Category: Kyoto Books (Page 4 of 4)

The following listing is taken with permission from Gabi Greve’s blogspot on Kyoto the Flower Capital – “Hana no Miyako. Explanation “capital of blossoms“, hana no miyako 花の都 Kyoto in cherry blossoms, Kyoto during the cherry blossom season miyako no hana 都の花 the flowering capital (cherry blossom) . Cherry blossoms (sakura 桜) 見わたせば柳桜をこきまぜて 都ぞ春の錦なりける miwataseba …Read More

The following are taken from Gabi Greve’s shrine and temples blogspot http://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.jp/2013/04/masaoka-shiki-visiting.html   . Chion-in 知恩院 Kyoto . 祗園清水智恩院 Gion Kiyomizu Chion-In with 6 haiku . Nanzenji 南禅寺 Nanzen-Ji in Kyoto . 鶯やしんかんとして南禅寺 – uguisu ya shinkan to shite Nanzen-Ji 行く秋や松の木の間の南禅寺 – yuku aki ya matsu no ki no ma no Nanzen-Ji 律院の苔の光や春の雨 Ritsu-In no …Read More

The following listing was compiled by David G. Lanoue and taken from http://haikuguy.com/issa/search.php?keywords=Kyoto&year Copyright belongs to D.G. Lanoue   78 haiku out of Issa’s 10,000 are set in Kyoto year unknown .洛陽やちとも曲らぬ初時雨 rakuyô ya chito mo magaranu hatsu shigure Kyoto– falling straight down the first winter rain Rakuyô is an old name for Kyoto; Kogo …Read More

Country folks about rice Sing their poems – Like Kyoto people do 1688, tr. Saito and Nelson  (satobito wa ine ni utayomu miyako kana) Mt Arashi Bamboo groves luxuriant – Furrows of the wind. 1691, tr. Saito and Nelson (arashiyama yabu no shigeriya kaze no suji) ********** Jeff Robbins contributes this haibun (his translation)    …Read More