!! 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!
Mount Fuji!
© Issa
mugi kari fuji mi-dokoro no enoki kana
a Mt. Fuji viewing spot
for barley harvesters -
nettle tree
© Issa
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
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
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!
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!
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Maybe it's arrogant of us to try to write haiku about Mt. Fuji too? ;)
ReplyDeleteLovely collection of quotes and pictures.
ReplyDeleteCan I link my haiku tonight from my twitter page?
hanna deane #hannadeane or should that be @hannadeane
I'm new to this.
feel free to link up your haiku Hanna
DeleteSo many voices here, Chevrefeuille -- so many voices!
ReplyDelete"unseen" Mount Fuji really caught my eye and imagination -
Quite a challenge, this one!
Sometimes it might be a challenge to write on a popular subject -
ReplyDeletebut our personal view can always make it 'different'. :)
Thank you for the lovely haiku and illustrations.
I particularly like the haiku with the fan, mainly because it took me several reads before I realised that the "souvenir" might be the fan rather than the wind from Mount Fuji. I did so like the idea of carrying breezes back as souvenirs...
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