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17/07/2012

Hatsumono first things

目に青葉山ほととぎす初かつお
me ni aoba yama hototogisu hatsu katsuo

green leaves to look at
hototogisu in the mountains
first Katsuo skipjack

Yamaguchi Sodoo 山口素堂 Sodo
(1642 - 1716)
He was a disciple of Basho

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千鳥立ち更け行く初夜の日枝颪
. chidori tachi fuke-yuku shoya no hieoroshi .
shoya (soya) 初夜 , lit. "first night", refers to the "double-hour of the dog" 戌の刻, now about 9 in the evening.
It can also mean the "first night" of a newly-wedded couple.

初秋や畳みながらの蚊屋の夜着
. hatsu aki ya tataminagara no kaya no yogi .
first sign of autumn.
Basho uses his folded mosquito net as a blanket.

初秋や海も青田の一みどり
. hatsu aki ya umi mo aota mo hito midori .
(autumn) autumn begins. the sea and the fields one shade of green

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- - - - - There is a proverb
hatusmono nanajuu gonichi 初物75日 / "初物七十五日"

"If you eat a "first thing",
your life will be prolonged for 75 days.

初花に命七十五年ほど
hatsu hana ni inochi nanajuu gonen hodo
hatsu hana ni / inochi shichi jū / go nen hodo

from these first blossoms
I will gain at least
seventy-five years

Written in 延宝6年, Basho age 35

Basho must be looking at some really beautiful cherry blossoms.
Or maybe he is joking about the relationship with the young ladies ?

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初真桑四つにや断たん輪に切らん
. hatsu makuwa yotsu ni ya tatan wa ni kiran .
hatsu makuwa yotsu no ya kiran wa ni kiran
(summer) first Makuwa melon. cut it in quarters? or round slices?

初時雨猿も小蓑を欲しげなり
. hatsu shigure saru mo komino o hoshige nari .
(winter) winter drizzle, monkey, straw coat. - first from Sarumino 猿蓑

初時雨初の字を我が時雨哉
. hatsu shigure hatsu no ji o waga shigure kana .
(winter) first winter drizzle. the character "first".

初霜や菊冷え初むる腰の綿
. hatsu shimo ya kiku hie somuru koshi no wata .
(autumn) chrysanthemums. first frost. cotton wrapper around my hip

初茸やまだ日数経ぬ秋の露
. hatsutake ya mada hikazu henu aki no tsuyu .
(autumn) first mushrooms. few days have passed. dew in autumn

初午に狐の剃りし頭哉
. hatsu-uma ni kitsune no sorishi atama kana .
(New Year) First Day of the Horse. a fox shaved your head
for Zekitsu 是橘

- - - - - - - - - - hatsu yuki, hatsuyuki 初雪 first snow - - - - -

初雪に兎の皮の髭作れ
. hatsu yuki ni usagi no kawa no hige tsukure .
(winter) first snow. rabbit, fur. beard

初雪や聖小僧の笈の色
. hatsuyuki ya hijiri kozoo no oi no iro .
(winter) first snow. mendicant monk. color of his backpack

初雪やいつ大仏の柱立て
. hatsu yuki ya itsu Daibutsu no hashira date .
(winter) first snow. Daibutsu temple, Nara. erect new columns

初雪や懸けかかりたる橋の上
. hatsu yuki ya kakekakaritaru hashi no ue .
(winter) first snow. on the bridge under construction - The Great Bridge of Fukagawa 深川大橋

初雪や幸ひ庵にまかりある
. hatsu yuki ya saiwai an ni makariaru .
(winter) first snow. luckily. I am in my own hut.

初雪や水仙の葉のたわむまで
. hatsuyuki ya suisen no ha no tawamu made .
(winter) first snow. enough to bend the daffodils

初桜折しも今日はよき日なり
. hatsuzakura orishi mo kyoo wa yoki hi nari .
(spring) first cherry blossom. today is a good day
at Iga Ueno　伊賀上野, temple Yakushi-Ji

蓬莱に聞かばや伊勢の初便り
. hoorai ni kikabaya Ise no hatsudayori .
hōrai ni / kikabaya Ise no / hatsu dayori
(New Year) Horai decoration and first news. I would like to hear.

鎌倉を生きて出でけん初鰹
. Kamakura o ikite ideken hatsugatsuo .
(summer) first katsuo skipjack bonito. town of Kamakura. to be alive

顔に似ぬ発句も出でよ初桜
. kao ni ninu hokku mo ideyo hatsu zakura .
(spring) first cherry blossoms, my face, Hokku

この梅に牛も初音と鳴きつべし
. kono ume ni ushi mo hatsune to nakitsu beshi .
(spring) plum blossoms. an oxen might shout his first moo

今日ばかり人も年寄れ初時雨
. kyoo bakari hito mo toshiyore hatsushigure .
(winter) first winter drizzle. just today. growing older.

めづらしや山を出羽の初茄子
. mezurashi ya yama o Dewa no hatsu nasubi .
(summer) Minden eggplants from Dewa, How special!

咲き乱す桃の中より初桜
. saki midasu momo no naka yori hatsu-zakura / hatsuzakura .
(spring) first cherry blossoms. peach blossoms everywhere.

芹焼きや裾輪の田井の初氷
. seriyaki ya susowa no ta-i no hatsu goori . seri yaki ya
(winter) first ice. dropwort (Japanese parsley). irrigation pond

初春まづ酒に梅売る匂ひかな
. shoshun mazu sake ni ume uru nioi kana .
New Year, sake and plum blossoms

旅人と我が名呼ばれん初時雨
. . . . . tabibito to waga na yobaren hatsu shigure .
(winter) first winter drizzle. traveller. my name.

柳行李片荷は涼し初真桑
. yanagigoori katani wa suzushi hatsu makuwa .
(summer) first melon. wicker box luggage. coolness

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風流の初めや奥の田植歌
. fuuryuu no hajime ya Oku no taue uta .
(summer) planting rice in the paddies, Oku, furyu-the elegant, acomplished

花を宿に始め終りや二十日ほど
. hana no yado ni hajime owari ya hatsuka hodo .
(spring) cherry blossoms. from beginning to end about 20 days

十六夜はわづかに闇の初め哉
. izayoi wa wazuka ni yami no hajime kana .
(autumn) sixteenth night moon. beginning of darkness

大津絵の筆のはじめは何仏
. Ootsu e no fude no hajime wa nani botoke .
(New Year) first use of the brush. Otsu-e paintings. Buddha image

暫時は滝に籠るや夏の初め
. shibaraku wa taki ni komoru ya ge no hajime .
(summer) waterfall. summer retreat. for some time

七夕や秋を定むる夜のはじめ　
. Tanabata ya aki o sadamuru yo no hajime .
(autumn) Tanabata star festival. now autumn has really come
at the home of Yadoo 野童 Yado in Kyoto

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新藁の出初めて早き時雨哉
. shinwara no desomete hayaki shigure kana .
new straw is already coming out

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This hokku includes the character of HATSU 初,
but in the old spelling of Hase長谷, Hatsuse 初瀬, a place and temple near Nara.

うかれける人や初瀬の山桜
. ukarekeru hito ya Hatsuse no yamazakura .
ukare-keru hito ya Hatsuse no yama-zakura
(spring) mountain cherry blossoms. people wander around at Hase temple

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. tsumiken ya cha o kogarashi no aki to mo shirade .

(spring) picking tea leaves. winter storm. autumn. they do not know

. kogakurete chatsumi mo kiku ya hototogisu .
(spring) picking tea leaves. to hear. hototogisu

. inasuzume cha no kibatake ya nigedokoro .
(autumn) sparrows in the rice fields. field with tea trees. to flee

. yamabuki ya Uji no hoiro no niou toki .
(spring) yellow mountain rose. tea oven of Uji. fragrant

. furuki na no Tsunuga ya koishi aki no tsuki .
(autumn) moon. old name of Tsunuga. full of memories (Tsuruga)

. zoosui ni biwa kiku noki no arare kana .
(summer) hail. falling on the eaves. sounds like a biwa lute. rice porridge

. yuki o matsu joogo no kao ya inabikari .
(winter) snow. we are waiting. faces of sake drinkers. lightning

. tsutsuji ikete sono kage ni hidara saku onna .
(spring) dried cod fish. azaleas. in the shadow a woman

. ano naka ni maki-e kakitashi yado no tsuki .
(autumn) moon. at the inn. maki-e laquer. I want to draw

. sakazuki ya yamaji no kiku to kore o hosu .
(autumn) chrysanthemum. this sake cup. mountain road. I drink it all

. sakazuki no shita yuku kiku ya kutsuki bon .
(autumn) chrysanthemum. sake cup. tray from Kitsuki
remembering Yoro no Taki Waterfall 養老の滝

. yuki ya suna uma yori ochiyo sake no yoi .
(winter) snow. sand. you fall from your horse. drunk on sake
for Ochi Etsujin

. tsuki hana mo nakute sake nomu hitori kana .
(spring) cherry blossoms. no moon, no blossoms. he drinks sake alone

. ogi no ho ya kashira o tsukamu Rashoomon .
(autumn) ogi reed. it grabs my head. Rashomon gate (Kyoto)

. shoshun mazu sake ni ume uru nioi kana .
(spring) New Year (First Spring). first comes sake. fragrance of plum blossoms

. sake nomeba itodo nerarenu yoru no yuki .
(winter) snow at night. when I drink sake I can not sleep

. oogi nite sake kumu kage ya chiru sakura .
(spring) cherry blossoms. my fan. I pretend to drink sake

. kuwa no mi ya hana naki choo no yosute-zake .
(summer) mulberries. hermit sake for the butterflies

. asagao wa sakamori shiranu sakari kana .
(autumn) morning glories. we drink sake and make merry

. mukashi kike Chichibu dono sae sumootori .
(autumn) sumo wrestling. listen to old stories! Lord of Chichibu

. sekizoro o suzume no warau detachi kana .
(winter) Year-End Singers. sparrows laugh

. sekizoro no kureba fuuga mo shiwasu kana .
(winter) Year-End Singers. elegance. last month of the year

. inazuma ni satoranu hito no tattosa yo .
(autumn) lightning. no enlightenment. how admirable

. haru kaze ni fukidashi warau hana mogana .
(spring) spring wind. burst into laughter. cherry blossoms

. tsuka mo ugoke waga naku koe wa aki no kaze .
(autumn) autumn wind. grave mound. move. I am crying

. ame no hi ya seken no aki o Sakai choo .
(autumn). rainy day. the every-day world. Sakai quarters 堺町 (in Edo)

. hasu no ka o me ni kayowasu ya men no hana .
(summer)lotus. fragrance. reaches the eyes. nose of a Noh mask.

. warau beshi naku beshi waga asagao no shibomu toki .
(summer) morning glories. should I laugh? should I cry? whithering

. mi ni shimite daikon karashi aki no kaze .
(autumn) autumn wind. penetrates my body. pungent radish

. shi ni mo senu tabine no hate yo aki no kure .
(autumn) autumn dusk. end of my journey. I did not die yet
(shini mo senu)

. uzumi-bi mo kiyu ya namida no niyuru oto .
(winter) uzumibi, banked charcoal fire. dying. my tears. hissing sound

. Kiyotaki no mizu kumasete ya tokoroten .
(summer) Tokoroten jelly. draw water from river Kiyotaki 清滝川
for Sakai Yamei 坂井野明 in Sagano, Kyoto.

. karahafu no irihi ya usuki yuu suzumi .
(summer) evening coolness. Chinese gable. sunset.

. ume koite u no hana ogamu namida kana .
(summer) deutzia blossoms. I long for. I bow to plum blossoms. I shed tears.
On the death of high priest Daiten 大顛和尚

. nadeshiko ni kakaru namida ya kusu no tsuyu .
(summer) Nadeshiko pinks. tears are falling. dew on the camphor tree
for father and son Kusunoki.

. kogarashi no mi wa Chikusai ni nitaru kana .
(winter) winter drizzle. I resemble (doctor) Chikusai

. tachibana ya itsu no no naka no hototogisu .
(autumn) Tachibana citrus fruit. when, where. hototogisu

. Suruga ji ya hana tachibana mo cha no nioi .
(summer) Tachibana citrus blossoms. Suruga road. smell of tea

. iwa tsutsuji somuru namida ya hototogisu .
(spring) "rock azaleas". colored by tears. hototogisu

. yoku mireba nazuna hana saku kakine kana .
(New Year) sheperd's purse. looking closely. hedge

. yogi wa omoshi Goten ni yuki o miru aran .
(winter) snow. bedclothes. heavy. Kingdom of Wu 呉天

. - ume ga ka 梅が香 plum fragrance - .

. ume ga ka ni mukashi no ichiji aware nari .
(spring) fragrance of plum blossoms. the character for "past". pathos

. ume ga ka ya Shirara Ochikubo Kyootaroo . 　(spring)
fragrance of plum blossoms. Shirara. Ochikubo. Kyotaro.

. kame waruru yoru no koori no mezame kana .
(winter) ice. water jar. breaking. I wake up

. tooki yori aware wa tsuka no sumiregusa / sumire-gusa .
(spring) violet. pitiful. Angelica-type parsley. his grave mound

. Kohoogen dedokoro aware toshi no kure .
about a painting by Kano Motonobu Kohōgen 1476―1559）

. hirugao ni kometsuki suzumu aware nari .
(summer bindweed. noonflower. rice pounder. to cool. pityful

. hana mina karete aware o kobosu kusa no tane .
(winter) withered flowers. pity. seeds of weeds

. yamazato wa manzai ososhi ume no hana .
(winter) manzai performance. mountain village. late. plum blossoms

. yo ga fuuga wa karo toosen no gotoshi .
(winter) handfan in winter. my elegance. fireplace in summer

. furusu tada aware naru beki tonari kana .
(spring) old nest. so lonely. my neighbour

. Mafukuda ga hakama yosou ka tsukuzukushi .
(spring) horsetail. Priest Mafukuda. to wear

. hokku nari Matsuo Toosei yado no haru .
(spring). This is a hokku. Matsuo Tosei (Green Peach), later Basho

. choo yo choo yo Morokoshi no haikai towan .
butterfly - Haikai in China

. toshi hete shinobu wa nani o shinobu-gusa .
(autumn) weeping fern. imperial mausoleum. to remember

. kiyoku kikan mimi ni koo taite hototogisu .
(summer) hototogisu. clear sound. burning incense near the ear

. hototogisu ootakeyabu o moru tsukiyo .
(summer) little cuckoo. bamboo, moon night

. hototogisu naku ne ya furuki suzuri-bako / suzuribako .
(summer) little cuckoo. old inkstone box

. hototogisu Urami no Taki no ura omote .
(summer) little cuckoo. Urami no Taki waterfall (Nikko). back and front

. ukifushi ya take no ko to naru hito no hate .
(spring) bamboo shoots. wretched. fate of a person

. mochi-bana ya kazashi ni saseru yome ga kimi /mochibana .
(New Year) "mochi flower" decorations. first mouse

. mochiyuki o shira-ito to nasu yanagi kana .
(winter) snow like mochi. white stripes. willow

. mochi o yume ni ori musubu shida no kusa makura .
(New Year) shida fern. dream. my pillow stuffed with grass

. - choo, 蝶 choochoo 蝶々 butterfly - .
and the Chinese sage Chuang-Tsu (Chuang Tzu), Sooji 荘子 Soji、Zhuangzi

. gu anzuru ni meido mo kaku ya aki no kure .
(autumn) end of autumn. in my humble view . the netherworld

. yanagigoori 柳行李 wicker trunk .
koori, katani 行李片荷 carrying boxes for travellers

. mizu mukete ato toi tamae doomyooji .
(summer) Temple Domyo-Ji cold rice 道明寺. offering water. console the spirit

. hatake utsu oto ya arashi no sakura asa .
(spring) to plough the fields. sound. storm. "cherry-blossom hemp"

. kure kurete mochi o kodama no wabine kana / kurekurete .
(winter) pounding mochi rice-cakes. end of the year. echo. I sleep alone

. ariake mo misoka ni chikashi mochi no oto .
(winter) sound of pounding mochi. dawn. last day of the year

. Visiting Daibutsu Temple in Nara .
hatsu yuki ya itsu Daibutsu no hashira date
yuki kanashi itsu Daibutsu no kawarabuki

. mazu iwae ume o kokoro no fuyu-gomori / fuyugomori .
(winter) winter seclusion. celebrating. plum blossoms

. byoobu ni wa yama o egaite fuyu-gomori .
(winter) winter seclusion. folding screen. a painted mountain

. utsukushiki sono hime uri ya kisaki zane .
(summer) melon. how beautiful! oval face

. omoshiro ya kotoshi no haru mo tabi no sora .
(spring) spring of this year. how exciting. sky of wayfaring

. mata koemu Sayo no Nakayama hatsugatsuo .
(summer) first skipjack katsuo bonito. Sayo no Nakayama pass. to cross again
and
katsuo uri ikanaru hito o yowasuran　

. Kamakura o ikite ideken hatsugatsuo .
(summer) first katsuo bonito. town of Kamakura. to be alive

. hatsu yuki ni usagi no kawa no hige tsukure .
(winter) first snow. rabbit, fur. beard

. niawashi ya mame no ko meshi ni sakura-gari .
two hokku about rice dishes

. aki no iro nukamiso tsubo mo nakari keri .
(autumn) . pot for fermented Miso paste. he does not have

. ne no hi shi ni miyako e ikan tomo mo gana .
(New Year) day of the rat. capital Kyoto. no friend

. tsuki sabiyo Akechi ga tsuma no hanashi sen .
(autumn) moon. be somber. wife of Akechi (Mitsuhide) 明智光秀. tell a story

. u no hana mo haha naki yado zo susamajiki .
(summer) dautzia blossoms. home without mother. dreadful

. asamutsu ya tsukimi no tabi no ake-banare .
(autumn) moon viewing. six in the morning. travelling. dawn

. - hatsumono 初物 first things - .

. - hototogisu 郭公 / ホトトギス - .

. - sake　酒 ricewine -
- sakazuki　杯　ricewine cup - .

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. Basho about Basho - about his own life .

. Basho shedding tears .
- tears 涙 namida - to cry 泣くnaku -

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- aware 哀れ touching, pityful, sorrow -

. Basho on Stamps 切手　kitte .

. - - - karumi かるみ【軽み】 lightness - - - .

. - kumo　雲 cloud, clouds - .

. mazu - first of all まづ mazu .

. Onomatopoetic expressions .

- tootoi とうとい尊い / 貴い holy, noble, pathos, respectful -

. - ukiyo 浮世 the floating world - .

. - yume 夢　dream - .

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06/07/2012

samidare - rainy season

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- samidare　五月雨 -

lit. "rain in the fifth lunar month" 　五月雨 samidare
according to the old lunar calendar. Now it refers mostly to the rain during the Rainy Season (from mid-june to mid-july).

rain in the month of satsuki, satsuki ame 五月雨（さつきあめ）

also translated as

persistent summer rain,

summer rain / June rain / early summer rain (Haldane)

. rain in the fifth lunar month 　五月雨 samidare .

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. samidare - Basho Archives SSS .

samidare ni tsuru no ashi mijikaku nareri
五月雨に鶴の足短くなれり

五月雨の降りのこしてや光堂
. samidare no furi nokoshite Hikari Doo .
(summer) rain during the rainy season. at the Golden Hall 光堂 in Hiraizumi

. samidare o atsumete hayashi Mogamigawa .
(summer) rain during the rainy season, river Mogamigawa　最上川, Hiraizumi

. samidare ya ryuutoo aguru Bantaroo .
(summer) "Dragon Lantern". flood warden
- depicting the flood prevention custom of the Edo period

. samidare ya shikishi hegitaru kabe no ato .
(summer) decoration card with poem. hole in the wall

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五月雨も瀬踏み尋ねぬ見馴河　
samidare mo / sebumi tazune nu / Minare-gawa
river without a name

五月雨に隠れぬものや瀬田の橋　
samidare ni kakurenu mono ya Seta no hashi .
(summer) rain during the rainy season. bridge at Seta, lake Biwa

五月雨に鳰の浮巣を見にゆかん
samidare ni / nio no uki su o / mi ni yukan
grebe bird

五月雨に御物遠や月の顏
samidare ni / on mono dō ya / tsuki no kao
face of the moon

五月雨の空吹き落せ大井川　
samidare no / sora fukio otose / Ōi-gawa
River Oigawa

五月雨は滝降り埋むみかさ哉　
samidare wa / taki furi uzumu / mikasa kana
waterfall

五月雨や蚕煩ふ桑の畑　
. samidare ya kaiko wazurau kuwa no hata .
Basho compares himself to an ill silk worm

五月雨や桶の輪切るる夜の声　
samidare ya / oke no wa kiruru / yoru no koe
barrel

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. rain in the fifth lunar month 　五月雨 samidare .

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17/06/2012

Hasedera, Hase-dera

The temple Hasedera in Sakurai Town was built in 686 and is known for its huge statue of Kannon Bosatsu　観音菩薩.

うかりける人をはつせの山おろしよ
はげしかれとは祈らぬものを

Ukari keru Hito o Hatsuse no Yamaoroshi yo
Hageshikare to wa Inoranu mono o

It was not for this
I prayed at the holy shrine:
That she would become
As pitiless and as cold
As the storms on Hase's hills.

74 - Minamoto no Toshiyori Ason 源俊頼朝臣
Hatsuse はつせ = Hase
Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Poems 小倉百人一首

. WKD : Temple Hasedera 長谷寺 .

. Matsuo Basho visiting Buddhist Temples .

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source :　Yamada Naokimi

春の夜や籠り人ゆかし堂の隅
haru no yo ya komorido yukashi doo no sumi

this spring night -
a person mysteriously in retreat
in the temple corner
Tr. Gabi Greve

spring night—
someone in retreat, so mysterious
in a corner of the temple
Tr. Barnhill

one evening in spring
in a corner of the Hall
a mysterious suppliant
Tr. Blyth

- - - - - Comment by Blyth
This haiku was composed at Hase, in Yamato, what is now Nara Prefecture, at the temple known as Hasedera, or Kwannon Do, or Chokokuji. In the Genji Monogatari and the Tsure-zuregusa we find frequent references to pilgrimages to this temple, especially by women to the Kwannon enshrined there.
One night Basho went to the temple to worship, and looking round saw in one corner of the great hall a man or woman kneeling there in supplication before the image of Kwannon. A few candles burning here and there, the hall is full of shadows. Outside, the cherry blossoms are falling through the darkness; here in the dusk, the silent, motionless form of the suppliant...

a night in springtime:
someone hides mysteriously
in a temple corner
Tr. Chilcott

Spring 1688, at Hase 初瀬 (Hatsuse)
The temple in Hase is known from the Tales of Genji (Genji Monogatari), where ladies of the court came to pray to Kannon to find a suitable lover.

. komorido 籠人 / 籠り人 person in a retreat .

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うかれける人や初瀬の山桜
ukare-keru hito ya Hatsuse no yama-zakura
ukarekeru hito ya Hatsuse no yamazakura

people wander around
among the mountain cherry blossoms
of Hase temple

Written in 寛文7年, Basho age 24
(The word order of Basho is different, according to the Japanese language.)

This hokku refers to the waka by Minamoto no Toshiyori, introduced above.
Basho replaced the yamaoroshi wind with the mountain cherry blossoms.

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二日にも　ぬかりはせじな　花の春
futsuka ni mo nukari haseji na hana no haru

on the second day
I won't fail:
flowering spring
Tr. Barnhill

Spring 1688

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Hoso Pass　細峠, on the road from Tafu Peak to Ryumon　竜門

雲雀より空にやすらふ峠哉
hibari yori sora ni yasurau tooge kana

higher than the lark
nesting there far in the sky,
Hoso mountain pass
Tr. Chilcott

higher than the lark
I rest in the sky
at this pass . . .
Tr. Gabi Greve

This hokku has the cut marker KANA at the end of line 3.
Basho has climbed quite high and was now resting, enjoying the chirping of the lark below him.
Written in 元禄一年 1688

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ほろほろと山吹散るか滝の音
. horo horo to yamabuki chiru ka taki no oto .
the sound of the waterfall

At the waterfall of Nijikoo no Taki 西河の滝 Nijiko no Taki.

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on the way to Yoshino

春雨の木下につたふ清水かな
harusame no koshita ni tsutau shimizu kana

spring rain
flowing down the tree:
the pure water spring
Tr. Barnhill

凍て解けて筆に汲み干す清水哉
ite tokete hitsu ni kumihosu shimizu kana

beginning to melt,
I soak it dry with my brush:
the pure water spring
Tr. Barnhill

This hokku has the cut marker KANA at the end of line 3.

another version, written in winter of 1687 貞亨4年

露凍てて筆に汲み干す清水かな
. tsuyu itete hitsu ni kumihosu shimizu kana .

dew is freezing
and with my brush I soak up
this pure water . . .
Tr. Gabi Greve

This hokku has the cut marker KANA at the end of line 3.

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Oi no Kobumi 笈の小文
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .

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. WKD : Temple Hasedera 長谷寺 .

. Cultural Keywords used by Basho .

. - KIGO used by Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - .

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12/06/2012

matsu - pine tree

source :　koushinetsu/niigata
松尾芭蕉も見た市振宿の海道の松 The Pine Basho might have seen at Ichiburi . . .

Oku no Hosomichi - - - - Station 34 - Ichiburi 市振 - - -
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .

土手の松花や木深き殿造り
. dote no matsu hana ya ko bukaki tono-zukuri .
(spring) cherry blossoms. pines on the embankment. stately mansion

辛崎の松は花より朧にて
. Karasaki no matsu wa hana yori oboro nite .
(spring) hazy cherry blossoms, pines of Karasaki 辛崎

金屏の松の古さよ冬籠り
. kinbyoo no matsu no furusa yo fuyugomori .
(winter) winter seclusion. golden folding screen. pine looks old

清滝や波に散り込む青葉松
. kiyotaki ya nami ni chirikomu aomatsuba .
(autumn) pine needles. Kiyotaki waterfall. scattering

この松の実生えせし代や神の秋
. kono matsu no mibae seshi yo ya kami no aki .
(autumn) autumn of the Gods. this pine.
at Kashima Shrine 鹿島神宮 Kashima Jingu

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- - - - - matsukaze, matsu kaze, shoofuu 松風 - まつかぜ wind in the pines - - - - -

This expression is already used in old poems of Japan.
It often alludes to the loneliness at a bay and puns on MATSU - to wait for someone.

Ariwara no Yukihira and the two brinewomen, Murasame and Matsukaze, in an 1886 woodblock print by Yoshitoshi.

Matsukaze (松風, Wind in the Pines)
is a Noh play of the third category by Kanami, revised by Zeami Motokiyo. One of the most highly-regarded of Noh plays, it is mentioned more than any other in Zeami's own writings, and is depicted numerous times in the visual arts.
. . . The name of the chief character, and title of the play, Matsukaze, bears a poetic double meaning. Though Matsu can mean "pine tree" (松), it can also mean "to wait" or "to pine" (待つ). Matsukaze pines for the return of her courtier love, like the woman of Akashi in the Genji, and like the woman in Zeami's play Izutsu.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !

松風の落葉か水の音涼し
matsukaze no ochiba ka mizu no oto suzushi

are needles falling
in the pine wind ?
the water's cool sound
Tr. Barnhill

are needles falling
as the wind blows through the pines ?
cool sound of water
Tr. Chilcott

Written around 貞亨元年, Basho age 41 to 51.
Maybe this was the text on a painting?

source :　itoyo/basho
memorial stone in the garden of the Nishimura family, Tsuruga 敦賀市新道、西村家

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松風や軒をめぐって秋暮れぬ
matsukaze ya noki o megutte aki kurenu

wind in the pines -
swirling round the eaves
as autumn ends
Tr. Barnhill

the wind in the pines -
swirling now around the eaves
as the autumn ends
Tr. Chilcott

Written on day 26 of the 9th lunar month, 1694 元禄7年９月26日.
Written on request of Chaya Shirozaemon 茶店四郎左衛門 / 大坂清水茶店　四郎右衛門
Basho was up at temple Kiyomizudera in Kyoto, enjoying some tea at the tea shop.

On the same day, Basho also wrote these two :

この道や行く人なしに秋の暮 - kono michi ya yuku hito nashi ni aki no kure
この秋は何で年寄る雲に鳥 - kono aki wa nande toshiyoru kumo ni tori

. WKD : . hatsu matsukaze 初松風 first wind in the pines .
kigo for the New Year

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松なれや霧えいさらえいと引くほどに
matsu nare ya / kiri ei sara ei to / hiku hodo ni

松島やああ松島や松島や
. Matsushima ya aa Matsushima ya Matushima ya .
- famous poem by 狂歌師田原坊 Tawara Bo, often attributed to Basho

松杉をほめてや風のかをる音　
. matsu sugi o homete ya kaze no kaoru oto .
- (matsusugi)
(summer) fragrant breeze, sound, pines. Shigure no Matsu 時雨の松
planted by Fujiwara no Sadaie

西行の草鞋もかかれ松の露
. Saigyoo no waraji mo kakare matsu no tsuyu .
(autumn) dew, remembering priest Saigyo　西行, straw sandals. pine

桜より松は二木を三月越し
sakura yori / matsu wa futaki o / mitsuki goshi

時雨をやもどかしがりて松の雪　
. shigure o ya modokashigarite matsu no yuki .
(winter) sleet. to be impatient. snow on the pines

しをらしき名や小松吹く萩薄
shiorashiki / na ya komatsu fuku / hagi susuki

僧朝顔幾死に返る法の松
. soo asagao ikushi ni kaeru nori no matsu .
(autumn) morning glories. monks. to die. Dharma pine
at temple Taimadera 当麻寺

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source :　itoyo/basho

涼しさや直に野松の枝の形
suzushisa ya sugu ni nomatsu no eda no nari

coolness -
naturally, the branches
of a wild pine
Tr. Barnhill

Written on day 11 of the 5th lunar month 1694 元禄7年5月11日.
At the home of Hirooka Sesshi 広岡雪芝 in Iga Ueno.
Basho is praising the beautiful pines in the garden of his host, even including part of his haikai name, Nomatsu 野松 Wild Pine.
Sesshi did not bent and cut them for any special effect but let them grow quite naturally. The pines had just been planted in the garden when Basho visited.

Hirooka Sesshi 広岡雪芝 (1670 - 1711)
（ - 正徳元年（1711）9月28日）
Sesshi was the owner of the Yamada Sake brewery in Iga Ueno.
His full name was 広岡七郎右衛門保俊.
His haikai name was Nomatsu An 野松庵 "Hut of the wild pine"

- - - - Poems by Sesshi

雀よりやすき姿や衣がへ　
伏見かと菜種の上の桃の花　
堀おこすつゝじの株や蟻のより
生醉をねぢすくめたる凉かな
折々や雨戸にさはる萩のこゑ
火燵より寝に行時は夜半哉　

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- - - - - matsutake　松茸 the "pine mushroom" - - - - -

. matsutake ya kabureta hodo wa matsu no nari .
(autumn), Matsutake mushroom. ragged. like a pine

. matsutake ya shiranu ko-no-ha no nebaritsuku .
(autumn), Matsutake mushroom. unknown leaf. sticking to it

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. WKD : matsu　松 the pine tree and its kigo .

. Cultural Keywords used by Basho .

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11/06/2012

Nijugoo kajoo 25 points

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- Nijugoo kajoo 二十五箇条 On Haikai: Twenty-Five Points -
芭蕉翁廿五箇条 - ばしょうおうにじゅうごかじょう〔バセウヲウニジフゴカデウ〕- 俳諧作法書
- - - also called
hakuba kyoo 白馬経 "Sutra of the White Horse"

This was published in 1726 by Kagami Shikoo 各務支考 Shiko
but is maybe a fake, since Basho introduced most of his teachings via Mukai Kyorai.

. Kagami Shikoo 各務支考 Kagami Shiko (1665 - 1731) .

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"Blossoms (hana) are the flowering (hana)
of the heart-mind of all the myriad things."

Flowers and Renku
Chris Drake

The following are regarded by renku poets as "true flowers/blossoms, 正花 (shooka)" although they are not what we ordinarily call flowers. This is because they express the basic life force that makes botanical flowers possible:

* Spring: hana-guruma, a cart carrying or decorated with flowers, also a blossom-viewing carriage; hana-gokoro, or flowers' heart-mind, that is, the heart/mind of blossoms, and also the heart/mind of humans when it blooms with creative, blossom-like thoughts and actions; hana-goromo, a blossom-robe, that is, a flowery or floral-design robe; hana-ikada, or flower raft, a dense area of fallen blossoms that remains floating on the surface of a body of water, etc.

* Summer: hana-midoo, or flower hall, a stand with a base, four pillars, and a small roof covered with flowers in which a statue of the baby Buddha is placed and displayed on his birthday; yoka, or late blossoms of certain cherries and other flowering trees and bushes; wakaba no hana or blossoms among new green leaves; hana-goza, a reed mat woven with a colored floral design in it; hana-goori, or ice with a flower frozen inside it, etc.

* Autumn: hanabi, 'fire flowers,' or fireworks (now mainly a summer word); hana-odori, or flower dance, that is, a dance done with flowers in your hat (also spring); hana-momiji, 'blossoms and colored leaves,' that is, the concept of beauty that includes both, and also colored leaves that are as beautiful as spring blossoms; hana-zumoo, or blossom sumo, that is, a special sumo match outside the regular schedule in which the wrestlers are rewarded only with gifts of flowers/blossoms, a metaphor for wrapped gifts of money from fans; hana-tooroo, or stone lantern towers that are decorated with flowers, etc.

* Winter: kaeri-bana, or flowers that bloom out of season during a winter warm spell; mochi-bana, or rice-cake flowers, that is, small, usually round brightly colored rice cakes placed on sticks or bush or tree limbs in early spring as a prayer for a good crop during the coming year, etc.

* Non-seasonal: hana-yome/-muko or flower bride/groom, that is, brides and grooms at the height of their attractiveness and fertility; hana-gatsuo, flower bonito, that is, broth containing pieces of dried bonito shaved as thinly as blossoms; hana-mushiro, flower mat, that is, a straw mat woven with a colored floral design in it; tsukuri-bana, or artificial flowers (often said to be loved by the gods); hana-nuri, or flower finish, a method of applying lacquer without polishing; hana-kairagi, or flower stingray skin, a method of decorating sword handles and sheaths; hana-gata, a) a flower design and b) a famous actor who is the "flower" of the kabuki troupe; tooka no hana, the flower-like tip of a lantern flame, etc.

* "False blossoms" that can be used as "true blossoms": hana no nami, waves of blossoms; hana no taki, a waterfall of blossoms, that is, a tree with many flowering branches hanging downward like a willow, and also: a falls as beautiful as falling petals or one with many petals floating in it at the bottom; hana no yuki, snow or blizzard of falling blossoms; cha no de-bana, first flower tea, that is, the delicious, fragrant tea made from the first fresh leaves of the year; ai no debana, the beautiful first dyeing of cloth using fresh, new indigo dye.

* There are also some borderline images, such as hi-bana, fire flowers, that is, sparks, that are often given as false blossoms that shouldn't be used.

To sum up, as Basho is quoted as saying in Nijuugo kajoo (二十五箇条), On Haikai: Twenty-Five Points,

"Blossoms (hana) are the flowering (hana)
of the heart-mind of all the myriad things."

So perhaps "true blossoms," both seasonal and non-seasonal, could be paraphrased as heart-mind blossoms as opposed to botanical blossoms.

. WKD : Flowers, blossoms and translating "hana" (花) .

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quote
《芭蕉翁二十五箇条夜話地》 - 芭蕉翁二十五箇条夜話

四句目軽き事
四句目ハ決前生後の句なれば。殊更大事の場也。只軽く軽くといふハ。発句脇第三までに骨折たる故と知るべし。只やり句するやうに云なしたれど。一巻の変化ハ此句よりはじまる故に万物一合とハ註したる也。
発句脇と合躰して脇に発句の余情を尽し。決定すれば第三に一転して。一物を又生ず。是を四句目よりして平句の附を初むれば。此句より一巻の変化の初めとなりて。爰に至て起請転合の合に当れば。万物一合とはあり。尤。合ハ万物の合とあれば。広くいはゞ名残の裏を合とも流ともいふべし。発句脇第三を天地人に比し。句の骨折も重き故其続キの跡なれば軽く付れば変化する也。依て変化の初めとなる事也。是則前にいへる甘淡酸辛の如しとあるところ也。四句目ハ第三よりうつりて。いまだ位の場なれば軽きにも次第ありて。昔より四句目ぶりといふものありて。
古人の句を塩梅し覚ゆべき也。

猿　蓑
灰汁桶の雫やミけりきりぎりす　　　　　　　凡兆
あぶらかすりて宵寐する秋　　　　　　　　翁 (Basho)
新畳敷ならしたる月かげに　　　　　　　　　野水
ならべて嬉し十のさかづき　　　　　　　　去来

炭　俵
兼好も莚織けり花ざかり　　　　　　　　　　嵐雪
あざみや苣に雀鮓もる　　　　　　　　　　利牛
片道ハ春の小坂のかたまりて　　　　　　　　野坡
外をさまさまに囲ふ角力場　　　　　　　　嵐雪

おなじく
秋の空尾上の杉に離れたり　　　　　　　　　其角
おくれて一羽海ワたる鷹　　　　　　　　　孤屋
朝霧に日傭揃る貝吹て　　　　　　　　　　　仝
月の隠るゝ四扉の門　　　　　　　　　　　其角

夕の哥
月見する座にうつくしき顔もなし　　　　　　翁 (Basho)
庭の柿の葉ミの虫になれ　　　　　　　　　尚白
火桶ぬる窓の手際を身にしめて　　　　　　　仝
別当殿の古き扶持米　　　　　　　　　　　翁 (Basho)

未来記
両の手に桃と桜や草の餅　　　　　　　　　　翁 (Basho)
翁に馴し蝶鳥の児　　　　　　　　　　　　嵐雪
野屋敷の火縄もゆるす陽炎に　　　　　　　　其角
山のあなたの鐘聞ゆ也　　　　　　　　　　翁 (Basho)

都て発句より四句目迄にかぎらず。あるひハ重く。或ハ軽く。或は安く。あるひハ六ヶ敷。其句。其時の変化を知べし。この掟ハ中品以下のためにして。中品以上の人とても此掟の所以をしらざれば。自己の俳諧のくらき人といふべし。
或ハ安く。或ハおもくとハ。前にもあるごとく前後の変化を見渡して。文に質に軽重厚薄と変化し。酸く甘く辛と新古を以して転変をこゝろにわするべからずとなり。一座に臨ミてハ人の句も我句なり。我句も人の句也。只一巻を大切に思ひて自己の手柄のミせんとすべからず。然る時はおのづから前後の変化も明らかに見ゆることなりとぞ。
source : ep.sci.hokudai.ac.jp

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. Cultural Keywords used by Basho .

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Onomatopoetic expressions

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Places visited

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- Basho travelling in Japan -

Basho visited many famous places and
sometimes used the name of them in the haiku itself.

quote
- Respecting the Land
Basho wrote poetic greetings not only to people but also to the spirit of the land as well as to rocks, trees, mountains and other natural objects.
. . . . . the Master said:
"When you enter a large province or compose a poem on it, you must understand that province."
. . . verse about Mount Fuji. Unless the mountain is resented on this scale, Mount Fuji becomes just another mountain.
... A greeting to the land may focus on the local products.
... Greetings to the spirit of the land often employed complex wordplay, homophones, and associative words, which interwove the place-name into the physical description ...
- Shirane, Traces of Dreams, page 177
source : books.google.co.jp

. Poetic Traveling with Matsuo Basho .
Basho the fuuraboo　風羅坊 Furabo, "wind-gauze-priest"

utamakura 歌枕 "pillow word" place names used in Poetry

sazsanami　細波 pillow word for Biwako　琵琶湖　Lake Biwa