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12/28/2015

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Various Topics about Japan

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.....................　Buddhist Ritual Implements

Ritual Decorations (shoogongu) 荘厳具　including:
Banner (ban) 幡
Canopy (tengai) 天蓋
Flower Garlands (keman) 華鬘

"Dragon wheel, dragon vehicle" ryuusha, ryusha 竜車, 竜舎 The top of a pagoda, soorin 相輪

Food Offerings and Bowls　 (onjiki kuyoo 飲食供養) onjiki ki 飲食器
Begging Bowls, Bettelschale

Kanshitsu 乾漆 dry laquer technique Trockenlack verfahren

Sutra, Sutras, Buddhist scriptures (kyoo, o-kyoo お経) Japan
Hanya Shingyo 般若心経　Heart Sutra　and more

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Ama 尼　Buddhist Nun

Apsaras, Heavenly Maidens (tennyo 天女)

Butsuzoo ... 仏像... Introducing Japanese Deities
Byakudo 白道 The White Path to the Western Paradise

Daily Life in Edo and later Humanity Saijiki

Dantsu 段通／緞通 Japanese carpets

Dengakumai, dengaku mai 田楽舞 dance and food

Dogu (doguu 土偶) clay figurines of the Jomon period

Doosojin, the Roadside Deities 道祖神　(Dosojin)

EDO - Edo shigusa 江戸しぐさ manners of Edo 江戸思草　

Kotowaza　ことわざ Proverbs and Sayings

Festivals, Ceremonies, Rituals SAIJIKI

Fishing Methods in Japan

Food and Drink in Japan ... WASHOKU SAIJIKI

History of Buddha Statues in Japan 仏像の歴史

Kanban kenchiku 看板建築 billboard architecture
signboard architecture

Kannabi, a place of the Gods 神奈備

Kigo ... 季語 ... Introducing THINGS JAPANESE !
..... Haiku and Things Japanese !

Kimigayo 君が代 the national anthem

Kubizuka, mounds for a severed head 首塚

Kurofune 黒船 Black Ships and a kyoka poem

Making Buddha Statues　仏像作りBasic Information
Mamori, O-Mamori, Amulettes and Talismans お守り
Maniguruma, Prayer Wheels マニ車,摩尼車. Jizoguruma 地蔵車
Mudra ... the gestures and positions of the hands ... mudra of preaching the Dharma (dharma-cakra-pravartana). Mit Deutschem Text.
Muenbotoke ... 無縁仏 ... Graves of unknown pilgrims

Nyoi Hooju, Wishfulfilling Jewel 如意宝珠, mani hooju 摩尼宝珠

Place Names 歌枕 .. Uta Makura .. used in Haiku
Pilgrims : Shikoku Summer 2005 Our own Haiku Pilgrimage　四国の遍路

Ranma 欄間 transom durchbrochene Zierleiste

Rokudo (Rokudoo) 六道... The Six Realms of Existence. Also GAKI 餓鬼, the Hungry Ghosts

Ryu, Ryuu .. 龍　竜 ... Dragon Art of Asia

A gallery of its own in 2012 - year of the dragon

. Sanbasoo　三番叟 Sanbaso Dancer .
Shuuban 宗判 temple stamps of identification
Storehouse, warehouse (kura　蔵, dozoo　土蔵)
Suijin, God of Water 水神

Tainai Butsu 胎内佛, 胎内仏Small Statues inside a statue.
..... offerings inside a statue, zoonai noonyuuhin 像内納入品
Tamanokoshi 玉の輿お守り talismans Imamiya Shrine, Kyoto
Taoism ...
Daoist Hell, Taoist Hell concepts
Teien, tei-en .. 日本の庭園 Japanese Gardens

Uchishiki ... 打敷 Altar Cloth with Dragon Design
Utasebune 打瀬船 fishing boats for shrimp

Yatagarasu, yata-garasu 八咫烏 "Three-legged crow"
legendary eight-span crow)

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... ... ... Daruma Temples

Famous Daruma Temples ... an overview

Daruma-Dera in Nishi-Izu 西伊豆の達磨寺
Hoorin-Ji Temple in Kyoto 法輪寺

Jindai-Ji Temple in Mitaka, Tokyo 深大寺 and the Ajikan meditation, Sanskrit letters
and "Ganzan Daishi" 元三大師.

Katsuo-Ji 勝尾寺　Osaka, Mino
Kozenji .. BIG Daruma Temple Koozen-Ji 興禅寺, Wakayama
Shoorin-Zan, Daruma-Ji Takasaki. Shorinzan

and the temple with the GRAVE OF DARUMA in Japan

Daruma-Ji at Kataoka　片岡

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Things of interest in Japanese culture ... a long LIST

The Old Tea Road from Yunnan to Lhasa
茶馬古道（ちゃばこどう).. Chaba Kodo

Japanese PLACE NAMES ... used in Haiku

Japanese TEMPLE and SHRINE NAMES ... used in Haiku

. Museums, Collections, Exhibitions .

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from my Paradise Publishers:
with full text online

. Buddhistische Kultgegenstände Japans .
(Buddhist Ritual and Ceremonial Tools)
butsugu　仏具, hoogu　法具
ISBN 4-938864-05-3

. Buddhastatuen ... Who is Who .
Ein Wegweiser zur Ikonografie
von japanischen Buddhastatuen
ISBN 4-938864-01-0

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- Places - LIST .

- Museums - Galleries - LIST

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Museums, Collections, Galleries, Exhibitions

日本の博物館

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Research Access in Japanese Museums, Libraries, and Archives (MLAs)
Browse by Region
source : guides.nccjapan.org

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Amamonzeki - A Hidden Heritage:
Treasures of the Japanese Imperial Convents
尼門跡寺院の世界 April 2009

Arts and Crafts Museum
MUSEUM OF JAPANESE TRADITIONAL ART CRAFTS
http://www.nihon-kogeikai.com/index-E.html

Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art
http://www.asahibeer-oyamazaki.com/english/l

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
http://www.asianart.org/

Azuchi Castle Archaeological Museum - Shiga
滋賀県立安土城考古博物館
http://www.azuchi-museum.or.jp/
昇る！昇れ！！昇るとき－日輪と龍のメッセージ－
exhibition of sun and rising dragon

Bachmann Eckstein Gallery - Basel
http://www.bachmanneckenstein.com/

Baur Collection - Switzerland
http://fondation-baur.ch/en/home

Bhutan, February 2008
The Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan

Bonhams - Fine Japanese Art
http://www.bonhams.com/

Cernuschi Museum Paris - Le musee Cernuschi
http://www.cernuschi.paris.fr/fr/le-musee

Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture
15770 Tenth Avenue Hanford, CA 93230. USA
http://www.ccjac.org/index.html
Wrathful Deities and Compassionate Bodhisattvas

Denver Art Museum
http://denverartmuseum.org/

Donald Keene Center - Columbia University
Monthly lectures about Japanese Culture
http://www.keenecenter.org/content/view/131/144/

Eisei Bunko Museum

Erik Thomsen Asian Art - New York
http://www.erikthomsen.com/

Flying Cranes Antiques - New York
http://www.flyingcranesantiques.com/home.html

Folk Craft Museum Tottori
http://yokoso.pref.tottori.jp/dd.aspx?menuid=2096

Freer - Sackler Collection - the Arts of Japan
The Arthur M. Sackler and Freer Gallery of Art
Washington DC
source : www.asia.si.edu/

Fukui City History Museum 福井市立郷土歴史博物館
http://www.history.museum.city.fukui.fukui.jp/

"Garo Manga, 1964-1973"
GARO MAGAZINE EXHIBIT IN NEW YORK ガロ　漫画

Guiseppe Piva, Milano Italy. antiquariato giapponese.
http://www.giuseppepiva.com/

Guimet, Musée National des Arts Aziatiques, Paris France
http://www.guimet.fr/fr/
http://www.guimet.fr/sites/SHO1/presentation.html

Hanshan Tang Books - London
http://www.hanshan.com/

Harvard Library - East Asian Art
- source : guides.library.harvard.edu

Hiroshi Yanagi Oriental Art - Kyoto
http://www.h-yanagi.com/index.html

Honda Zohinkan Museum 藩老本多蔵品館
http://www.honda-museum.jp/
http://www.honda-museum.jp/english/English1.html

Hyogo Prefectural Museum of History 兵庫県立歴史博物館
http://www.hyogo-c.ed.jp/~rekihaku-bo/english/about.html

Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art 石川県立美術館
http://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp/index_j.html
http://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp/english/index.html

Izzard, Sebastian Izzard Asian Art - New York
http://www.izzardasianart.com/

Japanese American National Museum
JANM. Americans of Japanese ancestry.
http://janmstore.com/tsuru.html

Japanese Art Dealers Association JADA
http://www.jada-ny.org/about.html

Japanese Art Society of America JASA
http://www.japaneseartsoc.org/

Joan B Mirviss Gallery - New York
http://www.mirviss.com/news/

Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (K*MoPA)
http://www.kmopa.com/index_e.htm

Koryo Museum of Art 高麗美術館
Korean Art, Kyoto

Kyoto National Museum - English and Japanese
http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/index_top.html

Lempertz - Cologne Germany
http://www.lempertz.com/

. Manyo'an Collection of Japanese Art .
the Gitter-Yelen Foundation - Manyoan
http://www.manyoancollection.org/

Metropolitan Museum of Art -New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/visit

Miho Museum - near Shgaraki, Japan
http://www.miho.or.jp/english/index.htm

Mika Gallery Manhattan
http://www.mikagallery.com/

Mingei Arts Gallery - Paris
http://www.mingei-arts-gallery.com/

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
http://www.artsmia.org/
.... EDO POP: THE GRAPHIC IMPACT OF JAPANESE PRINTS .

Mori Arts Center Gallery
52F Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
http://kuniyoshi.exhn.jp/english.html

Morikami Museum and gardens . . . Florida
source : www.morikami.org

Museum für Lackkunst - BASF - Japanese lacquer art
48143 Münster Deutschland
http://www.museum-fuer-lackkunst.de/japan_en.htm

Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln
The Heart of Enlightenment
Buddhist Art in China, October 2009

Museum of Folk Craft - Kurashiki, Okayama
http://iwe.kusa.ac.jp/FOLK/fork_guide.html

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, SHIGA 滋賀県立近代美術館
http://www.shiga-kinbi.jp/?p=15947

Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts 　名古屋ボストン美術館

Nameless Media and Productions Theatre, Nagoya
http://www.nmptheatre.com/

Namikawa Yasuyuki
Laquer artist - Victoria and Albert Museum Collection
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/name/namikawa-yasuyuki/451/

Nara National Museum -with many seasonal exhibitions
http://www.narahaku.go.jp/english/index_e.html

National Museum of Japanese History
国立歴史民族博物館
National History Folk Museum - Chiba
〒285-8502 千葉県佐倉市城内町 117
http://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/

Neiraku Art Museum 寧楽美術館　 Nara and Isui-En Park 　依水園
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Newark Museum - New Jersey, USA

Nezu Institute of Fine Arts 根津美術館 Tokyo

Nihon Mingeikan - The Japan Folk Crafts Museum
http://www.mingeikan.or.jp/english/

North Carolina Japan Center, USA
http://www.ncsu.edu/ncjapancenter/

October Gallery, London, England
about : Japan

Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen - Museum Weltkulturen
Mannheim, Germany - 150 Jahre deutsch-japanische Beziehungen
http://www.rem-mannheim.de/veranstaltungen/aktueller-monat.html

Ross Walker Collection - Ukiyo-e and Shin Hanga
http://www.ohmigallery.com/index.htm

Sagawa Art Museum

Saitama Craft Center 埼玉伝統工芸館
http://saitamacraft.com/
..... English introduction
http://www.town.ogawa.saitama.jp/english/kankou/e-dkougei.html

SHANGHAI
Exhibition at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Feb. 12 till Sept. 5, 2010

Scholten Japanese Art Exhibition, March 2010
Sacred Symbols in Profane Japan

Sieboldhuis Leiden Holland -Japanese and French
http://www.sieboldhuis.org/en/

Sue Sarasa Museum 寿恵更紗ミュージアム Kyoto

Suntory Museum of Art
おもてなしの美 Arts for Japanese Hospitality, Spring 2010

Todaiji Temple Exhibition, Nara
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20111012a7.html

Tokyo National Museum
Shaping Faith ― Japanese Ichiboku Buddhist Statues, November 2006

Tokyo Chuo Auction 東京中央オークション
http://www.chuo-auction.co.jp/jp/default.html

Victoria and Albert Museum - England
Japan Collection
http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/j/japan/

Virtual Museum of Japanese Art -Fine Arts and Crafts
http://web-japan.org/museum/menu.html

Wereldmusuem Rotterdam
ritual objects associated with Japan's esoteric Shingon and Tendai Buddhism
http://www.wereldmuseum.com/exhibitions/the-collection.aspx

Yamatane Museum of Art 山種美術館　
specializes in Nihonga, opened in July of 1966 in the Kabutocho neighborhood of Nihonbashi, Tokyo
http://www.yamatane-museum.jp/english/
輝ける金と銀―琳派から加山又造まで - Exhibition in October 2014
. “Gold and Silver:
All That Glitters in Japanese Art, From the Rimpa School to Kayama Matazo” .

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2/20/2013

Saiganji Temple

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Temple Saiganji 西岸寺

Saiganji Temple was founded in 1590 by the monk Unkai　雲海上人.
It belongs to the Jodo sect. Lit. "the Western Shore", the Paradise in the West.

It is better known as Aburakake Jizo.
Aburakake san 油懸山（あぶらかけざん）
One's prayers would be answered if one poured oil over the statue.

898 Shimo-aburakake-cho Fushimi-ku
Close to the shrine Gokoo no miya jinja 御香宮神社 Gokonomiya Jinja
at Fushimi Momoyama 伏見桃山にある神社, a shrine built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to protect the his castle in Fushimi.

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Aburakake Jizō 油懸地蔵
Greasy Jizō or Oil-Covered Jizō. There are various manifestations.
Today, at Saiganji Temple 西岸寺 (a Jodō sect temple) in Kyoto's Fushimi 伏見 district, there is an Aburakake Jizō reportedly dated to the Kamakura period. In olden days, Fushimi was a hub of commerce and trade.

"Inbound cargo was unloaded on the wharves at Chūshōjima, then carried by porters another two kilometers into Kyoto.
One day, an oil vendor from Yamazaki (a place to the southwest of Kyoto known for its sesame oil) was making his way down Aburakake Dōri [lit. = oil-covered street] when he tripped and fell, spilling his precious load. He scooped up what was left and offered it to this wayside Jizō. Thereafter he prospered, and as word spread of his good fortune, others came to pray for success.
When they achieved it, they gave thanks by pouring a little bit of oil over the image.
Today shopkeepers and businessmen continue the tradition of pouring oil over the glistening 1.7-meter-high image, and offerings of ten-liter cans of oil are stacked inside the hall."
Judith Clancy
source : Mark Schumacher

秋の暮辻の地蔵に油さす
aki no kure tsuji no Jizoo ni abura sasu

autumn dusk -
I pour some oil on the Jizo
at the crossroad

- - - - - and one more about Jizo

短夜や化けそこなひし地蔵尊
mijikayo ya bakesokonaishi Jizoo son

. WKD : Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .

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Saiganji Ninkoo 西岸寺任口 Saiganji Ninko
(1606 - 1686)
Ninkoo Shoonin 任口上人 Ninko Shonin, Saint Ninko

He was the third head priest at this temple during the time of Matsuo Basho, and he was also a famous haikai poet. His teacher was Matsue Shigeyori 松江重頼.
Basho, Ihara Saikaku 井原西鶴 and other haikai poets came to his temple to enjoy a poetry meeting.
He died in 貞享 3年4月13日, age 81, just one year after Basho had visited him.

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H A I K U

わが衣に伏見の桃の雫せよ
我が衣に伏見の桃の雫せよ
わがきぬにふしみの桃の雫せよ
waga kinu ni Fushimi no momo no shizuku seyo

on my robes
let there fall dewdrops from the peach blossoms
of Fushimi

A greeting hokku to his host Ninko.

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

Priest Ninko lived to a healthy 81 and kept pouring his Buddhist teachings and preachings like drops of refreshing dew on his followers.

Fushimi no momo refers to the famous trees planted there, giving Fushimi the name of "Momoyama 桃山" peach mountain.

Nozarashi Kiko 野ざらし紀行, Basho age 42
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .

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source :　grandeamore.blog

A box with sweets for the Hina Doll Festisval (Peach Blossom Festival).
The wrapper shows the hokku of Basho.

. Haiku Sweets (haika 俳菓) .

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Momo no Shizuku　桃の雫　peach dew

Some drinks with this hokku . . .
CLICK on the image for more samples.

. Local Rice Wine (jizake 地酒) .

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source : I.HATADA

. Jizo Bosatsu (Kshitigarbha) 地蔵菩薩 .

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Fushimi is famous for the Fox shrine
. Fushimi Inari Taisha 伏見稲荷大社 .

Fushimi Castle (伏見城 Fushimi-jō), also known as
Momoyama Castle (桃山城 Momoyama-jō)
MORE - wikipedia

The Azuchi-Momoyama period (安土桃山時代 Azuchi-Momoyama jidai)
about 1573 to 1603
MORE - wikipedia

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Aburakake Jizō 油掛け地蔵
Jizo to pour oil over the body

source : facebook

at Daikakuji 大覚寺 Daikaku-Ji in Saga 嵯峨, Kyoto

source :　Akiko on facebook

密蔵院 Mitsuzo-In
兵庫県明石市 3-8 Funagecho, Akashi, Hyogo

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abura Jizoo 油地蔵 Abura Jizo
at temple 東光寺 Toko-Ji / 壽福山
勝央町 Sho-o Cho, Okayama
花崗岩の上部を舟形におとし佛像を刻んでいる。
- source and more photos : e-tsuyama.com ...-

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. Festivals, Ceremonies, Rituals - SAIJIKI .

. Clay Dolls from Fushimi - 伏見土人形 .　

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1/26/2013

Musashino Plain

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Musashino Plain 武蔵野

The Kantō Plain (関東平野 Kantō heiya）
is the largest plain in Japan located in the Kanto Region of central Honshū. The total area 17,000 km2 covers more than half of the Region extending over Tokyo, Saitama Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, and Tochigi Prefecture.

A collection of plateaus constitute a large part of the plain. Among them are the Ōmiya, Musashino, Sagamino, and Jōsō Plateaus. These large plateaus are divided into smaller ones by shallow river valleys. One of the common features of the plateaus is that their surfaces are covered with a thick layer of loam of volcanic origin. Volcanic ashes from surrounding volcanoes, Mounts Asama, Haruna, and Akagi to the north and Mounts Hakone and Fuji to the south, are thought to have been deposited on these plateaus.

Among the plateaus, the Musashino Plateau has the largest stretch of land, extending from the western edge of Ōme to the eastern edge of Yamanote which borders alluvial plains of the Arakawa and Sumida Rivers. Its elevation gradually declines from west to east, measuring 190 m at Ōme and 20 m at Yamanote.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !

source :　www.city.fujimino.saitama.jp
Musashino in the Edo period 武蔵野図

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MUSASHINO
Coppice Woods And Sustainable Recycling Agriculture
From west to northwest of Tokyo spreads a vast plateau-like plain called Musashino Uplands. Today the plain has altered to an ever sprawing suburban residential area so that its potential nature is not clearly observable. The uplands are a part of Kanto Plain, but a little higher than lower alluvial plain, so their natural enviroinment exhibits a rather different look from the typical farm villages with rice paddies.

Musashino is a tableland where no waters are found, not even a tiny stream. You might be surprised since Japan is a water-rich country. But not here. Rain falls, of course, but it will be completely absorbed in the earth and no trace will be left. People were forced to make great effort to make living in the old days. Actually people did not live here until about 300 years ago; unimaginable from today's crowded condition.

Well-Known Coppice Woods
What made Muasashino region well-known were its coppice woods called zokibayashi. In Meiji period (about 100 years ago), writers found beauty in this deciduous woods. They praised its tranquility, especially in the winter, when leaves have fallen and they could ramble freely through the woods.

Musashino's coppice woods are fun to walk through. First because unlike woods in other parts of Japan, they are completely flat. You do not need to gasp on slopes nor sweat heavily. Second, their floors were scrupusously swept, so the ground was smooth and easy to walk. Third, the area's population was scarce in the old days, and the inside the woods it should have been very nice and tranquil.
source : shizen/natureguide

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. Fuchuu matsuri 府中祭 Fuchu Festival .
kigo for early summer

May 5 at the shrine Ookunitama 大国魂神社 Okunitama Jinja
3-1,Miya-Machi,Fuchu-Shi,Tokyo

This used to be the main shrine of the Musashino plain and six regional shrines have their representative shrine halls there too.

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武蔵野やさはるものなき君が笠
Musashino ya sawaru mono naki kimi ga kasa

the Musashino plain -
nothing to interfere now
with your traveler's hat
Tr. Gabi Greve

Written after 貞亨元年, Basho age 41 or older

Basho was seeing off Toosan トウ山, a disciple from Ogaki, Gifu.
岐阜大垣. He was on his way back to Ogaki and Basho write this hokku for him.
The name of the disciple was maybe Toosan 塔山 Tosan.
Now in late autumn, his friend will have a pleasant journey back home.
sawaru can be written with two Chinese characters,
「触る- touch 」 or 「障る - hinder」, with a slightly different touch to the meaning.

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武蔵野や一寸ほどな鹿の声
Musashino ya issun hodo na shika no koe

Musashino plain -
a deer's call reaches only
about one sun
Tr. Gabi Greve

Written in 延宝3年, Basho age 32
In the vastness of Musashino plain, even the voice of a deer is very small and does not carry far.

issun 一寸 about 3 cm

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Genjuan no ki 幻住庵記
The Hut of the Phantom Dwelling

Spring is over, but I can tell it hasn't been gone for long. Azaleas continue in bloom, wild wisteria hangs from the pine trees, and a cuckoo now and then passes by. I even have greetings from the jays, and woodpeckers that peck at things, though I don't really mind-in fact, I rather enjoy them. I feel as though my spirit had raced off to China to view the scenery in Wu or Chu, or as though I were standing beside the lovely Xiao and Xiang rivers or Lake Dongting. The mountain rises behind me to the southwest and the nearest houses are a good distance away.

Fragrant southern breezes blow down from the mountain tops, and north winds, dampened by the lake, are cool. I have Mount Hie and the tall peak of Hira, and this side of them the pines of Karasaki veiled in mist, as well as a castle, a bridge, and boats fishing on the lake. I hear the voice of the woodsman making his way to Mount Kasatori, and the songs of the seedling planters in the little rice paddies at the foot of the hill.

Fireflies weave through the air in the dusk of evening, clapper rails tap out their notes-there's surely no lack of beautiful scenes. Among them is Mikamiyama, which is shaped rather like Mount Fuji
and reminds me of my old house in Musashino,
while Mount Tanakami sets me to counting all the poets of ancient times who are associated with it. Other mountains include Bamboo Grass Crest, Thousand Yard Summit, and Skirt Waist. There's Black Ford village, where the foliage is so dense and dark, and the men who tend their fish weirs, looking exactly as they're described in the Man'yoshu.

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月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

武蔵野や犬のこうかも月さして
Musashino ya inu no kouka mo tsuki sashite

Not a dog-shit not stabbed
by a moonbeam
on Musashi plain
Tr. Robin D. Gill

むさしのに住居合せて秋の月
Musashino ni sumai-awasete aki no tsuki

on Musashino plain
all the homes are connected -
autumn moon

. Kobayashi Issa 　小林一茶 .

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山は暮れて野は黄昏の薄かな
yama wa kurete no wa tasogare no susuki kana

Mountains have darkened,
and the field, in a twilight
with pampas grass!
Tr. Sawa/ Shiffert

. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .

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Musashino no tori kuru matsu no shin mugen

birds of Musashino plain
coming to the pine candles -
infinity

. Hasegawa Kanajo 長谷川かな女 .

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武蔵野や桜紅葉に夜の雨
Musashino ya sakura momiji ni yoru no ame

Musashino Plain -
red leaves of cherries
in evening rain
Tr. Gabi Greve

bobona ぽぽな

. Red autumn leaves, red leaves (momiji) .

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Iosaki, Iozaki

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Iozaki, Iosaki 庵崎

Iozaki
a gourmet restaurant in Edo, near Akiba shrine.
They were famous for a tank (ikesu) for the fish, to serve fresh sashimi at any time.

秋葉社門前（庵崎いおざき）
生簀をしつらえた鯉料理店料理茶屋

source : onihei.cocolog-nifty.com

. Akibagongen 秋葉権現 .

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- Kobayashi Issa -

庵崎の犬と仲よいちどり哉
Iosaki no inu to nakayoi chidori kana

the plovers
are good friends with
the dogs of Iosaki
Tr. Chris Drake

This hokku was written in the 11th month (December) of 1811, when Issa was in Edo and the area just east of Edo. Iosaki was an area of houses and farms on the outskirts of Edo, near the large Sumida River. A nearly contemporary picture shows a couple of streams flowing through the area that presumably flow into the Sumida, and the plovers must be from the river, making short trips to Iosaki.
Issa seems to wonder if the main reason they visit is to play around with the friendly dogs there. Plovers tend to fly in flocks, so perhaps they feel safe flying and hopping near the dogs.

Chris Drake

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Uozaki 魚崎（うおざき）"the cape of fish"
Kobe, Higashi Nada ku 神戸市東灘区

... 豊漁を祈願して「五百崎」を同音の「魚崎」に改めたという話 ...
source : kimmy_v-kobe

Jingu Kogo passed here on her war with Korea. More than 500 ships were anchored in the bay.
So the place name was changed (this is a pun in Japanese) with 500
五百崎（いおざき）"the cape of the five hundred"

Another legend has this:
Suddenly there were no more fish at the cape for the fishermen to catch.
Therefore they asked the lord to change the name to "Five Hundred" for a better catch ... and it worked in their favor.

IO (500) sounds very close to UO (fish)

魚崎八幡神社 Uozaki Hachiman Shrine

. Empress Jingu Kogo 神功皇后 .
AD 170 - 269, Regent from 201 - 269

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H A I K U

- - - - - Kobayashi Issa
Tr. David Lanoue

Iosaki is a coastal city located 27 miles west of Kobe.

庵崎の犬と仲よいちどり哉
Iosaki no inu to nakayoi chidori kana

on friendly terms
with the dog of Iosaki...
a plover

五百崎や鍋の中でも鳴千鳥
iosaki ya nabe no naka demo naku chidori

Iosaki--
in a kettle a plover
singing

五百崎や庇の上になく蛙
iosaki ya hisashi no ue ni naku kawazu

Iosaki--
on top of the eaves
a croaking frog

. WKD : Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 .

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12/28/2012

Irumagawa River

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Irumagawa 入間川 River Iruma

This river is located in the Saitama prefecture　埼玉県.

The town of Iruma along the river was famous as a market and post-station town in the Edo period.

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A performance of Kyogen 　狂言

"Iruma-gawa - The Iruma River"
"Shuron - A Religious argument"

A daimyo lord who had lived in exile in Kyoto for a long time comes home to his Eastern Country, accompanied by Taro Kaja 太郎冠者, a well-loved Kyogen figure. Anyway, the two reach the river Irumagawa, but the daimyo does not remember where the shallows to cross are. He asks a man on the other side, who tells him to go further upstream.
BUT for some reason, the daimyo begins to wade into the river right here and now, getting into deep water.
When poeple of this region give directions, they sometimes talk in riddles, confirming something by denying it.
source : arttowermito.or.jp

Irumagawa - a modern Kyogen Musical

. WKD - kyoogen　狂言 Kyogen .

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H A I K U

. WKD : Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶) .

わか竹や山はかくれて入間川
wakatake ya yama wa kakurete Iruma-gawa

young bamboos --
mountains hidden, nothing
but the Iruma River
Tr. Chris Drake

This hokku is from the middle or end of the 4th month (May) in 1814. A few days earlier, on 4/11, Issa got married to his first wife, Kiku, and he was in or around his hometown during this month. The Iruma River runs just northwest of Edo (now Tokyo) and was far from Issa's hometown, so this hokku must be based on a memory of something Issa saw when he was traveling around the Edo area in earlier years. Perhaps Issa is using a memory of vigorous new bamboos by the river to write about his new life with his wife.

In the hokku the year's new bamboos have grown tall and have put out leaves by the end of the 4th lunar month (late May), making existing groves thicker and denser. The Iruma River begins in mountains and runs though a plain with low mountains visible to the west in what is now Saitama Prefecture. Many mountains are visible from the river throughout its whole 23-km. length.

When Issa visited the Iruma River, the new bamboos must have become so tall and extensive, enlarging existing groves and creating new groves along the river where he stood, that the mountains were no longer visible. Space must have seemed more intimate, and the river dominated the landscape. With mountains no longer looking down on the river, the dynamic new bamboos have rather suddenly created a new riverscape. The words "nothing but" aren't in the hokku, but they seem to be implied.

Chris Drake

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12/25/2012

Ibukiyama, Mount Ibuki

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Mount Ibuki 伊吹山

Mount Ibuki (伊吹山, Ibuki-yama)
is a 1,377 m (4,518 ft) high mountain, on the border of Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, and Ibigawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, and is also included on the lists of the 100 Kinki Mountains the 50 Shiga Mountains. Mount Ibuki is the highest mountain in Shiga Prefecture.

Mount Ibuki is the highest peak in the Ibuki Mountains, which stretch from north to south along the border of Shiga Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture. Located at the southern end of the mountain chain with the Suzuka Mountains not to far to the south, a small plain at the foot of this mountain became one of the most important strategic points throughout Japanese history.
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51 - Fujiwara no Sanekata Ason 藤原実方朝臣
Ibuki いぶき - Mount Ibuki 伊吹山, Shiga

かくとだに
えやはいぶきの
さしも草
さしも知らじな
燃ゆる思ひを

When I must hide
these burning feelings,
I feel as though
my body is on fire
with Ibuki mugwort.

MORE
source : onethousandsummers.blogspot.jp

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小倉百人一首 .

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H A I K U

折々に伊吹を見ては冬籠り
. ori ori ni / Ibuki o mite wa / fuyu-gomori .
winter seclusion

そのままよ月もたのまじ伊吹山
sono mama yo / tsuki mo tanomaji / Ibuki-yama

just as it is
without depending on the moon
Ibuki Mountain
Tr. Reichhold

歩行ならば杖突坂を落馬哉
. kachi naraba Tsuetsuki-zaka o rakuba kana .
(no season word). if I had walked. the slope Tsuetsukizaka. I fell from my horse
The Pass Tsuetsukizaka near Mount Ibuki

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Ojo-Ji Temple

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Oojooji 往生寺 Temple Ojo-Ji

The temple houses a statue of "Namikiri Fuko" 波切不動
carved by Kobo Daishi Kukai.

The huge bronze bell in the compound is called
yuuyake no kane 夕焼けの鐘 "The bell of Sunset".
It is said to be the model for the famous song of
Yuuyake koyake 夕焼小焼.
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In the back garden of the temple is the grave of Saint Karukaya.

Another building in the temple compound is the
Karukaya doo かるかや堂 / 刈萱堂 Karukaya Hall.

In memory of the legendary figures of
Saint Karukaya 刈萱上人 - 等阿法師
and his son Ishidoomaru 石堂丸 Ishidomaru

〒380-0867 長野県長野市西長野往生地１３３４
source : jodo.jp

quote
The story of Karukaya
... Ishidomaru returns to Mount Koya to study under Karukaya. A few yeas later Karukaya, after seeing the Amida Buddha at Zenkoji in a dream, moves to Zenkoji, Nagano.
When Ishidomaru later learns, also in a dream ... that his teacher was no other than his father, he moves to Zenkoji.
Posthumously Karukaya and Ishidomaru became exalted as the father and son Jizo Bodhisattvas.
The pietistic layman Karukaya represents the Koya-hijiri (Holy Man of Koya) who advocated the holy order of the Mount Koya Shingon school.

Ikumi Kaminishi
source : books.google.co.jp

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Karukayado Hall
Long ago, Karukaya Doshin and Ishido-maru
studied and trained in this hall for 40 years. Jizo-statues of father and the son are enshrined inside the hall. The story of Karukaya Doshin and Ishido-maru was carved and placed on the wall. The story is that Ishido-maru started on a journey with his mother to meet his father, then a monk named Karukaya Doshin. They made it all the way to Koyasan, but his mother was not allowed to enter because of the strict rule that prohibited women from entering Koyasan. So Ishido-maru took his mother to an inn in Kamuro and went back to Koyasan by himself.
While waiting for Ishido-maru to return, his mother became very sick and died. Unknown to Ishido-maru at the time, his mother's death had made him an orphan. Ishido-maru continued walking toward Koyasan to meet his father. Once he arrived in Koyasan, his father would not admit that Ishido-maru was his own son. However, they understood each other and had begun to train and practice together in Koyasan. This sad story of Karukaya Doshin and Ishido-maru is one of the more famous legends about Koyasan.
source : www.koyasan.net

Karukaya Noh Play

source :　www.artic.edu/aic

Tsukioka Kogyo (1869-1927)
from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898

A well-loved theme in Noh and Kabuki

苅萱桑門筑紫 Karukaya Doshin Tsukushi no Iezuto

- Reference Karukaya Noh

石童丸人形 Ishidomaru Dolls

. Dolls from Nagano .

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. Zenkooji 善光寺 Zenko-Ji .
Nagano

. Namu Amida Butsu 南無阿弥陀仏 Amida Prayer .

for a safe passage to the Amida Paradise in the West after death
Gokuraku oojoo 極楽往生　gokuraku-ojo　

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H A I K U

. - - - - - Kobayashi Issa　小林一茶 - - - - - .

散花や長々し日も往生寺
chiru hana ya naga-nagashi hi mo ôjôji (oojooji)

cherry blossoms scatter
on a long, long day...
Ojo Temple

The name of the temple is significant; it means "Let-Go-of-Life." It is appropriate that the cherry blossoms "let go of life" here. Notto R. Thelle notes the specific meaning that ôjo has in Pure Land Buddhism: "It is a classical term for (going) to be born in the Pure Land. The evening with the setting sun,the scattering blossoms etc. obviously allude to classical images of dying, waiting for Amida Buddha to come and lead the person to new life (birth) in Amida's Pure Land." In a similar haiku about Ojo Temple, written immediately before this one in Issa's journal, the blossoms scatter "toward the setting sun."
"Blossoms" (hana) can denote cherry blossoms in the shorthand of haiku.

Tr. and comment by David Lanoue

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花ちるや日の入かたが往生寺
hana chiru ya hi no iru kata ga Oujouji

petals scattering --
the sun goes down
beyond Ojoji Temple

This hokku was written in the 3rd month (April) of 1818, when Issa was in what is now called Nagano City, the largest town near Issa's home village. The hokku is one of several written about a visit there to the Pure Land sect temple, pronounced Oujouji (with long o vowels), located not far from the famous Tendai and Pure Land temple Zenkoji.

The word oujou means "going and being born" and is short for "leaving this life and being born as a Buddha in the Pure Land," the basic goal of life in Pure Land Buddhism. However, the founder of the Reformed Pure Land sect, Shinran, preached that in addition to birth as a Buddha in the Pure Land after death, birth as a Buddha and the cutting of strands of karmic causation can also take place in this life, since the Pure Land is beyond time and space.

"Rebirth" is probably not the best choice as a translation, since rebirth suggests reincarnation and karmic continuity. For Issa, too, oujou seems to have a double meaning, and his many hokku sometimes suggest moments of such birth in the midst of daily life. At the same time, the back side of main hall of Ojoji Temple, which has a statue of Amida Buddha inside, faces west, since the sun is used in Pure Land sects as a metaphor for Amida's infinite light of pure compassion. Worshipers face west when they pray to Amida, and in the popular imagination this orientation was often taken to refer to a literal cosmic geography.

Issa seems to take comfort in the fact that the sun is going down in the west beyond the statue of Amida in the main hall of Ojoji Temple and that the sun's rays suggest Amida has compassion even for the myriad petals that fall gently as if filled with faith from the cherry trees, but he is not saying that the petals are falling westward. He does not seem to be looking for literal miracles. Three hokku later in Issa's diary is this humorous hokku:

散花の辰巳へそれる屁玉哉
chiru hana no tatsumi e soreru hedama kana

falling petals
stray to the southeast
because of my fart

Issa surely believes Amida feels the same compassion for the petals sent eastward by his fart as for the other petals, and his hyperbole is liberating because it refuses to take the metaphor of the west literally, though the power of the sun setting, especially amid falling cherry petals, obviously makes the metaphor valuable as an image for visualizing Amida's infinite light shining on all changing things. Issa may even be suggesting that the physical sun itself, as it falls toward the western horizon, is ultimately nothing more than a huge petal of light: no thing in the visible universe can compare with the incomparable, which is what the name Amida means.

Chris Drake

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