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and other interesting things Japanese,
sorted into some common topics.



Entries from 2077 - 2011

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Amida Buddha 阿弥陀如来

Anemones ... アネモーネの朝露

ANIMALS in my Haiku life COLLECTION

April 2007 ... Archives

..... Asian Haiku Trevelogue
China, Taiwan, Thailand and more .....

August 2007 ... Archives

Autumn Days 。。。秋の天高し

Autumn Festival 2005 秋祭り、境神社

Autumn Flowers 2002　秋の花
..... Autumn Flowers 2005 　雨粒と花　Raindrops
..... Autumn 2005

Autumn Leaves 2005 紅葉

Azalea and Shaka つつじとお釈迦様


Badgers / Tanuki in my Garden 2005 狸
..... Tanuki and my cat, Haiku kun


Bamboo 竹の物語

Begging Monk ... Takuhatsu 托鉢

Birds, our Birds 鳥 の話. Our Roof.
. . . O-Tsu the Cat on a hot tin roof

Black Sheep 黒き羊 and black swan

Bonsai 盆栽

Bridges .. 橋

Buddha's Footprints (Bussokuseki) 　　仏足石

Buddha in the winter light / February 2009 Tibetan wooden statue

Buddha's Voice Frog 仏の声の蛙

Buds in Winter 冬の命
..... Dry Flowers 冬の命


Camellia / Tsubaki 椿

Carpet Meditations 2007

Cats in Paradise .. O-Tsu and Haiku-Kun お津と俳句くん

Cat and the Mouse .. Fun with my Computer

CHINA 中国の旅
..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: China
..... Autumn Memories Keilin, Guilin 桂林

Cicada Birthday 050725 　蝉の誕生　semi セミ

Cold Morning 　寒い朝、2006

Cooking a Cat ! 猫と一杯, 2005　夏

Cherry Blossoms <> Sakura .. 桜　桜　桜 2005

Cherry Blossom Lake Saigyo and our Lake 西行法師 2005

Cherry Blossom Road 桜道　2005

Chrysanthemums, Fireworks 花火菊 2005

Clouds in my Valley 谷に雲

Clouds after the Rain Chinese Ink Painting, July 2005 中国の墨絵

Clouds at Lake Tomada 雲と池の早春 2005
.... Small Lake in Autumn colors, Namu Amida Butsu !

Cold coming back 寒戻り　2005年3月

Cold Samui 寒い朝 First time below zero, 2005

Cosmos Flowers 　コスモス、秋桜


Mt. Daisen 2005 , Beachflowers and WIND

Death and Last Haiku

Decoration Flowers Takahashi Temples, 0507

Dew Tsuyu 朝露

Dimensions ヂメンシオン

Dragon Branches ... Gnarled trees of Japan


Fallen Leaves - Ochiba 落ち葉


Fear . . . and quotes to cope

February 2007 ... Archives

First Snow .. 初雪　2005年

First Shrine Visit 2006 Hatsu Mode

First Sunrise 2005 .. 初日の出

FLOWERS in my haiku life !Collection

Frankenfood, frankengrass, franken rice genetically modified problems


GARDEN, my garden in my Haiku life COLLECTION

Ghost Stories お化けの話　：o)

Goldenrod (seitaka awadachisoo) 　　背高泡立草

Google, googling, googeling ... and the memory

Grains of Sand and a bit on the philosophy of the ordinary !

Grasshopper's Wedding Party .... with visitors

Graves in the Mist 霞に墓


Hayama 葉山 the beach close to Kamakura

Harvest Time

Healing Power 癒しと俳句と祈り

Henro Pilgrims in Shikoku 遍路と無縁仏

HOME, my home in my Haiku life COLLECTION


Illusions with Fish 空想と魚

..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: INDIA

Izumo Kaidoo, the old road to Izumo Katsuyama, Tsuboi, In no sho and many more ...


January 2007 ... Archives

JAPAN, my home in my Haiku life COLLECTION

..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: JAPAN 1977

Jizoo　地蔵 .. a smiling Stone friend

June 2007 ... Archives
July 2007 ... Archives


... Kamakura, a Haiku Town in Japan 鎌倉と俳句

Kannon, the Bosatsu of Mercy 　観音菩薩
.. .. .. Horseheaded Kannon
.. .. .. Kannon in the winter sun, 2006


Karl the Froggie with his family 　　.. 蛙 ... and his wife Karlina (Hyla japonica)
..... Frog in Buddha's Eye 仏の目にカール君

Karma, the Net of Indra ... grashopper in my teacup

KOAN and Haiku (01) .. 公案と俳句
KOAN and Haiku (02) .. Dreams 夢
KOAN and Haiku (03) .. Original face and Immortality

Koya-san in Wakayama .. Ginko　.. Haiku-walk



Lake and Clouds　　池と雲

Last Fudo Ceremony 2005 Osame-Fudo 　収め不動

Lavender

Leaf, leaves in all seasons

LIFE,
my daily Haiku life COLLECTION

Lily, My Kannon-Lily 観音ユリ
..... July 2006 : Lily in the Rain 2006年の観音百合
Lily in white - seven days of life

Love . . and mimosa 　ミモサと愛情　

LOTUS 蓮、蓮華の花


Magnolia 木蓮　Mokuren

MANDALA .. Just the Beginning　。。曼荼羅

March 2007 ... Archives
May 2007 ... Archives

Medicine Buddha : Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来


.. .. .. .. Mimasaka Haiku
.. .. .. .. From the Province where I live in Japan.
..... 　Mimasaka, Postal Town of Doi: My Haiku Walk December 2006
美作市土居宿 , 出雲街道

Moss 石に苔
... Moss at Mt. Mitoku, October 2006

Mother, for my mother

Mountain Gods Yama no kami 　山の神

Mountains smiling Yama Warau 山笑う


November 2006


October 2007 ... Archives

Onsen 温泉 Hot SpringHot springs of Japan

Outhouse Joy ..便所の話


Peace, August 6, 2006 Introducing Okamoto Taro　岡本太郎と平和

Philosophy and Haiku

Pine <> Matsu 松の木

Plum Blossoms ... ume ... the Park in Kume

Pottery and Haiku 焼物と俳句


Quietude and the Galactic Ant 　静けさと蟻のクシャミ
..... The Sound of Wind, Sound of Clouds (essay) 風の音、雲の音、お茶の音

QUOTES to enjoy with your haiku life !


Rain dripping ..雨もまだ

Rain, Prayer of Rain on my roof 屋根に雨の祈り, September 2006

Rainy Season Tsuyu 　梅雨さなかに　満福
..... Rainy Season, Whow ! July 2006 2006年のすごい梅雨

Reflections .. Graves in a mirror 。。田舎の墓

Roses and Rosebuds during all seasons


Sea of Clouds 秋の雲海、2005　Autumn

September 2007 ... Archives

Shelter 仏様にまかせる。。。

Shadows in my haiku
More Shadows in my haiku since 2007

Shintoo Shrine 神道と宮

Shiraishi Island, a Pilgrim's Path 。。。白石島の遍路道、June 2006

Silence 静けさ ... Silence 2005

Simple Daily Happiness 簡単な毎日の幸せ

SKY,
the sky in my Haiku life COLLECTION


SNOW
..... snowed in December 2005
Snowman Daruma, Yukidaruma .. .. 雪だるま
First Snow 2006
Snow Circle and water basin Feb. 2006

Spring 2006 2006年の春

Soaring Mind 鳶の話　Tobi

Spiders in Paradise 。。極楽の蜘蛛

Spotlight, the heavenly spotlight

Spring Weeds 2006, a HAIKU WALK 雑草の春の色
..... Spring, Early in 2007 早春　2007年

Stone Meditation .. Hogen, a Chinese Zen Master
Stone Buddhas .. 石仏
... Amida Buddha
　　　　　... Arhats in Stone 五百羅漢
... Buddha's Footprints (Bussokuseki) 仏足石
　　　　　... Buddha's Voice (Shakyamuni)
... Azalea and Shaka (Shakyamuni)
... Lavender leans on Buddha
... Horseheaded Kannon　馬頭観音
... Snow Night Meditation (Shakyamuni)
... Walking with the Gods 神様の散歩道
... STONES,
the stones in my Haiku life COLLECTION
... STONES and ZEN,
the zen stones in my Haiku life COLLECTION

Stone Garden 石庭、小堀作

Stone Wall 我が家の石垣


............ SUMMER

Summer Flowers 夏の花々

Summer Iris 杜若

Summer Metamorphosis 夏の変化

Summer Morning 夏の朝、酔仙翁・スイセンノウ

Summer Sky 夏の空


Sunbeam for us all ! 皆のための太陽
..... Sunset in Pink, August 2006


..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: TAIWAN

Tanada .. Terraced Rice Fields in my Area 大垪和の棚田

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. Tao, Dao and Haiku 道教と俳句
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. Tao of a useless tree 　

..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: THAILAND

Tokei-Ji in Kamakura, January 2006

NEW in 2007: Travelogue through Asia
..... Photos and Haiku from my various trips. China, Taiwan, Thailand

Trees, my best friends ..　巨木
................................ Camphor Tree Kusunoki 楠木　くすのき
................................ Tao of a useless tree 　

Trumpet Creeper 　　凌霄花　のうぜんかずら

Tulips 　　チューリップの嵐

Typhoon Tokage in Japan October 23, 2004 　台風トカゲ

Typhoon Nabi 14 September 2005 　台風14号
............................... Green Apples fallen by the typhoon　青林檎
............................... Humans Powerless Katrina 2005
Typhoon 12 - TALAS - September 2011


Universe sparkles .. 宇宙の物語
Unkai　雲海 the sea of clouds in my valley


VALLEY,
my valley in my Haiku life COLLECTION

Voice of Buddha .. .. Frogs Farting :o) 。。蛙の屁


Water kettles from Nambu ... 南部鉄瓶

Weeds, my Wonderful Weeds

Wild Boars Inoshishi　猪の訪問

Windows Temple Window Shapes お寺の窓の形

Winter 200/06, from December 2005 2005/6年の冬

Winter Wonders ..冬物語

Wisdom 知恵と無知恵

Woodpecker きつつき

Yin and Yang Cats ..陰と陽と猫

Zen Riddles with BEE ..ミツバチと禅
.. .. .. .. .. .. Haiku and Moments
ZEN,
the daily zen in my Haiku life COLLECTION

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. QUOTES . .. .. .. .. .. to enjoy haiku even more


Hundred Years with Haiku
Translation from Japanese Haikupoets older than 90 years

Introducing Japanese Haiku Poets　

Saijiki for Buddhist Events and other Rituals .. 『俳句仏教歳時記』

Shikoku Summer 2005 Our own Haiku Pilgrimage　四国遍路


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......................... Some of my Haiku Theory


Contents of the Archives

English Spelling and Punctuation

Gijinka, Personification : some thoughts

One Haiku, two Ideas The Basics

Teaching Haiku to Children / also usuful for adults



Haiku Information Board

my KIGO HOTLINE for you !


My Lessons about Haiku

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.. .. .. Health and Happiness

Daruma teaching visceral wisdom

Mead and your Health, Kneipp and Dioskurides
..... ミードと健康の話、デイオスクリデスの有名な薬学集

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。。。。。。。。　Enjoy My Japan and My Haiku !

© 。。Gabi Greve 2004
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/

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.. .. .. To the Daruma Museum Index

... 大垪和　ー　道の駅 - My Valley .. Ohaga Chronicles

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Haiku and Happiness ...
Archives 2007 - 2011
Dr. med. Gabriele Greve
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snow on robai

morning meditation - how yellow is yellow ?

. Photos from this morning .

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. WKD : Wintersweet roobai 蝋梅 .


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. my QUOTES with HAIKU .


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If we could see the miracle
of a single flower clearly,
our whole life would change.

the Buddha


The moment one gives close attention
to anything, even a blade of grass,
it becomes a mysterious, awesome,
indescribably magnificent world in itself.

Henry Miller



a single flower
a blade of grass -
a haiku day

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“What day is it,?" asked Pooh.
"It's today," squeaked Piglet.
"My favorite day," said Pooh.


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We must learn that we cannot be loved by all people.
That is the ideal.
In the world of people, it is not often found.
We can be the finest plum in the world,
ripe, juicy, sweet, succulent and offer ourselves to all.

But we must remember
that there will be people who do not like plums.

source :　/www.livinglifefully.com



he likes me
he likes me not -
pickled plums



. friends on facebook .


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There are days
when you don't have a song in your heart.
Sing anyway.

Emory Austin


There are days
when you don't have a haiku in your heart.
Find a haiku anyway.


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grasping at a thought
grasping at nothing
— winter gloves
Kent Dorsey


there're days
when you don't find haiku in your heart
I'll read one for you ...
Hideo Suzuki



there are days
when it's cold in the kitchen
I rise to find haiku
Geoff Sanderson


Shared by friends on Facebook
Joys of Japan


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The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you
to enter the house of his wisdom
but rather leads you to threshhold of your mind.

Kalil Gibran



at the threshhold
of my mind I find
- haiku


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The opposite of a fact is a falsehood,
but the opposite of one profound truth
may very well be another profound truth.

Niels Bohr

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observing nature -
the profound truth
of haiku


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doves in my valley

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doves coo
loudely in my valley -
snow on the pines



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. WKD : Pigeon, Pidgeon, Dove (hato) .


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cold morning

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朝寒やああ朝寒や朝寒や
asa samu ya aa asa samu ya asa samu ya

morning cold
aah this morning cold
morning cold




Matsushima

. Matsushima ya
aa Matsushima ya
Matsushima ya .


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severe frost

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severe frost -
the sparkling whiteness
of my brown roof


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La Nina blamed for cold, heavy snow

The recent bitter cold and heavy snows have been brought about by the La Nina weather pattern, which lowers the temperature of equatorial sea surface waters, the Meteorological Agency said.

The emergence of La Nina was also observed from December 2005 to February 2006, when around 150 people died as a result of heavy snow across Japan.

While the agency said the current cold air level is not as intense, it is warning of potentially unusual weather as the flow of cold air from China into Japan through early February causes heavy snow along the Sea of Japan coast.

Record snow accumulations for January have been recorded at three observation points in Hokkaido, including Shinshinotsu, where the level reached 213 cm as of Monday. In an average year, it sees around 68 cm of snow pile up.

In the city of Aomori, 391 cm of snow had accumulated as of Monday, around 1.7 times more than in an average year and the highest-ever January level.

Average temperatures between Jan. 1 and Jan. 17 were 1.1 degrees below normal in northern Japan, 0.9 degree in eastern Japan, 0.8 degree in western Japan and 0.2 degree in Okinawa.

Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012
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We have been spared the worst of the cold spell for now here in Western Japan, but the cold front is heading down to our region ...
snow and freezing temperatures coming for the next week . . .

Keep warm, dear Friends in Japan and the World.

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From my facebook friend Hideo Suzuki :


another dawn,
sounds of neighbors
warm up I'm alive...
~hideo on a cold and quiet morning



sunshine
sparkles the frost
on neighbor's roof ...
~hideo as time goes by



sparkling frost gone
warmness comes,
bless you sunshine ...
~Hideo to follow Gabi san's haiku


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the sun sparkles
in falling snow
on our smiles
Gennady Nov





severe frost ~
a virtual hanten
comes your way
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La Nìña ...
in Coron, predator fish
hunt in the shallows

We observed this while on holiday, but am not sure if this has to do with the climate change.

severe frost ...
the familiar warmth
of my duvet

On the other hand,
I find myself suddenly thinking of Santoka, a real favourite of mine.


severe frost ...
suddenly the sound
of falling rain

early frost ...
my empty agenda
in a drawer


Ella Wagemakers
kigo hotline


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January 14
Hideo san started a little bubble of happiness:

. Joys of Japan - Poetry .





happiness
lives in
small things
~hideo on a freezing morning




happiness -
my cat snuggled
in my lap
Gabi




happiness
a breath of spring
warms the wind
Jimmy ThePeach ‎



happiness -
a breath of Siberia
cools the wind
Gabi




happiness
a breath of cinnamon
dawn
Jimmy ThePeach ‎




幸せが俳句となりて化身せり

happiness has 　
just come out as a haiku,
incarnation　
Esho Shimazu




Happiness
Again the spring
Blossoming cherries

happiness
the little old lady with
a baby’s smile
Gennady Nov



peace
along with happiness
is eternal
Isabelle Loverro ‎




there are days
when it's cold in the kitchen -
I rise to find haiku
Geoff Sanderson




plain old happiness
snuggling neath eiderdown
with two smiling dogs
Patrick Duffey




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my daily happiness -
I wake up from a dream
about facebook
Gabi Greve



happiness comes
one after another
like renga of Basho
~hideo dedicated to all poets joined to this round of renga.



happiness ~
the pendulum swings
and swings back
Elaine Andre



happiness
if it is in the man
service goodness

happiness of
earthly delights-
art of haiku

happiness-
long path from
birth to death

happiness
voice on phone
from apart
Gennady Nov




. . . . . January 18

my daily happiness -
the taste of seaweed
and sesame
Gabi Greve



happiness ~
a six year old's
belly laugh
Elaine Andre ‎



happiness –
without a reason
I start to smile
Karen Cesar



computer crash -
a welcome break
from the virtual world

I hope to be back by tomorrow,
this is just an extra maschine to send messages . .
and no-one for repairs near right now.




. . . . . January 21

First and foremost, Joys of Japan- Poetry this is not a haiku workshop ... this is a place to share our life, simple or sophisticated, as best as we can.

For many, English is not the first language and even myself I have problems with the language sometimes.

Let us help each other if we can and enjoy what is offered.
and just skip over the ones you do not like.

Is my haiku relevant for others?
Well, it was relevant for me when I wrote it,
therefore there must be something in the experience . . .

My sensei taught me to write simple, so that the reader can understand the image easily -
if he "likes" the image is another problem, where different readers have different tasts.

a thousand snowflakes
from the same sky -
Joys of Japan
Gabi Greve




fun and odd sometimes
pop up from
Joy of Japan ...
Hideo Suzuki



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for the haiku friends of the Punjab

spring festival -
a new beginning
a new awakening



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Hideichi Oshiro

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Hideichi Oshiro


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Artist, 101, who gave works to college still on learning curve

NEWBURGH, New York —
In the 1920s, Tokyo high school student Hideichi Oshiro was moved by a haiku by Edo Period poet Matsuo Basho describing the subtle beauty of a wildflower he had come across during a walk in the mountains.



After reading the poem by Basho (1644-1694), "I wanted to make this kind of haiku in my life. Nothing else, just one haiku," the 101-year-old Oshiro said in a recent interview at his Newburgh, New York, home, about 100 km north of Manhattan.

The centenarian poet has completed much more in his lifetime than just one haiku. Oshiro, known to his friends and family as "Hide," continues to write a new poem every morning, as he has done for decades.

Oshiro is also an artist and in November donated his entire life's work, totaling about 750 pieces of art, along with the many volumes of poetry he has published, to Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. The artworks include calligraphy, paintings, stories, handmade books, sketches and scrolls.

The private liberal arts college, which is small but known for its progressive nature, has received donations before, but Oshiro's stood out because of what he said when presenting the work at its rural campus Nov. 3.

"He said that the product is only important in how it uncovers for the viewer the process," President Barbara Vacarr said at her office at Goddard. "Most artists who donate their work would be focusing on the framed paintings, the product of their work, and what was so central to what he talked about was the process or development."

Vacarr, a Brooklyn native, was moved by Oshiro's words and their relevance to the mission of her college, which emphasizes "life-long learning." She said it was an honor to "receive not only his gift of his work but also his gift of vocalizing . . . what is at the heart of the learning process here."

Oshiro learned about the college from Carol Curri, a 1997 Goddard graduate who began working with him 10 years ago after the two met at a gallery opening in Newburgh, situated on the Hudson River.

"I had been looking for a place to house his work because that was his wife's dream and his dream," Curri said during an interview at Oshiro's home.

In addition to finding an institution to keep and preserve Oshiro's legacy, Curri has been gathering information with the hope of writing a book about his life story.

Born in 1910 in Hawaii to parents who had gone to work on its pineapple plantations, Oshiro didn't set foot in Japan until age 3, when he was sent to live with his grandparents to receive a Japanese education.

Oshiro went on to attend Aoyama Gakuin Senior High School and then Sophia University, and learned etching, ukiyo-e woodblock prints, gold carving, sculpture and brushwork.

He was introduced to the famous painter Gyokudo Kawai (1873-1957), who taught Oshiro how to use a brush and motivated the young artist to study hard.

Oshiro returned to Hawaii in the 1930s and taught Japanese at a school on Oahu.

He can clearly remember the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, when a group of panicked students came running to him saying: "Japan attacked Hawaii! They attacked us!"

At first, he did not believe it and told the children, "No, it's only war games," but he soon realized the bombs raining down on the school fields were real.

"Japan attacked Hawaii and I'm an American citizen. . . . I couldn't think about anything, only darkness and doom," he solemnly said, shaking his head. The 2001 movie "Pearl Harbor" and its Hollywood "imagination" did not come close to capturing the horror of the actual events that day, he added.

After spending three months in an internment camp, Oshiro chose to join the U.S. Army and was assigned to basic training in Minnesota, where he took night classes at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

Oshiro spent six years in the army before leaving to pursue his art career in Paris at the Academie de la Grande Chaumeirie, and eventually settled in New York City, inspired by its vitality.

In New York, Oshiro met his French wife, Catherine Bullier, whom he married in 1969 and who supported his artistic journey both financially and spiritually. The couple ultimately settled in Newburgh, which had a vibrant arts community of its own.

Oshiro had never formally exhibited his art, and his wife simply collected his art pieces down the years. Goddard staff remarked that his work clearly shows the artist's development.
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Oshiro's work, meanwhile, is far from finished even at 101 years old,
and he continues to write a haiku each day.

He hopes that the school will continue its mission to encourage students in exploring the totality of life and how to fully express one's experience through art.

"It's not art, it's just an expression of myself," he said. "Our mind is fantastic, it doesn't want to be oppressed. Let it be free."

By SCOTT DIXON
source : www.japantimes.co.jp


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銀行　ginkoo, the same sound,
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