japan. Inclucing bamboo blinds, seating mats (goza), rattan chairs (too isu) and a few more summer items for the home.

Blowfish (fugu, Japan) .. Puffer, Globefish, Swellfish

Bodhidarma, Daruma san in Japan
Bombax (Chorisia Tree) Kenya

Bon Festival (o-bon) (05) Japan.
..... Awaodori Dance (05) Japan, Bon-Odori, Bon-Dance
..... Bon Boats for Souls (shooryoobune) (05) Japan
..... Bon Flowers (bonbana) (05) Japan
..... Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆
..... Bon Stove (bongama) (05) Japan
..... Bon of Wind (kaze no bon) (05) Japan

Bonifacio Day Philippines

Bowing, bow (o-jigi, ojigi) Japanese greeting etiquette

Bread (pan) Worldwide
Briar Berry Briar Berries
Bridge (hashi) Japan Worldwide
Brigid's Day (Ireland) St. Brigid

Buckwheat (soba), Buckwheat flowers Japan

Buddha, Shakyamuni, Shaka India, Japan
Buddhabird (buppoosoo) (05) Dollarbird and Eurasian Scops-Owl; Japan
Buddha's Birthday, Flower Festival, Flower Hall (kanbutsu-e, shuuni-e, hahamatsuri, hana midoo   Japan
Buddha's Seat (hotoke no za)(Japan)

.. .. .. .. Buddhist Ceremonies and Events, a topical Saijiki Festivals of Japan

Bukusu Culture, Babukusu People Kenya

..... Bulgaria Collection of the Europa Saijiki

Butterbur sprouts (fuki no too) and butterbur (fuki) Japan

Butterfly (choo)Japan. Worldwide
..... Butterfly in Winter(fuyu no choo) Japan including frozen/freezing butterfly (itechoo)

"Buy Nothing Day" Worldwide



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Caladium (Elephant Ears) Tropics

..... Calendar Systems, Asian Lunar Calendar, 12 Zodiac Animals, 24 Seasons
Helpful reference to understand Japanese Haiku Seasons.

Camellia (tsubaki) Sasanka, Sazanka, yabutsubaki, ochitsubaki

..... ..... Canada Saijiki

Candle Night (Japan)
Card Games (karuta) Japan

Carnation, Nelke Japan. Wild Carnation (nadeshiko)
Carneval (Carnival) see also Shrovetide
Carp Streamers (koinobori, Japan)
Cassia Blossom (Kenya)
Cat (neko, Japan)

Caterpillars worldwide
..... Including : hairy caterpillar, woolybear, kemushi 
..... looper, inchworm, shakutori
..... ..... Caterpillar, Hairy Caterpillar of Kenya

Cemetery Sunday Ireland (Roman Catholic parishes)

Cherry Blossoms (sakura, Japan) ... and many related kigo

..... ..... Chesapeake Bay Saijiki (USA)

Chestnut, sweet chestnut (kuri) Japan

Chidambaram Dance Festival India, Tamil Nadu
Child, Children (kodomo) of all kinds

Chimney Sweeping, chimney sweep, Schornsteinfeger England, Germany

Chittorgarh Fort (Rajasthan) India

Christmas
... Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii) Weihnachtskaktus
...Christmas Moon
...Christmas Tree

Chrysanthemum kiku, chiyomigusa (Japan)
..... Wild Chrysantheumu (nogiku) Japan
Chrysanthemum Festival kiku matsuri (Japan)

Cicada (semi) Japan, other areas
Clear Autumn Sky (ten takashi, Japan) ... high autumn sky, spacious sky
Cloud, clouds(kumo) Japan, worldwide. Various Kigo.

Coins, Money (zeni) Japan Worldwide

Cold (samusa, samui), cold wave, cold spell (kanpa, kanpa) Japan, worldwide
..... Cold Dew (kanro) Japan

..... Colors in Haiku Traditional Japanese Colors

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), Europa Butterbur Dandelion, fuki tanpopo (Japan)

Coolness (suzushi)   Japan. Cool breeze (ryoofuu) and many more.
..... including: Coolness in Autumn (aki suzushi) 
Cool dry season Kenya

Cormorant fishing (ukai) Japan
Corpus Christi Procession Trinidad & Tobago, Germany (Fronleichnam)

Cosmos Flowers (Japan)

Cotton ly (watamushi) Japan. Snow fly (yukimushi), snow firefly (yuki hotaru, yukibotaru)
Cottonwood Populus deltoides (Midwestern US)
Cotton rose, Rose-Mallow (fuyoo, fuyo, fuyoh) Hibiscus mutabilis. Japan

Couple’s Day (fuufu no hi, Japan) February 2

Cow, Oxen (ushi) Japan
..... Cow (Pashu, Gai) The Holy Cow of India
..... Cowbells (Kuhglocken, Germany)

Crab (kani) Japan. Chesapeake Bay, USA King Crab (tarabagani), Queen Crab (zuwaigani), swamp crab (zawagani)
Crane, Grus japonensis (tsuru) Japan
Crape myrtle (sarusuberi) Japan, North America
Crappie (Pomoxis), North America
Cricket (koorogi)Japan   and other autumn insects   
Crisp, cool autumn weather .. sawayaka, Japan
Crocus (Europe, worldwide)
Crow, Raven karasu (Japan)

Cuckoo (kankodori), little cuckoo (hototogisu) Japan


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Daffodil, Narcissus and Jonquils Europa
Daigo Cherry Tree Daigo-zakura, Western Japan
Dance (odori, buyoo, mai) a haiku topic
..... Dance in India
Dandelion (tanpopo) Japan
Daphne (Jinchooge, Japan) Trident Daphne (Mitsumata) Plant

Daruma Flower (Darumasoo, Zazensoo, Japan
Daruma Memorial Day .. Daruma-ki, Japan

Day of Desolation .. Yom haShoah (Israel)
Day of the African Child  Kenya, Africa, worldwide

Daylight Savings Time (DST) worldwide

Dead body, deceased person, corpse (hotoke) Japan Death Poems, Death Haiku

December
..... December Singers, Twelfth Month Singers (sekizoro) Japan

Deer (shika)  Japan, other areas
Desires, Worldly desires, illusions, delusions (bonno) Japan
Devil's Claw (Southern USA) Teufelskralle
Dew, dewdrops (tsuyu) Japan heavy with dew, tsuyukeshi, tsuyukesa.beads of dew, tsuyu no tama.white dew, shiratsuyu, hakuro .. and many more

Divali (Diwali, India)

Dog Days (doyoo, Japan) Hundstage
Dog Winterberry (inu umemodoki)Japan. Ilex serrata.
Dogwood (Cornus family) .. (USA) yamabooshi (yamaboshi) Japan

Dollarbird (buppoosoo) Dollarbird and Eurasian Scops-Owl
Doll Festival (hina matsuri) Japan Peach Festival, Girl's Festival
Donkey (roba). Mule  Japan, other regions  
Dragon, a non-seasonal topic of Eastern Art
Dragonfly (tombo, tonbo) Japan
Drought (hideri, Japan)

Dussera, Dasara, Dussehra: Day Of Victory India
..... Navarati : Nine Nights Of Festivities


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Eagle(washi) Japan ..... including other birds of winter, fuyu no tori

Earth Day Worldwide
Earthworms's song (mimizu naku)   Japan
  
Easter .. Easter Bunny, Easter Eggs, Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Basket, Easter Day and more

Edo, the flourishing town of Edo (hana no O-Edo)Japan. "Blossom Capital" flourishing town (hana no miyako)

Egg Nog
Egret (shirasagi) Japan

Elephant (zoo) (India, Africa)

Embankment, dike, levee (dote, teiboo) Japan
Worldwide
Emperor’s Birthday, Japan (tennoo tanjoobi, tenno tanjobi)
Epiphany, Three Kings DayEurope, Christian communities

........ ......................................... Erika Schwalm, - In Memoriam

..... EUROPA Saijiki

Evening at home, nightwork (yonabe) Japan, worldwide
Evening Shower (yuudachi) Japan


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Fallen leaves (ochiba) Japan
Fan (oogi, uchiwa, Japan)
Fart, farting (he) Furz Japan, worldwide
..... fart-bug, stinkbug (he-kiri mushi)
Father's Day

February
Fern (shida) Japan Farnkraut

Festival (matsuri) Japan.Introduction
..... Festivals and Ceremonies of Japan Topical Saijiki
..... Festivals of India They are all kigo.

http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/12/latest-additions.html

Fields, rice paddies (ta, hatake) Japan
Fig, Figs, Ficus carica Turkey

Fireflies (hotaru) (Japan)
Firework Display (hanabi, Japan)

..... First Ceremonies of the New Year (Japan)
... More Details about First Ceremonies in Japan
First Dream (hatsu yume, Japan)
... First Haiku 2007
First Kick-Ball Game (kemari hajime) Japan
First Water, "young water" (wakamizu) Japan. Including more kigo of this ceremony.
First Sun, First Sunrise (hatsuhi, hatsuhi no de) Japan

First Things (hatsumono) in Japan

First rainfall, imminent rain Kenya, tropical areas
First Snow (hatsuyuki) Japan

.. .. .. .. .. ..... FISH as a kigo
... ... ... ... Fish from Russia

Flamboyant Tree (Delonix regia) Kenya
Fleas (nomi)   Japan. Including lice (shirami)
   
.. .. .. .. .. Flower, Cherry Blossom and Hana 花の話.

Flower Trump (hanafuda) Japan

Flute (fue, yokobue)  Japan

Fly, Flies (hae)  Japan, worldwide  
Fly-swatter (haetataki) Japan ... fly catcher, haetori-ki.fly-catching paper, haetorigami.

.. .. .. .. .. Fog, Mist, Haze and more

Food from India
Food from Japan (washoku) Sweets from Japan (wagashi)

Forsythia (Forsythia suspensa)rengyoo Also : wax forsythia
Fortune cookies; "Haikookies", O-Mikuji worldwide

Fox (kitsune) Japan
... including Fox God Shrine Festival (Inari Matsuri)

Frangipani, PlumeriaKenya, Australia, India
Freezing, frozen (itsuru, kooru) Japan. Iced, under ice and more

Fringed orchid, "Egret plant, Heron plant" (sagisoo) Japan

Frog (kawazu, kaeru) (Japan) toad, green frog, tree frog, kajika and more

Frost (shimo, Japan) , Late Frost
..... Frost in India, a season of its own

Fruit Cricket. Prayer Gong Cricket (kanetataki) Japan
Fruit Harvest (Romania)


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Gadfly .(abu, Japan)
Ganesh The Elephant-headed God, (India)
..... Ganesh Chaturthi Festival India
Ganges, the Holy River Ganga (India)

Geminid Meteor Shower
Gentle breeze, soft breeze (Linde Lüfte) Germany
.. .. .. .. .. German Saijiki and Kiyose

Ginger (shooga) Hawaii, India, Japan. Hajikami pickles.
Gingko biloba tree Japan (gingko nut, ginnan)
Girl Scout Cookies USA

Goa Carnival India
Goats and Goat Meat Kenya

God of the Rice Paddies (ta no kami) Japan
Gods are absent (kami no rusu)Japan. Old lunar 10. month (now November)

Goldenrod (seitaka awadachisoo) Japan
Gorse, Ginster enishida (Japan)

Grackle Bird (Quiscalus mexicanus) Oklahoma, USA Great-tailed grackle, boat-tail grackle

Graduation (sotsugyoo, Japan) Abitur, Schulabschluss
..... Graduation Ceremony, Kenya
Grapefruit League , Cactus League, USA
Grapes and Grape Harvest, Vendanges budoo (Japan)
Grape Festival (Winzerfest, Wine Festival) (Europe)
Grape Hyacinth, Europa muscari, Lampenputzer

Grave (haka) Japan, worldwide
Grave marker (sotoba) Japan

Great Cold (daikan, Japan)
Grebe Bird (Alaska) kaitsuburi, nio (Japan)

Green in Haiku Traditional Japanese Colors: midori, aoi
Green Caterpillar "green insect" (aomushi, namushi) Japan Kenya

Grey (gray) in Haiku Traditional Japanese Colors: nezumi iro, hai iro
Groundhog Day North America, Europe

Guru (teacher) Sensei (Japan)
Gutsy Radish (dokonjoo daikon) Japan


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Hail (hyoo) Japan , also arare, snow pellets . worldwide

Hakama, the formal trouser-skirtJapan
..... Wearing the hakama for the first time, hakamagi 
..... Noh-Performance in Hakama, hakama noo

Halloween, Hallowe’en North America
Hammock (worldwide)

..... Harvest and its various kigo  
Harvest Festival (niiname no matsuri)  Japan
Harvest Thanksgiving (Christian communities) Harvest Festival, Erntedankfest
Harvest Moon, North America

Hat, Straw hat, hood (kasa, zukin, booshi) Japan Worldwide
..... Hawaii Saijiki
Hawaiian Spirit

Hazel, hazelnut (hashibami) Japan

Henna (mehandi) India. mehendi, (mehndi) Heena
Heron (aosagi) Japan

Himalaya Mountains, India
Hiroshima Day also: Nagasaki Day, Japan
Hickory Nuts (Carya Fruits) North America

Holly Tree
Holocaust Day .. .. Auschwitz Day, Dachau Day
Holy Innocents Celebration  Christian Catholic Communities
Homeland, Hometown (furusato) Japan Heimat, Fatherland, Motherland

Honey (hachimitsu) worldwide. Honey wine, mead
Honey Spas   Russia. Also Apple Spas, Linen Spas. Honey Saviour.

Hoopoe, Upupa epops, Wiedehopf India

Horse (uma) Japan
..... Including various kigo such as plough horse, foal,cooling horses, fatten a horse, horse market, autumn colt, autumn pony, horses standing in the cold.

Horse chestnut (tochi) Japan ..... Horse Chestnut (Part 2)
.. .. .. Hot Drinks, a List
Hot Whiskey (Toddy, Irish Coffee)

Hula Dance and the Goddess Laka  Hawaii

Humidity, steaming hot, sultry (shikke, mushiatsushi) Japan
Humid Southern wind (shippuu) Japan

..... Hungary Collection of the Europa Saijiki

Hunger Moon (North America)
Hungry Demons, Hungry Ghosts (gaki) Japan
Hunter's Moon England
Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) Europe, Japan, other areas


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Ibis (Hadada) Kenya .. (Toki, Japan)
Ice, Icicle (koori, tsurara) (Japan)
Iced Coffee, aisu-koohii (Japan) Hot Coffee
Idd ul Fitr (Ramadan ends) Kenya. Eid Al-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr

Ikebana Flower Arrangement (Japan)
Independence Day worldwide
..... Independence Day (India)

..... ..... ..... INDIA SAIJIKI
.. .. Indian Food (India)
Indian Summer koharubi Japan
Insects (mushi) Autumn insects, aki no mushi, Japan. Including grashoppers, locusts, crickets, praying mantiss and many more.
Incense (India) senkoo (Japan)

..... ..... ..... IRELAND, IRISH SAIJIKI

Iris (ayame, Japan) shoobu, hanashoobu, airisu, Kakitsubata
.. .. .. ISSA and his Season Words


........................................................... JJJ

Jacaranda (tropical tree) Kenya
Jamhuri Day Kenya
January Worldwide ... January in Japan (ichigatsu)
January Sale Ireland

.. .. .. .. .. JAPANESE Saijiki, Univ. of Virginia. Most extensive !
.. .. .. .. .. Japanese 500 Season Words

Jelly Bean Cake (mizu yookan) Japan, red bean cake (mizuyokan)
Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆
Juggernaut Festival (India)

June (rokugatsu)