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17/12/2013

Kuroda Kanbei

source :　www.suzukine.com

He is the hero of the NHK drama for 2014.
- Gunshi Kanbei - 軍師官兵衛　Kanbei, the Strategist　

source :　m.sponichi.co.jp
Kanbei Daruma 官兵衛だるま　and Ayase Haruka 綾瀬はるか, heroine of the NHK drama of 2013.

I hope to find some more Daruma as 2014 begins.

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source :　blog.goo.ne.jp/kuroda-bushi

黒田官兵衛の魅力 Exhibition about Kuroda Kanbei

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Yoshitaka was the son of Kuroda Mototaka, a samurai originally from Bizen who ended up in the service of the Odera of Harima. The Odera were in fact nominally vassals of the Akamatsu, whose power by 1570 had ebbed to such an extent that Akamatsu Yoshisuke was essentially living under the protection of the Odera at Himeji.

Mototaka took the name of his new lords and rose to become one of the Odera chief retainers and the holder of Himeji Castle. In 1576, Mototaka's son Yoshitaka noted the rise of the Oda clan, and urged Odera Masamoto to make a pact with Oda Nobunaga, who was presently at war with the Môri clan. It happened that Masamoto favored the Môri - as did many of the other clans of the region - and made no overtures to Nobunaga. Kuroda therefore contacted Hashiba [Toyotomi] Hideyoshi and managed to secure an audience with Nobunaga in Kyôto himself. Nobunaga, who had already ordered Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide to march west, was pleased at what proved to be enthusiastic support on Yoshitaka's part. Harima was critical to the campaign against the Môri - both to aid in the isolation of the Ishiyama Honganji and as the gateway to Bizen and Mimasaka. Himeji was at the time not particularly impressive, but it's surrender to the Oda forces would force the Odera to follow suit, as well as, of course, the Akamatsu. After Yoshitaka's father had been convinced, this was just what happened.
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Kuroda was a Christian, evidently thanks to Takayama Ukon, and was baptized with the name Dom Simeão. He had assisted Otomo as the latter was also a Christian, and had arranged for the rescue of the Jesuit Bungo mission when that province was being invaded by the Shimazu in 1584.
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Kuroda Kanbei was a gifted strategist and a man of some charisma, noted for his decency of character and loyalty to Hideyoshi. At the same time he was crafty and never hesitated to advance the cause of his family, although his frankness on that score made him all the more colorful and endearing.
- source : www.samurai-archives.com

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Kuroda Yoshitaka 黒田孝高
(December 22, 1546 – April 19, 1604),
other name Kuroda Kanbei (黒田官兵衛), was a Japanese daimyo of the late Sengoku through early Edo periods. Renowned as a man of great ambition, he was a chief strategist under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was a advisor to Hideyoshi.
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Yoshitaka made an attempt to conquer the region of Kyūshū during the Battle of Sekigahara, but this ended up in failure.
He became a monk and assumed the name of Josui. Josui and his son Nagamasa 長政 were awarded Chikuzen Province (now part of Fukuoka Prefecture) for their role in securing victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, thus commencing the history of the Fukuoka Domain.
After his son Nagamasa succeeded him, Yoshitaka died in 1604.
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Kuroda Josui 西日本人物誌　黒田如水

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崇福寺福岡 Sofukuji Temple — Final Resting Place of the Kuroda Clan
NHK has announced it will air “Gunshi Kanbei” (Kanbei, the Strategist), a serial drama depicting Kanbei Kuroda, the founding father of Fukuoka, next year. Kanbei (aka Yoshitaka) was born in Himeji, Harima Province (now Hyogo Prefecture). Later, he became a monk and assumed the name of Josui. Josui and his son Nagamasa were awarded Chikuzen Province (now part of Fukuoka Prefecture) for their role in securing victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, thus commencing the history of the Fukuoka Domain.

The graves of Josui and Nagamasa are located at Sofukuji Temple in Chiyomachi, Hakata Ward. The spacious graveyard at the far end of the temple grounds is the final resting place for many of Hakata’s renowned merchants and politicians, but there are several large tombs in the area beyond the Tosuimon Gate—these are the graves of Josui, Nagamasa and four other feudal lords of Fukuoka.

Sofukuji Temple, which was built in 1240 in Dazaifu, was moved to its current location by Nagamasa in 1601 to serve as the family temple. The temple’s Sanmon Gate also has deep ties to the Kuroda Clan: it was originally the Honmaru Omote-Gomon Gate, or main gate, of Fukuoka Castle. The Karamon Gate was made from the remains of Najima Castle (in Higashi Ward), the first castle the Kuroda family built before erecting Fukuoka Castle.

In addition to these resplendent tombs, the temple grounds are also home to several Jizo statues, which are objects of worship for the general public. Local citizens come to pay their respects to the Jizo on a daily basis.
- source : fukuoka-now.com/feature

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NHK Taiga Drama 2014 to be Filmed in Fukuoka and Oita
It was announced the 2014 installment of taiga drama is to be filmed in Fukuoka and Oita! Taiga drama is the name NHK gives to its annual, year-long historical fiction television series broadcasted in Japan and worldwide.
The main character of the 2014 drama is Kanbei Kuroda, a Japanese daimyo of the late Sengoku through early Edo period. Renowned as a man of great ambition, Kuroda was the chief strategist under Toyotomi Hideyoshi and a commander of a samurai army of the Fukuoka Kuroda domain.
Filming will take place at many historical spots in Fukuoka and Oita, and it’s anticipated that the drama will be a great PR opportunity for Fukuoka to be showcased to the world. Positive economic impact is expected from the filming. So, it’s time to get a head start studying the history surrounding Kuroda Kanbei!
For starters, you can visit his tomb is in Sofukuji Temple, Fukuoka City.
- source : fukuoka-now.com/new

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- There will be a lot of regional souvenirs about Kanbei.
I will try and introduce some here, especially from Okayama.

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黒田官兵衛五国巡り - 黒田ｻﾐｯﾄ五都市連絡会

Digital souvenirs from 5 towns:

From Setouchi Bizen Fukuoka : a mug cup, senbei crackers and a clear file

From Okayama
備前：岡山県瀬戸内市 - JR長船駅
Ushimado 牛窓オリーブ園
Setouchi 瀬戸内市立美術館
Bizen Osafune 備前長船刀剣博物館
Bizen Fukuoka 備前福岡（妙興寺黒田家墓所）

and
Nagahama Town 長浜市「日本酒セット+醤油・ポン酢
Himeji Town 姫路市「ＡＲＡＲＥコースター＋黒田官兵衛家紋コースター
. Nakatsu Town 中津市「くろかんくん巾着」 Kinchaku bags .

Fukuoka Town 福岡市「福岡を応援し隊　黒田かんべえくんグラス＋麦焼酎　黒田八虎(福岡県産麦100％
Schnaps and a glass
- source : info.eki.sh/kurokan

Even toilet paper with the hero!

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source :　capricorn09928.blog84.fc2.com

akai kabuto　赤兜　his red helmet - a　- Kanbei da あ！官兵衛だ and a pun to
akanbee あっかんべー pulling a face to someone

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source :　info.rurubu.travel/theme

Himeji　and Kanbei 　姫路の官兵衛

source :　koukohaku.blogspot.jp

Harima and Kanbei　播磨の官兵衛

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source :　www.pref.okayama.jp/chiji

Fukuoka Kanbei Kun　ふきおか官兵衛くん

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source :　777hiroki777.blogspot.jp

Fukuoka started from here!

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source :　www.clubohk.tv/blog/meitou

Bizen Fukuoka Tee Shirts

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source :　www.city.himeji.lg.jp/koho/press/

Kanbei papermachee dolls from Himeji, made by 松尾隆, a papermachee doll maker family in the 5th generation 姫路はりこ.

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Collection of Kuroda Bushi　黒田武士 Samurai dolls from Hakata
- source : www.47club.jp/41M-00001

The history of the old Hakata dolls dates back to the beginning of the 17th century. It seems that when the Lord Kuroda Nagamasa built Fukuoka castle, Soshichi Masaki making ridge-end tiles for the castle developed his skills with forming and firing, and Masaki gave one of the figures he made to the head of the clan.
. Dolls from Hakata / 博多人形 .

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His son was Kuroda Nagamasa 黒田長政 , who was famous for his huge helmet with horns of a water buffalo.
It is said his wild attitude and the huge horns have become an inspiration for figure of Gozilla ゴジラ.

黒田長政の大水牛兜

Nagamasa was rather wild as a young samurai, but when his father Kanbei made him head of the family, he changed his ways and became a well-loved leader, caring for his subordinates, including his "brother" 後藤又兵衛 Saito Matabei.

Nagamasa build the town of Fukuoka, and encouraged the making of Hakata dolls as a local speciality.

A famous image of Nagamasa and 24 of his most devote subordinate samurai.

黒田二十四騎

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The family crest shows wisterias, the flowers he saw when in prison and fighting death.
It gave him hope to stay alive.

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黒田忠之 Kuroda Tadayuki (1602 – 1654)

. Raifukuji 来福寺 Raifuku-Ji - Tokyo .
This temple was founded in 1630 by 法印宥専大和尚,
on behalf of 筑前福岡2代藩主黒田忠之 Kuroda Tadayuki, second Daimyo of the Chikuzen Fukuoka Domain.
Tadayuki had called priest 宥専 from Mount Koyasan, where he had venerated the statue of Yakushi Nyorai, also named 里俗子安薬師 Rizoku Koyasu Yakushi.

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11/12/2013

Zhong You - Shiro

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Zhong You - Shiro 子路
(543 - 481)

One of the 10 most important disciples of Confucius.

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Zhong You (Zilu)
Zhong You (仲由) was a native of Pian (卞) in Lu, and only nine years younger than Confucius. His courtesy names were Zilu (子路 - Shiro in Japanese) and Jilu (季路). At their first interview, Confucius asked him what he was fond of, and he replied, "My long sword."

Confucius said, "If to your present ability there were added the results of learning, you would be a very superior man."

"Of what advantage would learning be to me?" asked Zi-lu. "There is a bamboo on the southern hill, which is straight itself without being bent. If you cut it down and use it, you can send it through a rhinoceros's hide: what is the use of learning?"

"Yes", said Confucius; "but if you feather it and point it with steel, will it not penetrate more deeply?"

Zilu bowed twice, and said, "I will reverently receive your instructions."

Confucius later said, "From the time that I got You, bad words no more came to my ears."

Confucius admired Zilu for his courage, but was concerned that he might lack other virtues (such as good judgement) that would have balanced this courage, potentially turning Zilu's courage into a vice (Analects 5.7; see also 8.2, 17.8, and 17.23). After studying with him, Confucius later praised Zilu as his having exceptional administrative ability and being capable of handling duties of national importance (Analects 5.8). After completing his studies with Confucius, Zilu became chief magistrate of the district of Pu, where his administration commanded the warm commendations of Confucius. He died in Wei. His tablet is now the fourth, to the east, from those of the Assessors.
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Confucius and his disciples
According to Sima Qian, Confucius said: "The disciples who received my instructions, and could themselves comprehend them, were seventy-seven individuals. They were all scholars of extraordinary ability." It was traditionally believed that Confucius had three thousand students, but that only seventy-two mastered what he taught.

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Zhòng Yóu (仲由) –
Another famous disciple for his military background, and for being a hot-head. Being only 9 years younger than Confucius, he sometimes quarreled with his teacher, but by and by became more refined, respectful and mature, and Confucius spoke very highly of him as a capable leader. Zhong You was tough under pressure, and well-disciplined.
Sadly he was killed in a rebellion in the state of Wei.
He is often called Zǐ Lù (子路) too.
- source : confucianism-at-a-glance

読書の月 - 子路 Reading in moonlight - Shiro
by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年

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月白き師走は子路が寝覚め哉
tsuki shiroki shiwasu wa Shiro ga nezame kana

Shiro wakes up
on a night in December
with a white moon . . .

Written in December 1686 貞亨３年.
The cut marker KANA is at the end of line 3.

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

shiwasu, the last lunar month of the year, now December

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05/12/2013

Nelson Mandela

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Praying for Nelson
He taught the world forgiveness
And we need him still

His administration focused on dismantling apartheid's legacy, and cutting racism, poverty and inequality. Politically a democratic socialist, he served as president of the African National Congress (ANC) political party from 1991 to 1997. Internationally, Mandela was the Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999.
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Poetry cannot block a bullet or still a sjambok,
but it can bear witness to brutality,
thereby cultivating a flower in a graveyard.

Praying for Nelson
He taught the world forgiveness
And we need him still

. Res John Burman, March 2013 .

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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
(18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013)

Honoring Nelson Mandela.
"Morning mist in East Africa", Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995) - 1991.
source :　Ukiyo-e & sumi-e facebook

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Mandela's history in Japan
Former South African president Nelson Mandela visited Japan three times.
The first time was in October 1990 at the invitation of the Japanese government. This was 8 months after he was released from prison following more than 27 years behind bars.
His title then was the vice president of the African National Congress.

Mandela met the prime minister at the time, Toshiki Kaifu and other ruling and opposition party officials. He delivered a speech in the Diet, calling for Japan's support to abolish his country's apartheid policies.
About 30,000 people came to a meeting in Osaka. This prompted wider support for Mandela among Japanese people, leading to a greater anti-apartheid movement in Japan.

Mandela's second visit was in April 1991. He was invited as a guest speaker by the International Press Institute or IPI to a world meeting held in Kyoto.

His third visit was realized in July 1995, a year after he became president following the abolition of apartheid.

As a state guest, Mandela met the Emperor and the Empress. He also met with the then prime minister Tomiichi Murayama and expressed his gratitude for Japan's support for his country's nation-building efforts.
source : NHK world news

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le vieux lion sud-africain
a fermé les yeux
~ invaincu

the old south-african lion
has closed his eyes
~ undefeated

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les sud-africains
ont perdu leur père
~ goodbye, Nelson

the people of South Africa
have lost their father
~ goodbye, Nelson

Roger Amade, December 5, 2013

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invisible,
this ghost haunts apartheid ...
Black Pimpernel

Pat Geyer

"Disguising himself as a chauffeur, Mandela travelled the country incognito, organising the ANC's new cell structure and a mass stay-at-home strike for 29 May.
Referred to as the "Black Pimpernel" in the press – a reference to Emma Orczy's 1905 novel The Scarlet Pimpernel – the police put out a warrant for his arrest."
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beyond life
he still encourages
all of us

Hideo Suzuki

bright star
the Great Leader's legacy
for mankind

Willie Bongky

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I wipe a tear
on hearing Mandela's demise-
late night news

speaker after speaker
eulogising Nelson Mandela-
rainy stadium

Mandela death-
chants of freedom songs
render the air

and these are the last of Mandela's demise.

church congregation-
Mandela's large portrait
smiles at them

Qunu Hills-
three copters carrying
three massive flags

the 21 gun salute
render the Qunu ai -
Mandela burial

Andrew Otinga, Kenya

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brightest star
just vanished from galaxy...
the dimmer sky

Amrao Gill

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02/12/2013

Sen Rikyu

the historical figure with the most profound influence on chanoyu, the Japanese "Way of Tea", particularly the tradition of wabi-cha. Rikyū is known by many names; for convenience this article will refer to him as Rikyū throughout.

There are three iemoto (sōke), or "head houses" of the Japanese Way of Tea, that are directly descended from Rikyū:
the Omotesenke, Urasenke, and Mushakōjisenke,
all three of which are dedicated to passing forward the teachings of their mutual family founder, Rikyū.
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If you have one pot
And can make your tea in it
That will do quite well.
How much does he lack himself
Who must have a lot of things?

When you hear the splash
Of the water drops that fall
Into the stone bowl
You will feel that all the dust
Of your mind is washed away.

Sen Rikyu

. WKD : Tea Ceremony Saijiki 茶道の歳時記 .

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source :　www.urasenke.or.jp/textm

Rikyuu Ki 利休忌 (りきゅうき) Rikyu Memorial Day
Sooeki Ki 宗易忌（そうえきき）
Rikyuu Ki 利久忌（りきゅうき）
kigo for mid-spring

we drink
green tea
with ceremony

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Haiku Culture Magazine, 2013

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Sen Rikyu film--
a passing silhouette goes
with the subtitles

We watched a marvelous Film at the movie theatre hall. The movie was about a tea Master called Rikyu and his way of tea preparation, his life with his pupil(s) and his philosophies concerning "The way Of tea". If I can remember well, he attached "Tea" with simplicity and modesty until his death. Tea ceremony, we were told,is a ritual conducted even now.

Caleb Mutua, Kenya 2009

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rikyuubai 利休梅 "Rikyu plum"
..... 利久梅（りきゅうばい）
リキュウバイ - Exochorda racemosa
Pearlbush or Common Pearlbush, is a species of plant in the rose family.
plant kigo for early summer

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Matsuo Basho remembers Sen Rikyu and Sakai

口切に堺の庭ぞなつかしき
. kuchikiri ni Sakai no niwa zo natsukashiki .
kuchikiri ceremony

袖の色よごれて寒し濃鼠　
. sode no iro yogorete samushi koi nezumi .
in memoriam of the father of Senka, Basho's disciple 仙化が父追善

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Sen no Rikyu 千利休, another famous tea master at the times of Shokado, used to serve his meals in a box in the form of a half-moon (hangetsu 半月).

. Shookadoo 松花堂 Shokado "Pine Flower Pavillion" .

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Rikyuu meshi 利休めし rice cooked "a la Rikyu"
Rice is cooked with hoojicha tea, then dashi broth is added. Some green stems of rape (na no hana) are added as topping.
This is a typical dish of spring.

source :　www.ginza-mikawaya.jp - with recipe
Rikyuu abe daikon 利休あへ大根り radish "a la Rikyu"
Flavored with cinamon and sesame.

Rikyuu tamago - Kurumi tamago 利休卵 / 胡桃卵 - eggs "a la Rikyu"
Simmered egg with ground sesame seeds (or ground walnut meat), flavored with soy sauce and sake.

. 100 Favorite Dishes of Edo 江戸料理百選 .

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Rikyu Rat Grey, Rikyuu nezu 利休鼠

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The Nature of Rikyu Grey
..... If one is going to name a certain sensation, formulate an outline of its features, trace its history or search for the origin of that sensation, it must inspire a profound sympathy yet awake a certain critical awareness. For me, such a sensation is "Rikyu grey." The sensation of Rikyu grey represents an aesthetic of an ambivalent or multiple meaning. My interest in it began seventeen years ago when, with a number of friends, I had started the Metabolism movement and developed a strong dissatisfaction with functional architecture.
Function as a criterion in architecture achieved many things, but it also resulted in the articulation and concretization of space.
In the process of providing rationally and clearly articulated spaces, the virtues of nebulous and undifferentiated space that naturally exist between demarcated areas was totally neglected. Spaces which might embrace tow or more meanings were eliminated in functional architecture.
A long philosophical essay :
source : KISHO KUROKAWA

RIKYU GREY AND THE ART OF AMBIGUITY
Read about this color and Japanese Architecture
by KISHO KUROKAWA
. WKD : The Color Gray and Haiku .

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Rediscovering Rikyu and the Beginnings of the Japanese Tea Ceremony
Stephen Mansfield

Herbert Plutschow’s “rediscovery” of the great tea master, Sen-no-Rikyu (1522-91), explores the complex relationship between politics and the arts during the final years of the Warring States era. The author is less interested in Rikyu’s achievements and legacy than why his suicide was the inevitable result of the collision of art, politics and ritual. In an object lesson on not mixing politics and aesthetics, Rikyu’s relations with the generalissimo Toyotomi Hideyoshi would prove disastrous. An admirer of Rikyu, Hideyoshi exploited the locations of teahouses as venues for secret political meetings, something that must have deeply unsettled the tea master.
Although the reasons remain largely unexplained, Plutschow comes as close as any writer to revealing the truth of Rikyu’s death: his position, it seems, his very authority and status, somehow represented a slight to the general, prompting him to order the master to commit seppuku (ritual disembowelment). With typical resignation, and a touch of studied disassociation, Rikyu’s death poem, not included in this book, reads:

Seventy years of life
Ha ha! And what a fuss!
With this sacred sword of mine
Both Buddhas and Patriarchs I kill.

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初霜や笑顔見世たる茶の聖
hatsu-shimo ya egao misetaru cha no hijiri

first frost --
a smile on the face
of the tea sage Rikyu
Tr. Chris Drake

This hokku was found among Issa's papers after he died (Collected Works 1.650), so its date of composition is unknown, though it is probably from late in his life. Issa uses an epithet (also pronounced chasei 茶聖) to evoke the most famous tea master in Japanese history, Sen no Rikyu (1522-91), who came to be regarded as a sage or wizard. (The term is sometimes translated tea saint, but the worldly Rikyu was not a typical saint.) Rikyu perfected a simple, bare style of tea ceremony that was held in small teahouses in gardens designed to suggest wild nature and carried out as a form of spiritual meditation.

His style of reclusive, Zen-influenced tea ceremony was also perfect for secret negotiations between warlords, and Rikyu overheard many top-secret conversations during his career. The shogun Hideyoshi trusted him and made him his official tea master, but for some reason, perhaps because of a paranoid belief that Rikyu considered himself greater than Hideyoshi, he ordered Rikyu to commit ritual suicide with a sword. Rikyu, living dangerously in a period when various warlords were struggling for power, was portrayed with a very dour look on his face, an expression he must have used when leading tea ceremonies for powerful warriors, but Issa evokes him in a private moment. The implication may be that Rikyu, a commoner who lived and worked in a warrior world, is smiling a rare smile.

It is natural for Rikyu to be smiling, because the appearance of frost indicates that the Way of Tea New Year's is near or has just arrived. The tea ceremony annual schedule began early in the 10th month on the first Day of the Wild Boar (around the middle of November). On this day in Japan all sorts of ovens, hearths, and fireplaces were lit for the first time amid celebrations and the eating of special foods such as boar-shaped rice cakes.

For tea masters, this was the day on which they lit a fire in the sunken hearth in an opening in the straw-mat floor of the tea house. From the 4th through 9th months they used charcoal braziers for heating (but not boiling) water for tea in iron teapots, but they preferred cold weather and sunken hearths. Soon after the hearth was lit, another important New Year's ceremony was held: large, tightly sealed jars of freshly plucked tea leaves from early in the summer were opened for the first time, and the leaves were ground into fine green powder to which not-quite-boiling water was added during the tea ceremony. This powdered tea was the most common form of tea used at tea ceremonies, and grinding the leaves was done with great care.

The first frost in the hokku indicates that the best season of the year for holding tea ceremonies has arrived, and Rikyu has reason to smile. He may also be smiling because the delicate frost will be walked through by his visitors to his morning tea ceremony, adding a dimension of ethereal beauty to the overall performance. There may also be some sort of historical reference to Rikyu's life in the hokku, but it's difficult to determine whether there is or not, since the date of the hokku is unknown.

Above is a famous portrait of Rikyu, a reproduction of which Issa could have seen. In contrast, the smile by the "tea sage" in the hokku is striking.

Chris Drake

. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .

. Zen-Master Eisai 栄西禅師　(1141 - 1215) - Saint of Tea 茶の聖. .

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29/11/2013

Asahina Yoshihide

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Asahina Saburo Yoshihide - 朝比奈三郎義秀

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Asahina Yoshihide (朝比奈義秀), also known as Asahina Saburō (朝比奈三朗), was a Japanese warrior of the early 13th century, and the son of Wada Yoshimori (和田義盛, 1147-1213).
His name (also written with the characters 朝夷奈 (Asaina?) comes from Awa no Kuni's (安房) Asaina-gun (朝夷奈郡), where he lived at one time. Though very likely a historical figure, Yoshihide appears in literature and in kabuki as a somewhat superhuman legendary character. According to these, his mother was the renowned female warrior Tomoe Gozen, and he had superhuman strength which he used to accomplish a number of stunning feats.

Asahina's name is associated with some incredible feats. According to the Azuma Kagami, he and future shogun Minamoto no Yoriie, who were good friends, one day were together in Kotsubo. Yoriie said he had heard what a good swimmer Yoshihide was, and challenged him to give a demonstration of his prowess. Immediately, Asahina jumped into the sea and soon re-emerged with two or three sharks in his fists. Asahina is also mentioned in the Soga Monogatari as having competed for strength with Soga Goro Tokimune.

Finally and most famously, he is said to have opened the Asaina Pass by himself in one night, thus giving this extremely important pass his name.
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Asaina-Kiridoshi Pass (朝夷奈切通し)
Nowadays, the modern paved road runs nearby, but long ago this old path which connected Kamakura with Kanazawa (金沢) and Mutsura (六浦, the old name of present-day Mutsuura) was an important thoroughfare for people and vital goods.
In 1240, the Kamakura government, under Hojo Yasutoki (北条泰時, 1183-1242), the third regent, decided to construct a road between Kamakura and Mutsura. The undertaking was so important that Yasutoki himself inspected the construction work. The date of completion, however, was not recorded, even though the project was an official one. On the other hand, because the work was said to have been carried out at top speed, the huge achievement was attributed to a one-night feat by Asahina Saburo Yoshihide (朝比奈三郎義秀, ?-?), a warrior reputed to have been unrivaled in his day. It is from this legend that the Asahina Pass got its name.
A cascade next to the stone marker of the Asahina Pass also has his name, being called Saburo no Taki (三郎滝), Saburo Falls.
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Asahina shimameguri no ki
Utagawa Toyohiro 1815-27, Bunkindō

Asaina shimameguri no ki　－　朝比奈島巡り
Takizawa, Bakin, 1767-1848
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- 朝比奈諸国廻り図 - Asahina Saburo 朝夷三郎

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Asahina no mon yaburi 朝比奈の門破り Asahina breaking the gate

. Nagahama ningyoo 長浜人形 dolls from Nagahama, Shimane .

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Shioname Jizo 塩嘗地蔵 Salt-tasting Jizo Bosatsu

This is a small statue in the neighbourhood of Kamakura, where I used to live closeby in the mountains of Juniso.
It is at the foot of the Asahina pass road from Kamakura to the Bay of Tokyo.

n earlier days, the statue stood beside the main road where many people passed by. The name of this Jizo derives from the following story: In the early days, salt sellers offered the Jizo a portion of their salt on their way to the town of Kamakura because they hoped for a successful trade. On their return, they always noticed that the salt was gone. They innocently believed Jizo had graciously tasted it and would give them luck. The legend attests the importance of this road for transportation of daily necessities such as salt.

. History of Salt in Japan .

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11/10/2013

Ozaki Hosai

ichinichi mono iwazu choo no kage sasu

all day I say nothing
a butterfly casts a shadow

Tr. Gabi Greve

足のうら洗えば白くなる
肉がやせてくる太い骨である
いれものがない両手でうける
考えごとをしている田螺が歩いている

Hosai Museum at Shodoshima
1998 Hosai FriendShip Association

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咳をしても一人
seki o shite mo hitori

Je tousse pourtant je suis seul

Even coughing -
I am alone.
He wrote this with an allusion to Santoka.

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春の山の後ろから煙が出だした
haru no yama no ushiro kara kemuri ga dedashita

La colline au printemps
derrière monte
une fumée

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淋しいからだから爪がのび出す
sabishii karada kara tsume ga nobidasu

from my lonely body
nails are growing longer

雀の暖かさを握るはなしてやる
suzume no atatakasa o nigiru hanashite yaru

I feel the warmth of a sparrow in my hand
and then let it go

いつしかついて来た犬と浜辺に居る
itsu shika tsuite kita ino to hamabe ni iru

a dog followed unnoticed
now with me on the beach

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Sumitaku Kenshin 　住宅顕信
1961年3月21日 - 1987年2月7日

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Kenshin was born on March 21, 1961, in Okayama, west of Osaka, and was named Haruo (spring man) probably because that date in most years falls on the spring equinox in Japan. In September 1982 he started taking a correspondence course on Buddhism. In July 1983, when a normal Japanese at his age had just joined a corporation, he became a priest of the Pure Land sect of Buddhism, in a ceremony held at the Nishi-Honganji, Kyoto, and was given the name Kenshin (revealed faith).
In February 1984 he was diagnosed with leukemia and hospitalized. In October he became a member of the “free-rhythm” haiku group Sôun (Cumulus). In 1985 his conditions improved enough for him to leave the hospital, and for a few months he engaged in promoting “free-rhythm” haiku.
But soon he was back in the hospital and on February 7, of the following year, he died.

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. Taneda Santooka 種田山頭火 Taneda Santoka .

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10/10/2013

Hoshinaga Fumio

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Hoshinaga Fumio has developed a unique approach to haiku.
As a native of Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu, he is especially concerned with local tribal history and culture, and has discussed the possibility of ressurecting both nature and culture through poetic language. Hoshinaga was recently selected as one of 12 outstanding national gendai haijin.
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. Introducing Japanese Haiku Poets .

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きのこスープ飲む隣　戦争が来て坐る

ほら吹きがまた殖ゆ　五月の湿地帯

危険な書を積んで　石榴その上に

夕焼けを狩るため少年指鳴らす

落椿踏んでゲバラは裸足です

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ni-juu oku koonen no gishoo
omae no B-gata

twenty billion light-years of perjury:
your blood type is "B"

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"Blood-type B is rare in Japan; Type A is happier, but Type B carries a sense of melancholy. So, I felt my rebelliousness or revulsion could not be Type A – it must be blood-type B."
Hoshinaga Fumio (p. 173).
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Poems of Consciousness, Richard Gilbert
source : Simply Haiku Summer 2008

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Hoshinaga Fumio: - Selected Haiku from Kumaso-Ha

善人の順にかぞえて　六おぼろ
zennin no jun ni kazoete roku oboro

counting down the goodness of man:
from the sixth
obscure

The playfully dark, ironic metaphor of "becoming Hitler" is disjunctive, allowing a sense of depth to enter the haiku, a depth partly created through allusion. Due to itchy feet (a summer kigo), the author cannot smartly click his heels or march in goose-step. The poem presents a disturbing psychosocial complex indicating the will to power or assumption of dictatorial authority which often remains hidden in persons or society.

水虫がかゆくてヒトラーにはなれぬ
mizumushi ga kayukute Hitorâ ni wa narenu

Athelete’s foot itches –
still can’t become
Hitler

The focal point of this haiku seems to be on a subject that is either indistinct or missing: the subject is not allowed or able to solidify or cohere. A difficult technique to manage, as an indistinct subject will in general create a haiku lacking in poetic direction — it will be unclear what images to base sensation upon. Ending with "obscure" (also "dreamlike, foggy," a spring kigo), the haiku seems to echo with multiple dimensions of obscurity — of goodness and its measurement, of finding goodness, and the sense that, in the human realm, such findings may be moot.

(trans. Gilbert & Ito, 2004)
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04/10/2013

Murakami Kijo

source :　www.bungaku.pref.gunma.jp

He born in Edo in 1865. The family moved to Takasaki city in 1873.
He was a friend of Masaoka Shiki 正岡子規, Takahama Kyoshi 高浜虚子, Oosuka Otsuji 大須賀乙字, and joined the group to publish the first edition of the haiku magazine 'Hototogisu'.
He published his first own collection in 1917.
He died on September 17th, 1938 at the age of 73.

Kijoo Ki 鬼城忌 (きじょうき ) Kijo Memorial Day
September 17

kigo for mid-autumn
. WKD : Memorial Days .

鬼城忌や俳人多き城下町
kijooki ya haijin ooki jookamachi

Kijo Memorial Day -
so many haiku poets
in the castle town

Furukawa Shimozuru 古川芋蔓

. jookamachi 城下町 Jokamachi, castle town .

. Takasaki Town and the Daruma Mascots 高崎達磨 .

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Murakami Kijo (1865-1938) was a Japanese haiku poet, a frequent contributor to the haiku magazine Hototogisu, and one of the followers of the great modern master Masaoka Shiki.

As a young man, he studied law but had to give it up when he became deaf due to an illness. Starting in 1894, he worked as a legal scribe in a courthouse in Takasaki, a small town about sixty miles from Tokyo. With his meager salary, he had a difficult time supporting his ten children. He was fired in 1915, but the friends he had met though his poetry intervened and he returned to his post. In 1927, the luckless Kijo lost his possessions and his home in a fire.

Kijo is often compared to the great master Kobayashi Issa because both men led lives of sorrow and hardship and their work is characterized by a deep empathy.
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Murakami Kijō war ein japanischer Lyriker.
Murakami verlor als Kind das Gehör und konnte daher keine Laufbahn im Militär- oder Staatsdienst einschlagen. Ab 1873 lebte er mit seiner Familie in Takasaki. Hier begann er Gedichte zu schreiben und wurde Schüler von Masaoka Shiki und Takahama Kyoshi. Er schloss sich der Gruppe um Masaoka an und arbeitete an deren Haiku-Magazin Hototogisu mit.
1917 veröffentlichte er die Haikusammlung Kijō kushū.
Posthum erschienen die beiden Gedichtbände Teihon Kijō kushū (1940) und Kijō haiku hairon-shū (1947).
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治聾酒の酔ふほどもなくさめにけり　
jirooshu no you hodo mo naku same ni keri

not really drunk
from the deafness-curing sake
I get sober again

. WKD : jirooshu 治聾酒 deafness-curing sake .
kigo for mid-spring

麦飯に何も申さじ夏の月
mugimeshi ni nani mo moosaji natsu no tsuki

rice mixed with barley
and I can not even complain -
moon in summer

. WKD : mugimeshi 麦飯 rice with barley/wheat .
kigo for early summer

冬蜂の死にどころなく歩きけり
fuyubachi no shinidokoro naku arukikeri

a winter bee
with no place to die
keeps walking

. WKD : fuyu no hachi 冬の蜂 bee in winter .

春雨や確かに見たる石の精
harusame ya tashika ni mitaru ishi no sei

spring rain -
I really saw this
spirit of the stone

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痩馬のあはれ機嫌や秋高し
いささかの金ほしがりぬ年の暮
五月雨や起き上がりたる根無草
蟷螂の頭まわして居直りぬ
浅間山の煙出て見よ今朝の月
雹晴れて豁然とある山河かな
- His Haiku : haiku annai

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10/07/2013

Wang Wei - Poet

also known by other names such as Wang Youcheng, was a Tang Dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter, and statesman. He was one of the most famous men of arts and letters of his time. Many of his poems are preserved, and twenty-nine were included in the highly influential 18th century anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.

Wang Wei is especially known as a poet and painter of nature.

One of Wang Wei's famous poems is "One-hearted" ("Xiang Si"):

ONE-HEARTED

When those red beans come in springtime,
Flushing on your southland branches,
Take home an armful, for my sake,
As a symbol of our love.

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田園楽　　其六　- Pastoral Nr. 6

桃紅復含宿雨　　　
柳緑更帯春煙　　　
花落家僮未掃　　　
鴬啼山客猶眠　　

Peaches in red bloom drink overnight showers.
Willows in green leaf appear beyond misty veil.
My boy is reluctant to sweep the fallen flowers.
Warblers sing to awake the hermit to no avail.

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. WKD : Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .

冬鴬むかし王維が垣根哉
fuyu uguisu mukashi Oi ga kakine kana

Winter bush warbler!
Long, long ago,
That was in the hedge of Oi.

Background:
*Oi (王維) (A.D.701~761) was a poet who composed poetry of landscape and nature, and what is more, he was the originator of Southern painting, or Nan-ga, too.

*History of Chinese poetry during the Tang period is divided into four parts: the early Tang period, the golden Tang period, the middle Tang period and the late Tang period. Oi belongs to the golden Tang period (A.D. 713~766).

*Southern painting (Nan-ga) is one of the schools of ancient Chinese landscape painting. Buson held Oi in high esteem both as poet and painter.
*Oi had a villa on the bank of the river 'Mousen', which flows through ancient Randen district, located southeast of Changan, now called Sian. Bush warblers used to sing in the hedge of his villa, which was called ‘Mousen villa.'

*The Haiku was composed last but two on the 25th of December in the lunarcalendar, in 1783. On the day, sixty years old, the Poet, who had been ill in bed, breathed his last. The Haiku is recorded as one of his farewell poems.

Impression:
The Poet Buson hears a bush warbler singing on his deathbed. The time was late winter in the lunar calendar. To be precise, it was just before dawn on the 25th of December. Prof. Ogata says he imagines the singing bush warbler may be the same that sang in the hedge of Oi in ancient times, in the Tang period.

The Poet is aware that death is coming for him, thinking of Oi, whom he has loved and respected as one of his respectable leaders of fine art and literature. Prof. Ogata says the Poet prays the bush warbler may lead him into the realm where the soul of Oi is waiting.

The Haiku and No. 6 in Spring are noteworthy in that in both of them the Poet expresses his strong longing and hearty respect for the two great persons respectively. The one is to Oi and the other to Basho. It is the deep-rooted reverence and admiration for the two great precursors or forerunners that supported his efforts to lead a tough but fruitful life as a painter and poet of a rare kind in the history of Japan.
The fact is really worth remembering on appreciating his art and literature.

Tr. and comment : Shoji Kumano (hokuto77) 熊野祥司

winter warbler
long ago, on Wang Wei's
brushwood fence
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19/06/2013

Sugino Suikei

source with more photos :　doredore110

His grave is at temple Daitooji 大統寺 Daito-Ji in Ryugasaki, Ibaraki

. WKD : Mount Tsukuba (筑波山 Tsukuba-san) .

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Suikei was a friend of

. WKD : Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .

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Ooshima Ryoota 大島蓼太 Oshima Ryota
享保三年（1718) ～天明七年（1787)

In 1743 he bublished a volume about "Oku no Hosomichi" 奥細道拾遺.
In 1759 he published a volume about the interpretation of hokku by Matsuo Basho. 『芭蕉句解』（蓼太著）

. Ryoota Ki 蓼太忌 Ryota Memorial Day .
September 9. - kigo for mid-autumn -

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灯火を見れは風あり夜の雪
tomoshibi o mireba kaze ari yoru no yuki

in the flame of my lamp
i see just a hint of wind
on a night of snow
Tr. Steven D. Carter

in the light of the lamp
I can see the wind --
snowy night
Tr. Grzegorz

Discussing this haiku :
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五月雨やある夜ひそかに松の月

June rain ?
one night, secretly
moon behind pines

source : haiku.diandian.com

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ものいはず客と亭主と白菊と
mono iwazu kyaku to teishu to shiragiku to

nobody talks -
guests and host and
a white chrysanthemum

niemand spricht -
Gäste und Hausherr und
eine weisse Chrysantheme
Tr. Gabi Greve

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quote- more haiku by Ryota:

割あまる都の外は桜かな

植なから松に凌くやはつしくれ

三弦も接穂時なり梅の花

鶯やしつまりかへる奈良の町

春の日や門ゆく梵論の罔両

高欄に鳥遠うして牡丹哉

菜の花爾長閑き大和河内かな

蝉啼や世の外ならぬ峰の松

蕎麦を見て夫から戻る花野哉

是にこそ煤もはき候花のはる

片枝は咲て止しか帰り花

二三尺たつ秋見たりをみなへし

みな塵ぞ雪に対しておもふ事

捨鍬に日永き水の行へかな

朝がすみ麥引立て晴にけり

参宮の留守の七五三あり春の風

もの書ばかつらに似たり白うちハ

筆取て向へば山の笑ひけり

人音の止時夏の夜明かな

足袋やからたひはいて出る初卯哉

馬かりてかはるがはるに霞みけり

琴ひとり雪を感る空音かな

打明て見せけり冬のすみだ川

新月やことしのけふのすみだ川

source : michiko328

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quote

五月雨やある夜ひそかに松の月
all the rains of June
and one evening secretly
through the pines the moon

ものいはず客と亭主と白菊と
they spoke no words
the visitor, the host
and the white chrysanthemum

saying nothing
guest and host
and white chrysanthemum

at the candle's light
I look and yes -- there is a wind
the snow tonight...

the autumn squall
blows the eagle
over the edge of the crag

bad-tempered I got back
then in the garden
the willow-tree

MORE
source : thegreenleaf.co.uk

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Issa wrote for him:

今からは桜一人よ窓の前
ima kara wa sakura hitori yo mado no mae

from now on
alone with cherry blossoms
outside your window

This hokku is from 4/13 (May 30) of 1806, five or six weeks after the cherry blossoms have fallen, when Issa was in a river town north of Edo.
The elegy mourns the death of the mother of Issa's friend Sugino Suikei (杉野翠兄 1754-1813), with whom he corresponded and linked renku verses. His mother seems to have been Suikei's only remaining parent, and the personal tone of the hokku suggests Issa may have met her. She has died recently, and the hokku is addressed to Suikei and tries to console him. In the future Suikei will surely miss his mother very much during the time of the cherry blossoms, since she died during or just after this time, and the blossoms will make him remember his mother all the more. Issa wants Suikei to know his thoughts will be with him not only now but whenever the cherry blossoms Suikei and his mother loved so much bloom in the future.

On the same day Issa wrote a second elegiac hokku for the soul of Suikei's mother:

imashigata kono yo ni ideshi semi no naku

just now
a cicada entered
this world crying

The hokku is mysterious. It says the soul of the cicada, one of the first of the year to appear, has just arrived in this world from the other world, and it hints that the cicada's cries retain traces of the other world. Just as Suikei's mother was leaving this world the cicada was entering it, so Issa may be suggesting to Suikei that even though his mother is dead her soul may communicate with him in this world and that he should listen very carefully even to the cries of insects.

Chris Drake

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