eda-uchi no dentoo arite ima mo nao keeping the tradition of cutting cedar branches ... even now Gabi Greve, November 2009 Inspried by a TV special about the...
hikusugiru hikan no yado no tsukue kana it is too low - the table in this winter hotel Furuya Nobuko (1896 - 1973) ... keshigomu no kasu mina nagaki hikan kana...
Mount Taka -- while viewing blossoms a temple pilgrimage takayama ya hanami tsuide no tera mairi by Issa, 1794 An example of multi-tasking: while on a...
yaki-ayu no zen yori fukare hashi-bukuro blown from the tray with grilled sweetfish - paperbag for chopsticks Katsura Nobuko (tr. Gabi Greve) MORE dishes from...
ikken no chamise no yanagi oi ni keri the willow tree by the lone teahouse - it has grown old Tr. Makoto Ueda More about a discussion of this haiku is HERE ...
Original is HERE http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009/11/umeboshi-dried-plums.html ume o hosu shizuka na niwa ni narite ori drying plums - the garden becomes ...
hitoyama no kare no naka naru magaibutsu in the middle of this withered mountain forest - cliff Buddha Shoobuke Kazuo Tr. Gabi Greve More about cliff Buddha...
*kigo for late winter* [image: CLICK for more photos]<http://images.google.co.jp/images?hl=en&um=1&sa=3&q=%E4%B8%91%E7%B4%85&btnG=Search+images> kanbeni 寒紅...
nakazora e koi nage-aguru ikebushin high into midair the carp are thrown - cleaning the pond Ameyama Minoru (1926 - 2000) (Tr. Gabi Greve ) Finally I found...
yaru kara wa ryuuzu ni todoke yamazakura if you are going to blossom please reach the dragon head of the bell - mountain cherry tree Keishi pen name of...
botan takibi sanga wa yami ni osamareri peony bonfire - the mountain landscape settles in the darkness Kohiyama Shigeko . . . . . toshiki kori mutoo jitensha...
karashina o yu o tooshitaru midori kana this special green of mustard leaves blanched in hot water Nakamura Seijichiro karashina ni massugu tsumorikeri haru no...
hi no kuni no ken no oku ni Himiko tatsu in the background of power in the land of fire there is Himiko Anai Futoshi yoku tooru koe wa Himiko zo kare ashiwara ...
mutsugoroo mutsujuuroo no doro gassen mutsugoro and mutusjuiro fight in the mud Awano Seiho (1899 - 1992) ooooo ooooo ooooo butsumetsu no seiten o yobu...
akagai no himo o kamu nari Kagurazaka I chew a lot on the thread of the ark clam - Kagurazaka Sagawa Akiyoshi hiyahiya to akagai no nuta haru no yuki so cold,...
... ......... Thanks a lot Gary ! The book is about washoku food http://washokufood.blogspot.com/ and will be in German first, later in English. About 500...
Comment from user: moshi moshi i am a literary translator immersed in haiku and wish to learn from others and share what little i know domo arigato gozaimas ...
shusse-uo wan ni hamidasu zooni kana the career fish hangs out of the bowl - new year's soup Takahashi Tokieda (tr. Gabi Greve) Read more about these "career...
izakaya ni kiri tachikomuru negima kana at the local pub mist is gathering - tuna with leek Inoue Aa (1878 - 1923) negima nabe shitamachi ni yami ni hakanari ...
yondai o ikite sanju ya negima nabe on my 80th birthday I look back at four generations - tuna hodgepodge Machida Shigeki (Tr. Gabi Greve) Read it all here ...
aobakaze rakuda to tomo ni sakyuu yuku wind in the green leaves - together with the camels we walk the sand dunes Motobayashi Kazuko (tr. Gabi Greve) *. . ....
Ujigawa ni nozomu torii no kazari kana the decoration of the shrine gate overlooking river Ujigawa Nomura Hakugetsu (1882 - 1961) Tr. Gabi Greve Here is a bit...
deru kui no gotoku tsukushi no tsumarekeri like the nail that sticks out we pick horsetails Kubota Noriko (Tr. Gabi Greve ) the kigo for mid-spring is...
Listed are the candidates expected to be added to the joyo kanji. The candidate list is current as of 10/09, subject to modification until the committee makes...
makoto naki sato wa furanu ka tora ga ame it does not fall on this insincere village - Rain of Lady Tora Kobayashi Issa Lady Tora, Tora gozen, a figure in the...