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Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
Haiku about New Year (15) 新時代祈る巳年や年来たる shinjidai inoru midoshi ya toshi kitaru A new era coming in prayer the Year of the Snake 蛭 田 秀 法 HIRUTA Hidenori Haiku Blog “AKITA HAIKU” https://akitahaiku.blogspot.com/ Note: About the Year of the Snake Please check out the website below, and you will find more … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku about New Year (15) by Hidenori Hiruta
A Rebirth Story at Kai-no- Sawa The rebirth story dates back to 1968, when Sekiya Haruo (関谷春雄、1929-2018) became the land owner of Kai-no- Sawa. He was a man of fortune and culture. He was successful in his marketing business. 1968 Sekiya Haruo became the owner of the forest and wild fields of Kai-no-Sawa … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Rebirth Story to Celebrate the New Year 2025
The Year of the Snake 2025 is “the Year of the Snake”, which is called Mi-Doshi（巳年）in Japan. The character for Mi（巳）is a pictograph that represents the shape of a fetus, and is said to have originated from the appearance of a uterus enveloping a fetus. When “Mi” is applied to animals, … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Happy New Year 2025
Haiku by Suraj Nanu (India) ＊＊＊ the shape of me in the vagaries of wind . . . ocean summer ＊＊＊ The Asahi Shimbun: Sept 2023 ＊＊＊ 風に見ゆ己の姿海の夏 ＊＊＊ HAIKU to Akita’s “Haiku Beyond Earth” * deadheading grandma’s prayers now in a whisper The Japan Society Haiku Corner: Week 35 – Sept 2023 ばあちゃんの花がら摘みの祈りかな * herbarium … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Suraj Nanu
Sugae Masumi 「菅江真澄」 Sugae Masumi was born in Aichi Prefecture in 1754. He acquired a wide range of knowledge in his youth, including Japanese studies, literature, herbal studies (natural history), and painting techniques. He was a traveler, naturalist and author. In 1783, he left his hometown as a traveler and, after spending just over a … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」En no Gyōja (4)
Haiku by Vladislava Simonova (Ukraine) *** Пишу на песке. Вновь утащила волна хайку в дальний путь. *** Writing on the sand – and again a wave drives my haiku So far away. *** 砂上の句再び波の持ち去れり *** Winner of JAL Foundation Award（JAL財団賞) in the Russian section of the 7th Japan-Russia Haiku Contest 2018. *** HAIKU to Akita's … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Vladislava Simonova (3)
The Appearance in Hokusai's Sketches This is a piece of the sketches in The Hokusai Manga, or Hokusai’s Sketches, a collection of sketches of various subjects drawn by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (Published 1814-1878). Hokusai sketched En no Ozunu and two demonic spirits, or demons in his Manga. En no Ozunu, or En no … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」En no Gyōja (3)
Mount Taihei Mount Taihei is a 1,170-meter-high mountain, located northeast of Akita City. It is now a mountain in its prime. The base pluton is granite. First, rocky mass, or pluton, was covered with volcanic ejecta and then uplifted by crust movement, and was subsequently eroded by rivers. This pluton dates from the Cretaceous period, … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」En no Gyōja (1)
Dear Respected Haiku Poets, Thank you very much for having participated in the World Haiku Series 2022. The Akita International Haiku Network launched the World Haiku Series 2022, whose theme is “Earth”, on December 24, 2022. Fortunately, the Network happily ended the Series with great success yesterday, on February 22, 2024, as expected in … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022: Closing Words by Hidenori Hiruta
謹賀新年 Happy New Year! 年新た田沢湖畔の龍神社 New Year Dragon Shrine in glory the lakeside of Tazawa Note: Dragon Shrine「龍神社」 Please check out the site below. https://akitahaiku.com/2021/03/10/ You will see that Hidenori Hiruta of the Akita International Haiku Network published a collection of haiku titled Haiku Lake Tazawa. The book has a chapter about Gozanoishi-jinja Shrine, or Dragon Shrine, which interests and charms you. … Continue reading A New Project: Haiku beyond Earth 天上俳句会
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