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1/10/2007
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1/09/2007
Stones in Shanghai
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Dragon Decorations from Shanghai, Trip in 1994
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Frozen waterfall
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奥山の 凍て滝の声 響きおり
deep in the mountains -
the frozen waterfall
still roaring
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Kannon Waterfall, 観音の滝
waterfall iced up, itetaki 凍滝
More kigo about freezing and frozen things
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But then, maybe I was thinking of the retired politician who moved to the mountain village.
Or our neighbours dog getting real old lately ...
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In a tradition that stretches back 700 years, local farmers in Hanamaki, Iwate prefecture measure the circumference of the frozen waterfall at Taroshi Falls to predict the yield of the year’s rice crop.
According to the conservation group that has kept track of the measurements since 1975, the largest measurement on record is 8 meters, taken in 1978. Warm winters in recent years have caused the ice to break apart, sometimes making it impossible to get an accurate measurement. This year, however, the frozen waterfall measures in at a respectable 5.5 meters, surpassing the 4-meter mark that indicates a plentiful harvest.
Hiroshi Itagaki, 74, head of the conservation group, says, “With all the depressing news about this year’s heavy snow, I hope this can serve as a message of hope for the country.” The conservation group’s mantra is a haiku which translates:
so magnficent —
this icicle before us
bulging with promise
© [Source: Asahi Shimbun]
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奥山の 凍て滝の声 響きおり
deep in the mountains -
the frozen waterfall
still roaring
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Kannon Waterfall, 観音の滝
waterfall iced up, itetaki 凍滝
More kigo about freezing and frozen things
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But then, maybe I was thinking of the retired politician who moved to the mountain village.
Or our neighbours dog getting real old lately ...
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In a tradition that stretches back 700 years, local farmers in Hanamaki, Iwate prefecture measure the circumference of the frozen waterfall at Taroshi Falls to predict the yield of the year’s rice crop.
According to the conservation group that has kept track of the measurements since 1975, the largest measurement on record is 8 meters, taken in 1978. Warm winters in recent years have caused the ice to break apart, sometimes making it impossible to get an accurate measurement. This year, however, the frozen waterfall measures in at a respectable 5.5 meters, surpassing the 4-meter mark that indicates a plentiful harvest.
Hiroshi Itagaki, 74, head of the conservation group, says, “With all the depressing news about this year’s heavy snow, I hope this can serve as a message of hope for the country.” The conservation group’s mantra is a haiku which translates:
so magnficent —
this icicle before us
bulging with promise
© [Source: Asahi Shimbun]
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1/07/2007
Blizzard
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blizzard <>
one million snow flakes and then
one more
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One of my teachings in Japanese Archery was to practise :
yuki no metsuke 雪の目つけ
watching the snow fall,
then watching just one flake fall,
all the way from high up
to its very end on the ground.
Try it, it is quite a feat !
Sit outside on your veranda in the cold and just watch
one flake, one flake one more flake !
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Zen Priest Takuan teaches:
"When facing a single tree, if you look at a single one of its red leaves, you will not see all the others.
When the eye is not set on any one leaf, and you face the tree with nothing at all in mind, any number of leaves are visible to the eye...
The mind that stops or is moved by something-
this is the affliction of the abiding place."
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..................................................................................... A little later in the day
a yellow puddle
in the white snow <>
Haiku took courage
our cats loath the snow, they can not go around their business as usual ...
finally, Boss Haiku just did it !
Thus endeth a blizzard and dissolves in sunshine
snow melting <>
one million drips and
drops
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Fast Forward to March 9, 2012
Leaves look damp and cold,
Listening to the frost grow -
Soon branches will crack...
Gabi San-
This is actually a famous saying in kyudo.
A student ask his sensei when to release the arrow and he received
Listening to the frost grow
to ponder.
kanya choosoo 寒夜聴霜
- Shared by Steve Weiss
Joys of Japan, March 2012
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Advise for Kyudo
期待 - 師範 魚住文衞
一、紀昌貫蝨の伝
大意＝小を視ること大の如く、微を視ること著の如し。
二、一分三界の目付け
大意＝的を狙うのに一分（〇．三糎）の小さい的を三千世界（宇宙）のように大きく見開くこと
三、雪の目付け
大意＝動く標的を狙う場合に、空から降る無数の雪の一片が地に落ちるまで見失わないように精神を集中せよ。
四、寒夜聴霜
大意＝寒中の真夜中に結霜する音（無音の音）を聴きとるように澄み切った心境で行射せよ。
五、七情を除去せよ
大意＝人間の七情（喜、怒、憂、思、悲、恐、驚）を去って精神を一射に集中せよ
六、無念無想
大意＝概ね同前
source : kyudo/kantougensyuu
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blizzard <>
one million snow flakes and then
one more
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One of my teachings in Japanese Archery was to practise :
yuki no metsuke 雪の目つけ
watching the snow fall,
then watching just one flake fall,
all the way from high up
to its very end on the ground.
Try it, it is quite a feat !
Sit outside on your veranda in the cold and just watch
one flake, one flake one more flake !
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Zen Priest Takuan teaches:
"When facing a single tree, if you look at a single one of its red leaves, you will not see all the others.
When the eye is not set on any one leaf, and you face the tree with nothing at all in mind, any number of leaves are visible to the eye...
The mind that stops or is moved by something-
this is the affliction of the abiding place."
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
..................................................................................... A little later in the day
a yellow puddle
in the white snow <>
Haiku took courage
our cats loath the snow, they can not go around their business as usual ...
finally, Boss Haiku just did it !
Thus endeth a blizzard and dissolves in sunshine
snow melting <>
one million drips and
drops
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Fast Forward to March 9, 2012
Leaves look damp and cold,
Listening to the frost grow -
Soon branches will crack...
Gabi San-
This is actually a famous saying in kyudo.
A student ask his sensei when to release the arrow and he received
Listening to the frost grow
to ponder.
kanya choosoo 寒夜聴霜
- Shared by Steve Weiss
Joys of Japan, March 2012
.................................................................................
Advise for Kyudo
期待 - 師範 魚住文衞
一、紀昌貫蝨の伝
大意＝小を視ること大の如く、微を視ること著の如し。
二、一分三界の目付け
大意＝的を狙うのに一分（〇．三糎）の小さい的を三千世界（宇宙）のように大きく見開くこと
三、雪の目付け
大意＝動く標的を狙う場合に、空から降る無数の雪の一片が地に落ちるまで見失わないように精神を集中せよ。
四、寒夜聴霜
大意＝寒中の真夜中に結霜する音（無音の音）を聴きとるように澄み切った心境で行射せよ。
五、七情を除去せよ
大意＝人間の七情（喜、怒、憂、思、悲、恐、驚）を去って精神を一射に集中せよ
六、無念無想
大意＝概ね同前
source : kyudo/kantougensyuu
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1/04/2007
Shimenawa
| 注連縄  paper and straw - the new year starts with a clean slate |
Sacred Ropes, shimenawa
Our first Shrine Visit 2007
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Red White Lotus
| 紅白の 福をたべるや お正月  eating good luck for the New Year - red and white lotus |
red and white, koohaku 紅白, are the auspicious colors for the New Year and other auspiciuos ceremonies !
Here you have a lotus root colored that way ... tastes great, believe me!
Lotus as a KIGO
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Fox Eyes
| 勝山のお稲荷さま  Inari Fox Eyes - I try hard to see the new year ... ... getting bigger ... ... behind bars - he still holds all the secrets  |
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FOX and INARI and HAIKU
Read about my visit to
Katsuyama, a postal town on the old road of Izumo
Here are some more photos from Inari Shrines in Katsuyama
Small Shinto Shrine for a female deity and Inari fox deity
Photos from here to # 91.
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1/01/2007
First Smile 2007
| still half asleep on the same pillow - our fist smile  明けましておめでとうございます！ 初笑みや |
These two beckoning cats are chopstick rests. The little tails are formed like a bar to lay the chopsticks on them.
May your new year be a blessed one !
Gabi, Bernd, O-Tsu and Haiku-Kun
By the way
First Laugh (hatsu warai) is a kigo for haiku, related to the God of Good Luck, Ebisu.
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First Sun 2007
| 明けましたおめでとうございます！  first sun - a ray of hope in every heart erste Sonne - ein Strahl der Hoffnung in jedem Herz |
| 2007 is the year of the Wild Boar Inoshishi 亥 猪  The boars come very close to my home, while we drink our evening beer. twighlight zone - wild boars harvesting the fallen rice You can see it all HERE ! Ricecakes like little wild boars, inoko mochi 猪子餅, 亥の子餅 Calendar Systems of the World |
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Happy New Year !
the nurse drinks tears
in her champagne
New Year's Bath -
a new cake of soap and
a fresh towel
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Do not miss this one !!
Our First Smile 2007 !
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