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. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢　－
racoon dog, badger Tanuki legends .
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.. .. .. .. .. .. Badgers, the Tanuki in my Garden




I call this picture:
Five Buddhas and one Tanuki


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risshun ya tanuki no koi no nioi kana

.. .. .. .. .. .. first spring day -
.. .. .. .. .. .. the smell of badger's love
.. .. .. .. .. .. in the fields


Fruehlingsbeginn <>
der Geruch von liebestollen Dachsen
in den Feldern


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neko no koi, the * love of cats * is a kigo for the spring season, but this morning, walking up to the mailbox the whole place was drenched with the incredible poingnant smell of tanuki, our badger friends.

So I made * tanuki no koi * as my very own kigo today.
February 4, 2004

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Tanuki 狸 ... A Badger posing as Daruma
... and the Tanuki Scrotum, kintama 金玉

Bishamonten Tanuki ... Bishamon Tanuki 毘沙門狸
Bishamonten Tanuki Daruma Doll

. Eiyoo Gongen 栄誉権現 Venerable Guard Deity .
Shrine Toshogu in Ueno, Tokyo
On the votive tablet, there is a badger in a purple priest's robe. The two characters
TA「他」and NUKE 「抜」are written on it too.


ta o nuku　他を抜く pull away from the crowd
to be victorious

. Tanuki　狸 Badger amulets and toys .

. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢　－
racoon dog, badger Tanuki legends .

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Read
Mark Schumacher about the .. 　。。Tanuki.


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KIGO

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: All Winter
***** Category: Animal


tanuki 狸 (たぬき) racoon dog, badger
tanoki たのき
Nyctereutes procyonoides

anagumaアナグマ（あなぐま） badger
Meles meles, Dachs
mujina 狢（むじな） badger
mamidanuki まみだぬき
sasaguma ささぐま
anahori あなほり "the one making holes"
(You should see my garden after a night of tanuki visits!)

hakubishin はくびしん【白鼻心】 palm civet
Paguma larvata

tanukigari 狸狩（たぬきがり）badger-hunting
and related kigo
There is even a soup made from tanuki meat, by the poor farmers of old.


The Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides, from the Greek words nycto-, "night"; ereutes, "wanderer"; procyon, "raccoon"; and the suffix -oid) is a member of the canid family (which includes dogs, wolves, and foxes) and is indigenous to east Asia. It is the only extant species in its genus Nyctereutes. It is considered a basal canid species, resembling ancestral forms of the family. The Raccoon Dog is named for its resemblance to the raccoon (Procyon lotor), to which it is not closely related.
The Raccoon Dog is native to China, Korea, Japan, and southeastern Siberia.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !



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observance kigo for late Autumn

tanuki kuyoo 狸供養 memorial service for badgers
tanuki matsuri 狸祭り Tanuki festival

at the famous Tanuki-temple Shojo-Ji 證誠寺 / 証城寺 (Shoojooji)
second Saturday in October


shojoji no tanuki bayashi 証城寺の狸囃子
The famous Tanuki Song of Shojo-Ji
source : Mark Schumacher


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having a sip
with his best friend -
summer evening




Gabi Greve, Summer 2005



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. Tanuki　狸 Badger amulets and toys .
and more haiku !


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Voice of Buddha and Frog

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.. .. .. .. .. .. The Voice of Buddha
.. Frogs Farting





a frog farting -
this too is the
voice of Buddha


a frog farting -
this too is the
voice of God


The second would be a Christian version of it.


More about the Yamashina paintings.
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2009/07/yamashina-paintings.html


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frog concert
prelude to the next
cycle of life

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Froschkonzert
Praeludium zum naechsten
Lebenszyklus



the whole valley
vibrates with joy
frog concert

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.. .. .. .. .. .. Sengai and the meditating Frog

yuuzen to shite yama o miru kawazu kana

Composedly, he sits,
Contemplating the mountains -
The worthy frog!

Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)
translation by Lewis Mackenzie




http://hcs.harvard.edu/~hbc/meditation.php


sitting and sitting
the frog meditates
* * enlightenment



..... ..... What is the sound
..... ..... of one frog jumping?
..... ..... [haiku]

chibi
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/


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.. .. .. from the tallest iris
.. .. .. he partakes of the sunset
.. .. .. the tiny frog





...................... Read about the Iris here:
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/09/iris-ayame.html


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the sound
of one hand clapping >
a dead mosquito


While I was having my bout with the enemy, little Haiku-kun (my kitten) had his encounter with one of Karls children (Karl is the general name of our large mini-tiny Frog-Family, you can see one of his brothers in the picture above).


the sound
of one paw tapping >
a dead frog




More of my
Koan and Haiku 公案と俳句


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Find some more joy with the Frogs here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/294


World Kigo Database: Frog (kawazu, kaeru)

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kami no koe 神の声
the voice of the Kami, voice of "God"


早池峰のつるべ落しや神の声
Hayachine no tsurube otoshi ya kami no koe

the autumn sunset
in the Hayachine mountains -
voice of the Kami / voice of the Gods

下田靜子 Shimoda Shizuko

Hayachine is a sacred mountain range in Iwate prefecture.

tsurube otoshi 釣瓶落し (つるべおとし) fast sunset in autumn
lit. "the sun goes down like a bucket in the well"
. tsurube otoshi 釣瓶落し fast sunset in autumn .

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The Haiku Foundation about Zen and Haiku


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Spiders in Paradise

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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Spiders in Paradise

Spider is a kigo for summer.

Let me tell from my own experience living out here in the countryside, how I came to understand the Japanese kigo for ANTS and SPIDERS as summer. Living here in an old farmhouse is a lot like living in the Edo period, when most Japanese kigo where perceived.

Surely we have spiders all year round, but in summer, they are at their best. They are everywhere and every morning when I go out to get the newspaper I run into Aunt Eulalia, who has been putting up her net between the beams of the entrance doorway, again and again.
Her many sisters are hanging between the flowers luring mosquitoes, her hairy uncles, Mr. Crab and his tarantula friends, are coming down from the bamboo roof to partake of our food and life... In winter, they are seldom guests.

Meet some of my special friends, like Mr. Crab and Madame Eulalia.

My best friend, Lady Eulalia, the yellow one with the long legs, has choosen to wait for me. She uses to sit there in her net and run to shelter under a leaf when she sees me coming to water the flowers. My shadow on her net tells her its time to run.


watering flowers -
the spider's hammock
filled with diamonds



.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. rain's over
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. the web of my spiders turned
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. strings of diamonds


Read some Zen musings about this topic.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/183


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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. Three make a story


> under the stone
> who might that be
> in the shadow?

> neatly folded
> Madame Spider
> showing a leg

> nosy tomcat
> the stone takes
> a shower



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sharing my toothbrush
the huge spider
grinning

Thus beginneth another bright summer morning... :o)


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hanging on
amongst autum leaves
a pregnant spider


fest haengend
zwischen dem Herbstlaub
eine schwangere Spinne


.....................................Here are her babies




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.. .. .. a first spider
.. .. .. dangles in my view -
.. .. .. circles of life

March 31, 2005

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dark morning -
the fate of a spider
on my wall

! LOOK !

September 2006

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late autumn sun -
miss spider still dangles
in mid-air

October 2006




a dark spider
in a dark night ...
flash



September 2009



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stretching a leg
for the beauty competition -
my Lady Eulalia





Click on the photo to see the whole set
Lady Eulalia in November 2009


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Some spider haiku from friends.


cosmos --
suspended from sunbeams
a tiny spider

Look at him here at a haiga by Ashe
http://thegreenleaf.co.uk/HP/Duets/Olga/10cosmos.htm

© ORIGA Olga Hooper
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/30


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war in Iraq -
a spider hides
in the cherry blossom

My SPIDER HAIKU
from 2007 onwards !!!!!



More about Spiders as kigo in Haiku is here:
Spiders ... (kumo, Japan)



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Spiders ... (kumo, Japan) Spider web, Cob web. Spinne
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Outhouse Joy

A few bits and pieces about the cold winter :o)


cold winter night -
the way to the outhouse
soooo far
>
>> Greetings from my neighbour :o)
>
Gabi

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cold winter night -
the outhouse door
frozen shut
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> :-)
>
> Carole

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cold winter day -
growing older
the cat and I



cold winter night
wearing a bonnet
to keep my thoughts warm

I like this haiku very much. It made me laugh. It had a surprise ending. It painted word pictures. I believe when all these elements come together, they make a great haiku.

Berg
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cherrypoetryclub/message/21879

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. Toilet, Outhouse (benjo, no setchin, toire) .

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