稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (69)

2023年5月短歌 May 2023, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美里佳 <田沢湖へ5 首/ Five pieces of Tanka for Lake Tazawa, 1～5> ゴールデンウィーク中、秋田県仙北市にある田沢湖に行ってきました。 During the Golden Week holidays, I visited Lake Tazawa in Semboku City, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Note: Golden week is a period of consecutive national holidays. This year 2023’s Golden Week was from … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (69) →

稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (68)

2023年4月短歌 April 2023, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美里佳 Three pieces of tanka for Mt. Chokai in spring / 春の鳥海山に３首(1-3) 1- 夕さりの真朱（まそほ）にそむる清空は鳥海うつししづかに暮るる　 clear sky dyed in vermillion in the evening reflects Mt. Chokai …setting in serenity 2- 霊峰につづく山々はだらなる雪を残して八重畳なはる Sacred peak… mountain ranges in layers leading along it with mottled snow 3- After … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (68) →

稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (67)

2023年3月短歌 March 2023, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美里佳＜ This winter is over.　今冬が終わり＞ 1 春きたり雪のあがたの天開き重き調べの冬越えしかも spring arrives… sky in snowy homeland opening-up we finally pass heavy tone of winter 2 春の雪幽かに影り消ゆる川対を俟つかな白鳥一羽 spring snow shimmering and melting into the river a swan looks as if waiting for a mate 3 … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (67) →

稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (66)

2023年2月短歌 February 2023, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美里佳 1 　白雪の零るるばかりしきふれば幼なの頃の花苑(はなぞの)ぞ開(あ)く unending white snow falling and spilling… my childhood nostalgic flower garden opens up 2 寒波鳴る荒びの風雪ことごとく真白にかへし現し身こもる echoing cold wave… the winter-raging snow returns all to pure white I shut myself in 3 雪雲の透けてひきゆく間に描くわが想念のあれこれかも all my thoughts and feelings to draw while snow clouds … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (66) →

稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (65)

2023年1月短歌 January 2023, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美里佳 1 尽未来季(とき)や巡らばもみぢ映え空を彩り風にゆるるか through all eternity… the season coming around will autumn leaves turn wondrous colors swaying in breezes? ※写真は秋田県湯沢市にある紅葉の名所の小安峡です。 The photo is of Oyasukyo Gorge, famous for an autumn leaves spot in Yuzawa City, Akita, Japan. 2 淡々と巡りの生に燃えつきむ満天星つつじ初雪をおき dodan azalea serenely … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (65) →

稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (64)

2022年12月短歌 December 2022, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美里佳 2022年11月30日、秋田県羽後町西馬音内で700年以上にわたって踊り継がれてきた西馬音内盆踊りが風流踊(ふりゅうおどり)の一つとしてユネスコの無形文化遺産に登録されました。このたびは、西馬音内盆踊りへ10首詠いました。 On Nov.30th, 2022, Nishimonai Bon Odori/Dance was registered to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage as one of the Furyu Odoris in Japan. Nishimonai Bon Odori has been danced for over seven hundred years in Nishimonai, Ugo Town, Akita, Japan. 1 踊り呼ぶ囃子太鼓に笛の音は夜風ふるはせ胸をさはがす sounds of … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (64) →

稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (63)

2022年11月短歌 November 2022, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美里佳＜Seven pieces of tanka to Mt.Chokai＞ I drove with my family along the Chokai Blue Line from Nikaho City, Akita, to Hokodate (1150 m), the fifth station of Mt. Chokai(2236 m), for autumn viewing. The leaves on the trees were just beginning to … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (63) →

稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (62)

2022年10月短歌 October 2022, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美里佳 1 叢雲のうすらうつらふあたりより紫光は降りて神はひろがる purple light descending from around clouds moving in and out God spreads out 2 上弦や今宵の光たまひたり分析の理に不確実解く waxing moon… gives me tonight's light thanks to the logic of your analysis my uncertainty is clarified 3 鳥海山　峰たつ雲に開かれず長月の空清(す)む奇しき朝 Mt. Chokai... invisible due to clouds around … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (62) →

稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (61)

2022年9月短歌 September 2022, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美里佳 This month, continuing from last month, I submitted ten pieces of tanka I composed when I visited the former Haseyama Residence in Tashiro, Ugo Town, Akita Prefecture. 今月は先月に引き続き秋田県羽後町田代にある旧長谷山邸を訪れたときの際に詠った短歌10首を提出いたしました。 1 奔流のおつるが如く雨はふる七曲峠(ななまがりとおげ)けはしき途上 rain falls like a torrent steep road up the Nanamagari Pass to the … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (61) →

稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (60)

2022年8月短歌 August 2022, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美里佳 Five pieces of tanka for Tatsumi Hijikata The other day, I visited the Kamaitachi Art Museum, where photos of Tatsumi Hijikata, the founder of Butoh, a dance genre, are displayed. Photographer is Hosoe Eikoh. The museum was opened in 2016 in the former … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (60) →