greeting

seasons greeting

Happy 2008

Master Yoko Yamamoto haiku

母が家に　母のもの着し　女正月
haha ga ya ni haha no mono kishi me shoogatsu

I put on mother's clothes
in her house -
New Year of women


by Yoko Yamamoto

My haiku Master Yoko Yamamoto

she is the editor in chief of Shin haiku association,her masters are Nobuko Katuragi, Akira Oomine

Her new haiku book [ cherry blossom] is wonderful .

about (me syougatu )

Please look at Gabi san`s site

http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/12/little-new-year-january-15.html

winter butterfly

a winter butterfly

on the sunny spot

alone

etsuko

Haiku lesson by Master Sadao Suzuki

Combination haiku , lesson by master Suzuki in the Sophia night class
Living seasonally kigo

by Mantarou Kubota

Hot-toufu shop
A thin light of my life
To the word`s end

湯とうふや命の果の薄明り
・・・

by Takajyo Mituhashi

A life for flame
Woman
And a red pepper

炎る間が命女ととうがらし

White dew
My dying day
Tie an obi

白露や死んでゆく日も帶締めて

Climb the tree
I will become a demon
Evening red leaves

この樹登らば鬼女となるべし夕紅葉

Snowing
half white
Living flatfish

雪を呼ぶ片見の白き生き鰈

Everything is dream
edelweiss bloom isn`t it.

みんな夢雪割草が咲いたのね

Takajyo `s haiku
She has strong haiku flame in her mind

*the picture by Gyusyuu Hayami
Dacing in the Flame
one of important Japanese art painting*

a winter full moon

a winter full moon
opens
a door of fairyland

microcosm

yellow leaves
a hole in the river
microcosm



etsuko

a memory of autumn

put a dry leaf

between my diary

a memory of autumn

etsuko

last Autumn

never back to the tree

falling leaves

on the stream

etsuko

Tut`s string beans

Tut`s string beans
open the floweres
Spring in my garden


...

I raised the beans called Tut`s beans this spring.
it came from Egypt. the seeds were discovered from Tut`s grave.
Mt friend gave me the descendant seed



the hull were purple
the taste is sweet Egyptian dream

;o)

an autumn festiual

thanks for the rich year

calls the next happiness

an Autumn festival

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white foxes and maskes men danced on the float

with the festval sound, wooden flute and Japanese drum

after the festival

a cold wind blows from mountains

like a messenger of winter gods

haiku sprits

Basho said that "Chinkonnohen"is a seed of haiku

What does mean" kennkonnohen"It means variation in the universe.

For example,there are coming birds, blooming blossoms, birth anddeath of human beings, feeling and thinking comes and goes in ourminds.

All of them are " kennkonnohen"our mind moves according to changes of the universe.

It is colled "MU"in Buddhism.By Dr Oomine ( leader of Shinn Haiku assosiation)

Atsushi Azumi was leader Syuntou haiku association after MantarouKubota.( He is my Haiku master Shu Mayuzumi`s teacher)

he said that

Haiku is concerned with nature and humans

Look at a picture by Maurice Utrillo

There are no people in his picturethere are only dusty road tree,

smeared white wall, remote road and ashuttered house ,

empty church in his paintings.

I noticed something else.

there are no people outside,

but there arepeople inside the houses.

a mothere and her child talking,

wife and her husband hear a warmfireplace.

A priest must be reading Bible.

Thinking so when we look at his picture.

A good old memory will rushinto our mind,

it is seeds of haiku

Dr Omine taught that haiku is universe

Atsushi Azumi taught that the most important is human in haiku

Borth are my masters

I study HAIKU road

bow ....etsuko

Asuka

Asuka temple is in Asika. There is the oldest Budha" Asuka Daibutu"

Asuka Daibutu built by Suiko emperor on AD 596

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A summer bird

passing on the temple

smiling the oldest Daibutu

etsuko

飛鳥寺の御堂越えゆく夏の鳥

Inuyama Castle in Gifu

One of Japanese natunal trasure castle builded by woods

--

strong green winds

through a top of tower

grating the wooden castle

青嵐とうり抜けたる天守閣

etsuko

Gold fish ....金魚kinngyo

ゆらゆらと流金泳ぐ昼下がり

a gold fish

slowly swinging her tail fin

in the afternoon

etsuko

cat

early summer--

unfathomable green

in the cat's eyes

both of us staring,

one creature at another--

green-eyed cat and me

Larry

green eye`s cat

watching me

early summer

etsuko

a cat picture in Yamatane Musumn at Tokyo

a baby sparrow

on the top of the Gifu castle

Ready to lrave the nest

by etsuko

寒の薔薇 roses in coldest day

寒の薔薇滴るほどに紅をまし

kannnobara shitataruhodoni beniwomashi

coldest morning

drops of melting

scarlet roses

I took the picture in my garden

coldest day( Daikan) in Japan.

羽子日和..a battledore game day New Year Kigo

一線に渚濡れゐて羽子日和

大峯あきら

a wetted line

on the beach

a fine day of battledore game

Akira Oomine

I receive a New Year card from Master Oomine

His Haiku on the card

着ぶくれkibukure

着ぶくれて達磨市へと雨の夜


wear more clothes
to go Daruma festival
rainy tonight


etsuko

It is daruma festival tonight on my city.
I will go to buy a small Daruma for my family

winter birds ( Kangin) 寒禽

呼び合ひて寒禽来たり朝の庭
yobioite kannginnkitari asanoniwa


call to each other
winter birds come
Morning garden


By Etsuko

My wish

Aizen myouou

gaves me an energy

Happy New Year 2007

etsuko

Happy New Year

Happy New Year 2007