Carpe Diem #603, Mount Fuji

!! I publish this episode earlier than I normally do, but I am in the nightshift !!

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

I hope you all did like the GW-post about Richard Wright (1908-1960) and that it inspired you to write all new haiku. Today our prompt will be Mount Fuji the Holy Mountain of Japan. There are a lot of haiku written about Mt. Fuji, so I have made a nice overview of these haiku. I hope you all will like the read.

katatsuburi soro-soro nobore fuji no yama

little snail

inch by inch, climb
Mount Fuji!

© Issa

mugi kari fuji mi-dokoro no enoki kana

a Mt. Fuji viewing spot
for barley harvesters -
nettle tree

© Issa

Credits: Mount Fuji

hatsu-gatsuo tsuide nagara mo fuji (no) yama

right after
summer's first bonito -
Mount Fuji

© Issa

mannaka ni fuji sobietari kuni no haru

in the centre,
mount Fuji towers up:
spring in our country

© Sho-u

fuji hitotsu uzumi nokoshite wakaba kana

only Mount Fuji
is not covered with them -
fresh new leaves

© Buson 

Credits: Mount Fuji (2)

fujiomite tooru hikari toshino ichi

gazing at Mount Fuji
a person passes through -
a year-end fair

© Buson

haari tobu ya fuji no susono no koie yori

winged ants fly into the air
out of a small house
at the foot of Mount Fuji

© Buson

blest be your journey!
men will even go on purpose
to see the snow of Fuji

© Chigetsu-Ni

fuji no kaze ya ogi ni nosete edo miyage

wind from Mount Fuji -
carrying it in my fan,
a souvenir for those in Edo

© Basho

Credits: Mount Fuji Woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

kirishigure fuji o minu hi zo omoshiroki

misty rain
a day with Mount Fuji unseen:
so enchanting

© Basho

hito one wa shigururu kumo ka fuji no yuki

is one ridge
clouded with winter showers?
Fuji in snow

© Basho

me ni kakaru toki ya kotosara satsuki fuji

especially when
it comes into view -
Fuji in Fifth Month

© Basho

Credits: Through Cherry Blossoms

And to close this classical series of haiku on Mt. Fuji I have found a nice haiku written by Yozakura, the unknown haiku-poet:

fujisan no yuki no hi no owari ni ha sakura

through cherry blossoms
at the end of the day -
snow on Mount Fuji

© Yozakura

Aren't it all wonderful tributes to Mount Fuji, the sacred Japanese mountain? Must be a joy to live in the neighborhood of such a well known mountain ...
I have tried to write a haiku about Mount Fuji myself, but ... I had not enough inspiration I think and as I re-read all those wonderful haiku in this post ... I wouldn't dare to write a haiku about Mount Fuji myself ...

This episode is open for your submissions tonight at 7.00 PM (CET) and will remain open until November 15th at noon (CET). I will (try to) publish our new episode, Juggler, later on. For now ... just have fun!