Humanity Observance Autumn Saijiki

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Humanity in Autumn


Many humanity kigo have their main entry in a different season and when mentioned in spring, this has to be added explicitly

xxx in autumn

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Observances in autumn


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autumn festival (aki matsuri) every village has its own ... http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/01/autumn-festival-aki-matsuri.html
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bon, o-bon ancestor festival preparations a KIGO list. bonjitaku 盆仕度 http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/02/bon-festival-o-bon-05.html
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columbus day Americas http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/09/columbus-day.html
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cormorant fishing (ukai) a KIGO list http://europasaijiki.blogspot.com/2007/07/cormorant.html
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enjoying spring (shunkyoo) human feelings in spring http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/08/loneliness-sabishisa.html
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farmers work in autumn ... KIGO list harvesting, sowing new ... a lot is done http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/08/autumn-farmers-work.html
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festivals and ceremonies SAIJIKI AUTUMN http://wkdfestivalsaijiki.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html
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fishing a KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/08/autumn-hunting-fishing.html
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food and special dishes SAIJIKI AUTUMN http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html
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games, entertainment, school autumn events ... KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/08/autumn-games-entertainment.html
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harvest time a KIGO list http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/08/harvest-and-its-kigo.html
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home ... things done at home in autumn ... KIGO list Preparing for the autumn season, decorating for autumn http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/08/autumn-in-home.html
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hunting a KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/08/autumn-hunting-fishing.html
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hunting deer in torchlight (kanokogari, tomoshi, hogushi) more HUNTING kigo http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/10/winter-hunting.html
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kimono and robes http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/kimono.html
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loneliness (melancholy) in autumn (aki sabishi) a KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/08/autumn-games-entertainment.html
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melancholy in spring (shunshuu) feeling sad in spring http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/08/loneliness-sabishisa.html
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moon viewing, moon watching (tsukimi ) drinking tsukimi sake, eating tsukimi dango ... http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/02/tsukimi-dango.html
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new ricewine (shinshu) a KIGO list of sake related words http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html
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night work of farmers (yonabe) http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/12/fulling-block-kinuta.html
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pickles, pickled foos and preserves a KIGO list about various tsukemono http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/08/autumn-food.html
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planting seeds a KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/08/autumn-farmers-work.html
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plowing fields in autumn (shuukoo) http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/06/fields-paddies-ta.html
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red leaves watching (momiji gari) almost as important as cherry blossoms http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/01/autumn-leaves-momiji.html
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rice harvest (inekari) a KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/rice-plant-ine.html
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scarecrow (kakashi) a KIGO list http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/07/scarecrow-kakashi.html
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school year in autumn http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/08/autumn-games-entertainment.html
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servants migrating in autumn (nochi no degawari) in the Edo period http://wkdfestivalsaijiki.blogspot.com/2010/02/degawari-for-servants.html
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silk ... work to be done in autumn new silk (shinginu) http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/08/silk-kinu.html
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straw work a KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/10/straw-wara.html
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summer holidays (natsuyasumi, natsu yasumi) more SUMMER kigo http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/07/summer-natsu.html
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sumo wrestling aki basho tournament http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2007/09/wrestling-sumo.html
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sweets, wagashi SAIJIKI AUTUMN http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html
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tea ceremony SAIJIKI AUTUMN http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/05/tea-ceremony-saijiki.html
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tobacco, new tobacco (shin tobako) a KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/08/autumn-farmers-work.html
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visiting the homeland (kisei) more HOMELAND (furusato) kigo http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/08/homeland-furusato.html
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visits and obligatory present exchanges shochuu mimai, kaki teate . PRESENTS in all seasons http://wkdfestivalsaijiki.blogspot.com/2007/02/first-third-of-year-joogen.html
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zzz . . . HUMANITY and KIGO . . . . . INTRODUCTION http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/05/humanity.html
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Animals in Autumn . . . SAIJIKI

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Animals in Autumn

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Autumn
***** Category: Animal

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Explanation

Many animals have their main entry in a different season and when mentioned in autumn, this has to be added explicitly

animal in autumn

Please check the entries carefully!
Most of the LINKS given below contain longer lists with more kigo.




The dragonflies are quite representative of the Japanese autumn, so are the many chirping insects.
In autumn, we already have some animals to begin hibernating.

. Hibernating in winter (toomin 冬眠) Winterschlaf 　




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Kigo for early autumn


"day-darkener", clear toned cicada, higurashi 蜩 (ひぐらし)
Tanna japonensis
monk-cicada, hooshisemi (hooshizemi) 法師蝉
Meimuna opalifera



ephemera, kageroo 蜉蝣



fireflies in autumn, aki no hotaru 秋の蛍



fly, flies in autumn, aki no hae 秋の蠅


Insects of early autumn
fruit cricket 鉦叩 kanetataki
grass cricket 草雲雀 kusahibari
long-horned grasshopper 螽斯　kirigirisu
snowy cricket 邯鄲 kantan



slug-caterpillar moth, iramushi 刺虫 (いらむし)
and its larvae
fam. Limacodidae



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Kigo for mid-autumn


ant, ants start hibernating
ari ana ni iru 蟻穴に入る（ありあなにいる）


frog, frogs in autumn, aki no kawazu 秋の蛙
frogs start to hibernate



lizard starts to hibernate
tokage ana ni iru 蜥蜴穴に入る（とかげあなにいる）



mosquitos beyond their prime, abureka 溢蚊



snake in autumn, aki no hebi 秋の蛇 (あきのへび)
snakes go into their holes, snakes start hibernating
hebi ana ni iru 蛇穴に入る



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Kigo for late autumn


bear on a shelf (kuma no tana 熊の架)
kuma kuridana o kaku 熊栗架を掻く（くまくりだなをかく）
bear scratching his chestnut shelf
kuma no kuridana 熊の栗棚（くまのくりだな）
bear on his chestnut shelf
Bears tend to sit on branches, eating their nuts to fatten up.




bee and wasp larvae, hachi no ko 蜂の仔 (はちのこ)
hachi no ko meshi 蜂の子飯（はちのこめし） rice with bee larvae



butterfly in autumn, aki no choo 秋の蝶



Insects still left over, nokoru mushi 残る虫
remaining insects



silkworm in autumn, akigo 秋蚕 akigo, shuusan



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Kigo for all autumn


bagworm, minomushi 蓑虫
"straw raincoat bug", case moth
larvae of Psychidae
"child of the devil", oni no ko 鬼の子（おにのこ）
..... the bagworm is making a sound, minomushi naku
蓑虫鳴く（みのむしなく）



bee, bees in autumn, aki no hachi 秋の蜂




Chatatemushi, chatatemushi 茶立虫 (ちゃたてむし)
"tea whisking insect"
chabashiramushi, chabashira mushi 茶柱虫（ちゃばしらむし）
konachatate 粉茶立（こなちゃたて）
kakurezatoo 隠座頭（かくれざとう）
. Azukiarai 小豆洗い and Gegege
The insect "Wahsing red beans" appears with Mizuki Shigeru Monsters.
A group with more than 5000 subgroups, Stenopsocus aphidiformis
Psococerastis tokyoensis, Longivalvus nubilus, Psococerastis kurokiana, Amphigerontia sp.




cicada in autumn, aki no semi 秋の蝉 (あきのせみ)
locusts in autumn



deer, shika 鹿 (しか)
"red maple-leaf bird", momijidori 紅葉鳥




. Dragonfly, tonbo, Tombo 蜻蛉 　
Japan was once called Akitsushima meaning
"The Island of the Dragon-fly".
red dragonfly, aka tonbo　赤蜻蛉　赤とんぼ . アカトンボ




fart bug, hekiri mushi 屁ひり虫 , kamemushi
A whole family of bugs which leave a terrible smell when touched or when they feel in danger. In autumn they try to come inside the old farmhouses.
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gnat, Yokobai gnat 横這 よこばい
yokobuyo よこぶよ
fam. Cicadellidae "little cicada"
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green caterpillar, imomushi 芋虫 (いもむし)
yuzuboo 柚子坊（ゆずぼう）




horse fattening, uma koyuru 馬肥ゆる (うまこゆる)
autumn colt, autumn pony, autumn horse, aki no koma 秋の駒




. . . Insects, mushi 虫
autumn of the insects, mushi no aki　虫の秋
lit: "voice of the insect", chirping insects,
mushi no ne 虫の音
crickets, koorogi 蟋蟀
large, brown grasshopper/locust, batta　ばった　
small green grasshopper/locust, イナゴ
inagomushi 稲虫 (いなむし) "rice locust"
itodo 竈馬 (いとど) cave cricket
A long kigo list of well-loves insects, like crickets and grashoppers, and human activities around them.




leaf caterpillars, namushi 菜虫 なむし
aomushi 青虫（あおむし）"green caterpillar"
namushi tori 菜虫取る（なむしとる）picking leaf caterpillars.
The larvae of butterflies, expecially the cabbage butterfly.
They feast on leafy vegetables, like big radish and cabbage.





leaf hopper, ukan うんか . (浮塵子)
nukabae 糠蠅（ぬかばえ）biting midge
"rice bran insect"
awamushi 泡虫（あわむし）"bubble insect"
. Sanemori mushi 実盛虫（さねもりむし）
and Saito Sanemori 斉藤実盛　
fam. Ceratopogonidae
Reiskäfer, Stirnhöckerzirpe, Kleinzirpe




mole-cricket singing, mimizu naku　蚯蚓鳴く
lit "earthworms singing", "earthworms' song"
kera naku 螻蛄鳴く (けらなく) mole cricket singing
..... okera naku おけら鳴く（おけらなく）
Gryllotalpa orientalis




mosquito in autumn, aki no ka 秋の蚊
nokoru ka 残る蚊（のこるか）mosquiots still left




Praying mantis, kamakiri 鎌切, tooroo 螳螂
Tenodora aridifolia, Paratenodera sinensis





skeleton shrimp, warekara われから / ワレカラ
mo ni sumu mushi 藻に住む虫（もにすむむし）
insect that lives in algae
mo no mushi 藻の虫（ものむし）
mo ni naku mushi 藻に鳴く虫（もになくむし）
insect that sings in the algae
mo ni sumu mushi no ne ni naku 藻に住む虫の音に泣く（もにすむむしのねになく）
Skelettgarnele




snakes go into their holes, snakes start hibernating
hebi ana ni iru 蛇穴に入る



wild boar, inoshishi 猪 (いのしし)
whale of the mountain forest, yamakujira 山鯨



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Plants in Autumn . . . SAIJIKI

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Plants in Autumn

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Autumn
***** Category: Plant

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Explanation


Many plants have their main entry in a different season and when mentioned in autumn, this has to be added explicitly

plants in autumn

Please check the entries carefully!

In Autumn, we have trees, red leaves and flowers,
berries, fruit, mushrooms and many more.

Flowers have an extra entry.
. Flowers in Autumn



LIST of the Plants in our WKD database

PLANTS - in all AUTUMN kigo



kusa くさ【草】
this word is used for all kinds of grass, weeds, herbs, wild plants, wild flowers and such.
I use "plant" as a general translation.


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Kigo for early autumn

kusa no ka 草の香 (くさのか) fragrance of plants
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daimonjisoo 大文字草 (だいもんじそう)
Saxifraga fortunei var.incisolobata
lit. "plant like the character DAI 大 "
It grows on high mountains, close to the summer snow line.


jakoosoo 麝香草 じゃこうそう wild thyme
..... reishikoo 鈴子香（れいしこう）
lit. "moshus plant"
Chelonopsis moschata. wilder Thymian



matsumushisoo, matsumushi soo 松虫草 (まつむしそう)
"pine beetle plant" , teasel family
..... rinboogiku 輪鋒菊（りんぽうぎく）
Scabiosa japonica. biennial herb
Flowers come in various colors. It grows in sunny places of high mountain slopes. It brings the feeling of early autumn to the world way below it.



mehajiki めはじき Chinese motherwort
yakumosoo 益母草（やくもそう）
Leonurus japonicus Houtt
Women used to play with a leaf, putting it on the eyelids pretending to sleep and then snip it off when "waking up". It is also used as a medicine before and after giving birth.



nezumi no o 鼠の尾 (ねずみのお) "rat tail"
Sporobolus fertilis



numerigusa ぬめり草 (ぬめりぐさ) "slimy plant"
It grows in wetlands. When you rub the leaves, they become slimy.



onamomi 葈耳 (おなもみ) Xanthium strumarium
Gewöhnliche Spitzklette


tentsukugusa 点突草 (てんつきそう) forked fimbry
..... tentsuki てんつき
Fimbristylis dichotoma


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Kigo for mid-autumn


kusa no ho 草の穂 (くさのほ) ears of plants and grasses
..... hogusa 穂草（ほぐさ)
kusa no wata 草の絮（くさのわた）fluffs of plants
kusanoho wata 草野穂絮（くさのほわた） fluffs of wild plants


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hoshikusa, hoshi kusa 星草 (ほしくさ) "star plant"
..... mizutamasoo 水玉草（みずたまそう）
shiratamakusa 白玉草（しらたまくさ）
Circaea mollis



iwarenge, iwa renge 岩蓮華 (いわれんげ) horse leek
Orostachys iwarenge
Grows mostly in Kyushu. It used to grow on the thatched roofs of old farmhouses.




kurara くらら Sophora flavescens
medical plant. For treatment of viral hepatitis, cancer, viral myocarditis, gastrointestinal hemorrhage and skin diseases (colpitis, psoriasis and eczema).




nunamomi 豨薟 (めなもみ) Siegesbeckia pubescens
nunamomisoo 気連草（めなもみそう）Kiren
mochinamomi もちなもみ




oobako 車前子 (おおばこ) Chinese Plantain, Arnoglossa
..... onbako おんばこ
Plantago asiatica 大葉子




taukogi 田五加 (たうこぎ) threelobed beggartricks
Trifid Bur Marigold
shiramigusa, shirami gusa 虱草（しらみぐさ）
uohasoo 狼把草（ろうはそう）
Bidens tripartita. Dreiteiliger Zweizahn



torikabuto 鳥兜 (とりかぶと) aconite
..... 鳥頭（とりかぶと）
..... kabutogiku 兜菊（かぶとぎく）
kabutobana 兜花（かぶとばな） "helmet flower"
Aconitum chinense
Sturmhut; Schierling


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Kigo for late autumn




kusamomiji, kusa momiji 草紅葉 (くさもみじ)
red and colorful leaves of wild plants
..... kusa no momiji 草の紅葉（くさのもみじ）
kusa no nishiki 草の錦（くさのにしき）"brocade of wild plants"
irozuku kusa 色づく草（いろづくくさ） plants getting colorful


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atsukeshisoo 厚岸草 (あつけしそう) Salicornia europaea
..... yashi sango 谷地珊瑚（やちさんご）
..... hamasugi 浜杉（はますぎ）
sangosoo 珊瑚草（さんごそう） "coral plant"
Samphire
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gamazumi no mi 莢蒾の実 (がまずみのみ) fruit of viburnum
Viburnum dilatatum Thunb. Japanischer Schneeball



kuchinashi no mi 梔子の実 (くちなしのみ) gardenia fruit
..... kuchinashi no mi 山梔子の実（くちなしのみ）
Gardenia jasminoides



misebaya 見せばや（みせばや）October Daphne
..... tamanoo, tama no o たまのお (玉の緒)
Sedum sieboldii, Hylotelephium sieboldii
It is planted in the garden or enjoyed as a bonsai.
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omoto no mi 万年青の実 (おもとのみ) omoto berry
Rohdea japonica. a kind of evergreen
omoto 万年青 Japanese sacred lily
lit. "ten thousand years green" was an auspicious plant, considered a good gift with a wish for many generations to prosper.


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Kigo for all autumn



akikusa 秋草 (あきくさ) autumn plants
aki no kusa 秋の草（あきのくさ）plants in autumn
chigusa 千草（ちぐさ）"a thousand plants"
various plants and flowers in the garden
yachigusa 八千草（やちぐさ）"eight thousand plants"
irokusa, iro kusa 色草（いろくさ） "colorful plants"


kusa no hana 草の花 (くさのはな) flowers of plants
wildflowers, wild flowers
chigusa no hana 千草の花（ちぐさのはな）flowers of a thousand plants
momokusa no hana 百草の花（ももくさのはな）flowers of a hundred plants
kusabana 草花（くさばな）flowering plant
kusabana uri 草花売（くさばなうり） vendor of flowering plants


kusa no mi 草の実 (くさのみ) seeds of plants
kusa no mi tobu 草の実飛ぶ（くさのみとぶ） seeds of plants are flowing around



. Seven Herbs and Flowers of Autumn
(aki no nanakusa 秋の七草) 　
..... aki nanakusa 秋七草（あきななくさ）
aki no nagusa 秋の名草（あきのなぐさ）famous plants of autumn
("plants with a name")



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inokozuchi 牛膝 いのこずち Inokuzuchi, Enokozuchi
fushidaka ふしだか
komanohiza, koma no hiza こまのひざ "knee of a horse"
Achyranthes bidentata var. japonica
lit. "knee of a cow", because it grows to about this hight.



matatabi 木天蓼 (またたび) silvervine
Valeriana officinalis / Actinidia polygama
Baldrian, Katzeminze



sumoogusa 相撲草 (すもうぐさ) "sumo plant"wire-grass
..... sumoogusa 角力草（すもうぐさ）/ sumaigusa, tail grass
sumootorigusa 相撲取草（すもうとりぐさ）Sumotorigusa. sumo wrestling plant
chikaragusa 力草（ちからぐさ）"power plant"
..... mehijiwa, me hijiwa めひじわ Digitaria adscendens
雌日芝 （めひしば）
..... ohijiwa, o hijiba おひじわ Eleusine indica
Children hook the small stems together and pull for a winner, hence the name.
ohishiba 雄日芝: Eleusine indica
another plant is chikarashiba チカラシバ
Pennisetum alopecuroides


as a plant name of the viola family 相撲草 is
Viola mandshurica
as a plant name of the oguruma family 相撲草 is
Inula britannica var. chinensis





yabujirami 藪虱 (やぶじらみ) hedge parsley
kusajirami 草虱（くさじらみ）"plant louse"
Torilis japonica
lit. "louse of the underbush" .
shirami 虱 louse, lice
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yabujirami no hana 藪虱の花 (やぶじらみのはな)
flowers of hedge parsley
kigo for late summer


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道ほそし相撲取り草の花の露
michi hososhi sumotorigusa no hana no tsuyu

this narrow road -
dew on the flowers
of wire grass

Matsuo Basho, 1694


a narrow path,
wire grass blossoms
filled with dew
Tr. Barnhill


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AUTUMN . . . . . PLANTS -
SAIJIKI


. . AUTUMN
the complete SAIJIKI



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AUTUMN PLANTS -
SAIJIKI

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November 01, 2010


Autumn - - - PLANTS
Introduction to this saijiki
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/08/plants-autumn-saijiki.html

Autumn - The complete SAIJIKI
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html

Autumn flowers ... LIST
touch-me-not (hoosenka), marvel-of-Peru (oshiroibana). "ox knees" (inokozuchi). commelina (tsuyukusa)
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2010/08/autumn-flowers.html

B . . . Autumn - - - - - vegetable SAIJIKI . herbs and spices
a SAIJIKI of its own ... to check for more kigo
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html

acebia (akebi), akeby fruit (akebi no mi)
Akebia quinata and other acebia types
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/10/acebia-akebi.html

acorn (donguri)
Eichel
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/05/berry-berries.html

angelica tree flowers (tara no hana)
more Aralia elata kigo
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/02/buds-of-trees.html

apple (ringo)
Malus pumila
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/01/apple-ringo-05.html

aronia in autumn (shuukaidoo)
Malus halliana. Zierapfelbaum
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/03/plants-in-spring-saijiki.html

asters of all kinds
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/09/nogiku.html

autumn plants (akikusa, aki no kusa) / various plants and flowers in the garden
chigusa, yachigusa, irokusa ...
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/08/plants-autumn-saijiki.html


bamboo spring (take no haru). bamboo fruit (take no mi)
more BAMBOO information
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2007/04/baby-suit.html w

banana plant leaves (bashoo)
Musa paradisiaca. plantain. Bananenstaude
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/07/skunk-cabbage-mizu-bashoo.html

beans in autumn (daizu, azuki and more)
soy beans, azuki beans, black beans, green beans, peanuts
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/04/beans-in-autumn.html

begonia in autumn, two-colored begonia
Begonia evansiana. (shuukaidoo,shuudoo) hardy begonia
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/02/begonia-shuukaidoo.html

berry, berries and nuts (konomi)
a KIGO list. blueberry, elderberry, mistletoe, mountain ash, rosehip, tonburi . . .
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/05/berry-berries.html

bilberry, Preiselbeere (kokemomo)
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009/06/fujisan-specialities.html

bottle gourd (the fruit) yuugao no mi
Lagenaria siceraria. more bottle gourd kigo
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/01/morning-glory-asagao.html w

buckwheat blossoms (soba no hana)
more BUCKWHEAT kigo. "buckwheat in the ditch", Polygonum thunbergii
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/02/buckwheat-soba.html

bud, buds in autumn (aki no me)
sprouts in autumn (akime)
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/02/buds-of-trees.html

bushclover, bush clover (hagi)
Lespedeza fam.
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/09/bush-clover-hagi.html


calabash fruit (hyon no mi)
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda. Flaschenkuerbis; Kalebasse
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2008/06/gourd-hyootan.html

camellia fruit (tsubaki no mi)
The oil is used for cooking in Oshima island.
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/03/camellia-tsubaki.html

canna, Kanna, canna lily (kanna)
Canna generalis
http://databaseworldkigo.blogspot.com/2008/01/canna-lily.html

chestnut, sweet chestnut (kuri)
Castanea sativa. and horse chestnut (tochi)
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/03/chestnut-kuri.html

chrysanthemum (kiku, ... giku)
a KIGO list
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/03/chrysanthemum-kiku.html

citrus fruit (kankitsurui) in autumn
yuzu, kabosu, sudachi, kizu, and many more
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/07/kankitsurui.html

clematis stans (kusabotan, kusa botan)
Clematis stans
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/04/peony-botan.html

cockscomb (keitoo). and amaranth (hageitoo)
Celosia cristata. Amaranthus tricolor.
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/09/cockscomb-keitoo.html

conch trumpet plant (horagaisoo)
Impatiens textorii. and more about the HORAGAI and yamabushi
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/10/conch-trumpet-plant-horagaisoo.html

cosmos flowers (kosumosu, akizakura)
Cosmos bipinnatus. Schmuckkbchen
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/10/cosmos-flowers.html

cotton (wata), cotton bolls (wata no momo)
Gossypium spp. more COTTON kigo
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/08/cotton-wata.html

cotton rose, rose mallow (fuyoo)
Hibiscus mutabilis. and seed pods (fuyoo no mi)
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/03/cotton-rose-fuyoo.html

crinum lily fruit (hamayuu no mi)
Crinum asiaticum
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/plants-in-summer-saijiki.html


date, dates (natsume)
Ziziphus jujuba
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009/02/yakuzen-food-as-medicine.html

dogwood fruit, dogberry (mizuki no mi)
more DOGWOOD kigo. Cornus family
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/04/dogwood-cornus-family.html


fennel seeds (uikyoo no mi)
Foeniculum vulgare. Fenchel
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/07/yakumi.html

fig, figs (ichijiku)
Ficus carica
http://indiasaijikiworlkhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/04/pipal-tree-ficus-religiosa.html

foxtail, giant foxtail (neko jarashi)
Setaria faberi, Setaria viridis.
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/03/cat-neko.html

frosty morn (Benkeisoo, chidomegusa ...)
Sedum erythrostictum. Japanische Fetthenne
http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/02/warrior-tsuwamono.html


gardenia fruit (kuchinashi no mi)
Gardenia jasminoides
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/08/gardenia-kuchinashi.html

gentian (rindoo) and other rindoo
Gentiana nipponica. senburi : green gentian
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/11/seven-herbs-autumn.html

ginger (shooga), ginger lily (hana shukusha)
Zingiber officinale . Hedychium coronarium
http://databaseworldkigo.blogspot.com/2005/07/ginger.html

goldenrod (awadachisoo)
Solidago canadensis var. scabra
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/07/goldenrod-seitaka-awadachisoo.html

gourds and melons (suika, uri ...). snake gourd (karasu uri)
Oriental melon, Cucumis melo var. makuwa. and more
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/01/melon-uri.html

grape, grapes (budoo)
red leaves from the grape vine (budoo momiji) and more
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/07/grapes-budoo.html

great burnet (waremokoo)
Sanguisorba officinalis. Wiesenkopf
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2010/08/autumn-flowers.html


hazelnut (hashibami)
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/08/hazel-hashibami.html

heartleaf false pickerelweed flowers (konagi no hana)
Monochoria vaginalis. oval-leafed pondweed
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/05/pickerel-weed.html

hemp seeds (asa no mi)
more HEMP kigo
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/06/hemp-asa.html
hop, hops (hoppu) Hopfen . . . and beer
Humulus lupulus
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/06/jibiiru-local-beer.html

horsetail fern (tokusa)
Equisetum hyemale. Schachtelhalm
http://fudosama.blogspot.com/2004/12/tokusa-fudo-temple-kanagawa.html

indian spinach (tsurumurasaki)
Basella rubra. Malabar-Spinat. Basellgewaechse
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009/12/shin-yasai-new-vegetables.html
indigo flowers (ai no hana)
Polygonum tinctorum. more INDIGO kigo
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/06/indigo-ai.html

ivy and vines (tsuta kazura)
all kinds of creepers
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/10/acebia-akebi.html

job's tears, tear grass (hatomugi)
Coix lacryma-jobi
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/02/barley-wheat.html

kangaroo grass (karu kaya)
Themeda triandra var. japonica
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/10/pampas-grass-susuki.html

kichijoo-plant / kichijoosoo. Kannonsoo
Reineckea carnea
http://darumamuseumgallery.blogspot.com/2008/06/kichijooten.html

lampionflowers (hoozuki)
Physalis alkekengi. Chineselantern, ground cherry. "Demon Lamp"
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/08/lampionflowers-hoozuki.html

leaves are falling from many trees
a KIGO list
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/06/fallen-leaves-ochiba.html

leek of the mountain (sanran, hiyodoribana)
Eupatorium chinense
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/07/naganegi-leek.html

lemon (remon)
Citrus limon
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/07/kankitsurui.html

lotus in autumn (aki no hasu), lotus withered (yarehasu)
Nelumbo nucifera. more LOTUS / LOTOS kigo
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/06/lotus.html

madder, Indian madder (akane)
Rubia cordifolia
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/08/autumn-farmers-work.html

maize (toomorokoshi), corn (koon)
more MAIZE kigo
http://kenyasaijiki.blogspot.com/2006/01/maize-corn.html

michaelmas daisy, aster (shion)
Aster tataricus
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/06/gerbera-gaabera.html

millet (hie, awa, kibi) foxtail millet, barn millet, egg millet
more MILLET kigo
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/11/millet-hie.html

morning glory (asagao)
Ipomea species. seed of the morning glory (asagao no mi)
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/01/morning-glory-asagao.html

morning glory (asagao)
Convolvulaceae family
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/01/morning-glory-asagao.html

mountain pepper (sanshoo). Sansho
Zanthoxylum piperitum. more SANSHO information
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/08/mountain-pepper-sanshoo.html

mulberry in autumn (akikuwa, aki no kuwa)
more about mulberries, silkworms and silk
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/08/silk-kinu.html

mushroom, mushrooms (kinoko, ki no ko)
a KIGO list
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/07/ki-no-ko-mushrooms-pilze.html

myoga in autumn, aki myooga
kind of Japanese ginger
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009/04/myoga-japanese-ginger.html

nashi pear, Japanese pear (nashi)
Pyrus serotina var. culta
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/07/kudamono-fruits-obst.html

nori from the river (kawanori)
and more RIVER kigo
http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2006/05/river-kawa.html

nut, nuts (konomi, ko no mi) NOT : kinomi, ki no mi
a . long . KIGO list
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/02/nuts-and-fruits-of-trees-konomi.html


orchid (ran)
more ORCHID kigo
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2007/12/orchid-daruma.html

pampas grass (susuki, kaya) Miscanthus
reed grass (ashi / yoshi) Phragmites australis
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/10/pampas-grass-susuki.html

paulownia in autumn (kiri no aki)
one paulownia leaf (kiri hitoha, kiri ichi yo) ... and more PAULOWNIA kigo
http://haikuandhappiness.blogspot.com/2007/05/paulownia-kiri.html

peanuts (rakkasei)
Nanking mame, piinatsu ...
http://haikuandhappiness.blogspot.com/2010/08/koohii-pii.html

pear, Western pear (seiyoo nashi)
Pyrus communis. and round Japanese pear (ari no mi)
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/07/kudamono-fruits-obst.html

peppermint blossoms (hakka no hana), cutting pepperming
peppermint from Hokkaido
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/05/hokkaido.html

persimmon (kaki)
Diospyros kaki
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/05/persimmon-kaki.html

pigweed fruit (akaza no mi)
Chenopodium album var. centrorubrum
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/plants-in-summer-saijiki.html

pinecones, new and green pinecones (aomatsukasa)
(shinchijiri)
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/04/pine-matsu.html

pipe plant (kiserubana)
Aeginetia indica. omoigusa 思草 (おもいぐさ) "remembering plant"
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2007/05/tobacco-pouch.html

plum blossoms on August first (hassakubai)
more PLUM kigo
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/04/plum-ume.html

pomegranate (zakuro)
Punica granatum. Granatapfel
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/08/pomegranate-zakuro.html

quince fruit (boke no mi), Marumero quince
more QUINCE kigo. Cydonia oblonga. Chaenomeles sinensis and others
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/05/quince-blossom-boke-no-hana.html

red leaves of autumn (momiji)
a KIGO list
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/01/autumn-leaves-momiji.html

rice plant (ine). rice is the most important food in Japan
a . long . KIGO list
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/rice-plant-ine.html

rose in autumn (akibara)
more ROSE kigo
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2007/06/rose-bara.html

rose of sharon (mukuge)
Hibiscus syriacus. althea
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/01/hibiscus-bussooge.html

saffron (safuran) . Herbstzeitlose
Zephyranthes candida. Zephirblume
http://europasaijiki.blogspot.com/2005/03/crocus.html

sesame (goma) .
Sesamum indicum. Sesam
http://indiasaijikiworlkhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/07/sesame.html

seven herbs of autumn (aki no nanakusa)
bush clover (hagi), pampas grass (susuki), arrowroot (kuzu), pinks (nadeshiko), valerian (ominaeshi) , boneset (fujibakama), bellflower from China (kikyoo)
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/11/seven-herbs-autumn.html

shoki-orchid (shookiran), Shoki-narcissus (shoki-zuisen)
Yoania japonica and Lycoris aurea. more about Shoki, the Demon Queller
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2007/05/shoki-and-daruma.html

silvervine (matatabi)
Valeriana officinalis / Actinidia polygama. Baldrian
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/08/plants-autumn-saijiki.html

smartweed/knotweed/jointweed (aka no manma, inu tade)
Polygonum longisetum
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/06/indigo-ai.html

snake gourd (karasuuri, karasu uri)
Trichosanthes cucumeroides
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/07/sponge-gourd-hechima.html

soy beans (daizu) and other beans
Glycine max
http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/03/beans-mame.html

spider lily (manjushage, higanbana)
Lycoris radiata
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/07/spider-lilies-higanbana.html

sponge gourd, luffa, loofah (hechima)
Luffa aegyptiaca, Luffa cylindrica
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/07/sponge-gourd-hechima.html

starwort flowers (yomena no hana)
Kalimeris yomena. and starwort food
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/08/starwort-cooked-rice.html

sugarcane, sugar cane (satookibi, satoo kibi)
Saccharum officinarum. Zuckerrohr
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009/11/kagoshima-satsuma.html

sumo wrestling plant (sumootorigusa)
Eleusine indica. Ohisihba, sumoogusa
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/08/plants-autumn-saijiki.html

sweet osmanthus (mokusei, kinmokusei), sweet olive
Osmanthus fragrans et al.
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/10/sweet-osmanthus.html

tabacco flower (tabakko no hana) tobacco
Nicotiana tabacum. More Tabacco kigo. Tabak, Tabakpflanze
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/08/autumn-farmers-work.html

thistle from Mount Fuji (Fuji azami)
also called Fuji burdock (Fuji goboo) . Cirsium purpuratum
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/07/goboo.html

thistle in autumn (aki azami)
more THISTLE kigo. Cirsium fam.
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/10/thistle-azami.html

toad lily (hototogisu)
Tricyrtis hirta
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/09/toad-lily-hototogisu.html

tumeric (ukon no hana)
more TUMERIC information
http://indiasaijikiworlkhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/08/tumeric-ukon.html


vegetables of autumn ... potatoe, maize, millet. pumpkin, taro ... and and and
a SAIJIKI of its own. Please check in here !
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html

vines and ivy of all kinds (kazura, tsuta)
Euonymus japonicus, Parthenocissus tricuspidata, Candiospermum halicacabum . . .
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/10/acebia-akebi.html


walnut (kurumi)
Juglans regia. Walnuss
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/03/chestnut-kuri.html

water chestnut (hishi)
Trapa japonica. a KIGO list
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/03/chestnut-kuri.html

weeping fern, hare's foot fern (shinobugusa)
Lepisorus thunbergianus. noki shinobu, itsumade gusa
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/11/wind-chimes-fuurin.html

wild chrysanthemum (nogiku)
wild chrysanthemum by the roadside
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/09/nogiku.html

wild grapes (yamabudoo)
Vitis coignetiae
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/04/mori-no-megumi.html

wild rice flowers (makomo no hana)
Zizania latifolia, Z. cauducifolia.
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/12/ship-boat-fune.html

wild rose fruit (ibara no mi)
more about Wild Roses
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/05/wild-roses-nobara.html

wildflowers (kusa no hana)
flowers of the weeds, flowers of the grasses
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/08/plants-autumn-saijiki.html

winterberry (ume modoki) Ilex serrata
. . . bittersweet (tsuru modoki) Celastrus orbiculatus/ holly
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/08/holly.html

wisteria seeds (fuji no mi)
more WISTERIA kigo
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/wisteria-fuji.html w

withered twigs and plants (uragare)
more WITHERED kigo
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/07/withered-fields-kareno.html

wolfberry (kuko no mi)
more WOLFBERRY kigo and food
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/08/wolfberry-cooked-rice.html


yakushi plant (Yakushisoo), kill the younger brother plant (otogiri soo)
Youngia denticulata
http://fudosama.blogspot.com/2005/11/yakushi-nyorai.html

yuzu citron fruit (yuzu)
Citrus medica
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/12/yuzu-citron-family.html


zzz ..... AUTUMN ... the complete SAIJIKI
BACK TO the Autumn Saijiki BLOG
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html


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PLANTS - - - the Complete SAIJIKI

. PLANTS IN SPRING
SAIJIKI



. PLANTS IN SUMMER
SAIJIKI



. PLANTS IN AUTUMN
SAIJIKI

Winter TBA


. PLANTS IN the NEW YEAR
SAIJIKI



. WKD ... ALL SAIJIKI ... 　


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The Season of Summer

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


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Explanation

In the category SEASON,
we have to consider the problems with the Asian lunar calendar and the changes to our modern times with respect to the names of months.
A lot of these expressions remind of the Chinese lore and legends of old.

In a worldwide context, we have to consider the differences of the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, see below.


. The Asian Lunar Calendar . . Reference

spring begins, February 4, risshun 立春
summer begins, May 6, rikka　立夏
autumn begins, August 8, risshuu　立秋
winter begins, November 7, rittoo　立冬


Early summer: 6 May – 5 Jun
Mid-summer: 6 Jun – 6 Jul
Late summer: 7 Jul – 7 Aug



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

. Names of old Japanese months
and the 24 solar sections ( nijuyon sekki　二十四節気 )
and the 72 seasonal points ( shichijuuni koo 七十二候 )



SUMMER, summertime

natsu 夏 (なつ) summer
... natsuba 夏場（なつば）

enka enka 炎夏（えんか） hot summer
..... josoo 蒸炒（じょうそう) "steaming hot summer)


entei 炎帝（えんてい) Emperor of Flames
shuuka 朱夏（しゅか）"red vermillion summer"
shukuyuu 祝融（しゅくゆう）"red summer"
according the the theory of five elements of China
Read more about this interesting aspect of
. WKD : Deities of the Four Seasons
entei 炎帝（えんてい) Emperor of Flames

and Tsutsu-Hime 筒姫 （つつひめ）


- the reading of GE for the kanji 夏（げ） refers to the
. natsu ango 夏安吾（げあんご）summer retreat for monks .
..... gegomori 夏籠（げごもり）, gekomori, gegyoo 夏行（げぎょう）
ge-iri 夏入（げいり）beginning the summer retreat
ge no hajime 夏の始め（げのはじめ）beginning of the summer retreat



sanka 三夏（さんか) "three summer divisions"
three months of summer

kyuuka 九夏（きゅうか） "nine summer divisions"
the 90 days of summer
(according to the lunar calendar)


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Some kigo about SUMMER have their main entry in a different season and when mentioned in spring, this has to be added explicitly

xxx in summer

Please check the entries carefully!


. SUMMER
the complete SAIJIKI


. SUMMER
The complete SEASON KIGO LIST


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Kigo for early summer


hakusho 薄暑 (はくしょ) mild weather in early summer
lit. "light heat"




seiwa 清和 (せいわ) "clear peace"
seiwa no ten 和淸の天（わせいのてん） sky with clear peace
According to the Chinese calendar, this was the first day of the fourth month.
It was a time when the weather was pleasant and calm.
The fourth month was also calles

seiwazuki 清和月 "month of clear peace"

Note
Seiwa Tenno 清和天皇 reigned in Japan from 858–876


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Kigo for mid-summer


booshu 芒種 (ぼうしゅ) Boshu. June 6—Grain in ear
third of the the 24 solar sections for summer
It marks the time for the beginning of rice planting season.



chuuka 仲夏 (ちゅうか) middle of summer
The rainy season will soon be over and people start making preparations for the summer holidays.



satsuki 皐月 (さつき) fifth lunar month
sanaezuki 早苗月（さなえづき）month of rice seedlings
tachibanazuki 橘月（たちばなづき）month of citrus fruit blossoms
samidarezuki 五月雨月（さみだれづき）month of the rains of the fifth month
tsukimizutsuki, tsukimizu tsuki 月見ず月（つきみずつき）month where we can not see the moon
satsuki 五月（さつき）"fifth month"
tagusazuki たぐさ月（たぐさづき
now 6 Jun – 6 Jul



tauedoki 田植時 たうえどき time for rice planting


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A big part of the Japanese summer is taken by the humidity and constant rain of the rainy season.
It comes with many kigo of its own!

tsuyu 梅雨 rainy season
rain on the plums


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Kigo for late summer


minazuki 水無月 (みなづき) sixth lunar month
month without water
kazemachizuki 風待月（かぜまちづき）month waiting for wind
tokonatsuzuki 常夏月（とこなつづき）"month with perpetual summer"
aominazuki 青水無月（あおみなづき） green month without water
now 7 Jul – 7 Aug

. WASHOKU
minazuki 水無月 (みなずき) sweets for June 　


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sanpuku 三伏 (さんぷく)
three hottest ka-no-e "metal" days of summer

the third day of Ka no e 庚(かのえ)の日 after the summer solstice is
shofuku 初伏（しょふく） first ka-no-e day

the fourth day of Ka no e 庚(かのえ)の日 after the summer solstice is
chuufuku 中伏（ちゅうふく) middle ka-no-e day

the last day of Ka no e 庚(かのえ)の日 after the summer solstice is
mappuku 末伏（まっぷく） last ka-no-e day


ka-no-e, the elder brother of metal. Metal will be melted by heat
(火剋金), so these three days are unlucky.
The acutal days may differ according to ancient lore, usually the third and fourth ka-no-e day after the summer solstice and the first of autumn are counted.

On these days, you should not sow seeds or plant, have no treatment, do not go on a trip and have no sex.

These three days are somewhere during the end of july, beginning of august, in the hottest time of the year.
The Chinese characters 三伏の猛暑 are used when writing a letter of sympathy to someone on these days.


MORE

. sanpuku 三伏 (さんぷく) and ka-no-e 　
「三伏」（サンボッ）



三伏の月の穢に鳴く荒鵜かな
sanpuku no tsuki no e ni naku ara-u kana

they screech at the moon
on the sanpuku day ...
wild cormorants

Iida Dakotsu 飯田蛇笏 (1885 - 1962)


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本尊かけよ九夏三伏郭公
honzon kakeyo kyuuka sanpuku hototogisu

main Buddha statue
90 days of summer, three "metal" days
Japanese cockoo

Shunoku 俊屋　


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Kigo for all summer


natsu no hi 夏の日 (なつのひ) sun in summer
..... natsubi 夏日（なつび）、kajitsu 夏日（かじつ）
natsu hinata 夏日向（なつびなた）sunny place in summer
natsu hikage 夏日影（なつひかげ）shadow in summer
hi no natsu 日の夏（ひのなつ）summer sun
natsu asahi 夏朝日（なつあさひ）morning sun in summer
natsu yuuhi 夏夕日（なつゆうひ）evening sun in summer



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The Japanese summer is very hot and humid.
To find a cool breeze and relax was very important in the times without airconditioning.

. COOLNESS in summer 　



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Worldwide use

Northern and Southern Hemisphere

If there is not specific mention, a calendar reference kigo refers to the Northern Hemisphere as its place of origin, since haiku and the saijiki concept originates in Japan.
For the Southern Hemisphere, add six months.
For a calendar reference kigo originating in the Southern Hemisphere, add six months to get to its Northern counterpart.

. WKD : calendar reference kigo



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Things found on the way



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HAIKU


はんけちのたしなみきよき薄暑かな
hankechi no tashinmi kyoki hakusho kana

now it is the time
for clean hankerchiefs ...
light heat of summer

Kubota Mantaroo 久保田万太郎



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***** Summre (natsu) . . . heavens


. . . . SUMMER KIGO LIST
Category SEASON



. SPRING
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. SUMMER
the complete SAIJIKI


. AUTUMN
the complete SAIJIKI


. WINTER
the complete SAIJIKI



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