an old posting of the season in 2004.

bamboo shoots <>
the king's armour
a velvet gown
.
you should see them exploding their way out of the dry clay earth,
yet when you touch them all is silken softness.

.
http://www.kanzakiya.co.jp/takenoko_asa.html
http://www.ryouri.co.jp/cook/sozai/yasai/takenoko.html
.

and they taste even better than they look....
.
Some even look dressed like the courtesans of Old Edo.

> Young bamboo shoots...
> merry ladies of Kashimoto,
> are they still there?

Buson

Well, the ones I saw in my bamboo grove the other day looked like
that too, maybe its the velvet gown, the softness of the outer garment of
these
shoots, that got Buson associating. And the figure of a 20 cm bamboo
shoot from a little afar (provided you stretch out on the earth)
looks just like an Oiran! (the great lady of pleasure).
.
bamboo breaking through -
on the ground
tiny earthquakes
.
gabi
.


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