HAIKU
HAIKU September 2022
2022年9月1日 HAIKU
天狗泣き天狗笑ふや秋の風 子規
tengu naki
tengu warau ya
aki no kaze
Tengu cries
Tengu laughs
autumn wind
Season word: autumn wind (秋の風 aki no kaze), autumn
Composed by Masaoka Shiki in 1892, at age 25. Born
in Matsuyama, Shiki is …
HAIKU August 2022
2022年8月1日 HAIKU
火や鉦や遠里小野の虫送 子規
hi ya kane ya
tōzato ono no
mushiokuri
torches and gongs
driving out rice insects
in distant Ono village
Season word: driving out rice insects (虫送 mushiokuri), autumn
Composed by Masaoka Shiki in 1898, at age …
HAIKU July 2022
2022年7月1日 HAIKU
藻の花にふつと浮出る緋鯉かな 子規
mo no hana ni
futto ukideru
higoi kana
briefly surfacing
among waterweed blossoms
a scarlet carp
Season word: waterweed blossom (藻の花 mo no hana), summer
Composed by Masaoka Shiki in 1894, at age 27. Born
in …
HAIKU June 2022
2022年6月1日 HAIKU
夕立や蛙の面に三粒ほど 子規
yūdachi ya
kawazu no tsura ni
mitsubu hodo
afternoon shower
two or three raindrops
on the frog’s face
Season word: afternoon shower (夕立 yūdachi), summer
Composed by Masaoka Shiki in 1900, at age 33. Born
in Matsuyama, …
HAIKU May 2022
2022年5月1日 HAIKU
大風の俄に起こる幟かな 子規
ōkaze no
niwakani okoru
nobori kana
carp streamers
lifted in the sudden gale
Season word: carp streamer (幟 nobori), summer
Composed by Masaoka Shiki in 1894, at age 27. Born
in Matsuyama, Shiki is credited with …
HAIKU April 2022
2022年4月1日 HAIKU
入口も桜出口も桜かな
iriguchi mo
sakura deguchi mo
sakura kana
cherry blossoms
from the entrance to the exit
cherry blossoms
Season word: cherry blossom (桜
sakura), spring
Composed by Masaoka Shiki in1896, at age 29. Born
in Matsuyama, Shiki is …
HAIKU March 2022
2022年3月1日 HAIKU
永き日や衛門三郎浄瑠璃寺 子規
nagaki hi ya
emon saburo
jōruriji
lengthening days
Emon Saburo
Jōruriji Temple
Season word: lengthening days(日永 hinaga), spring
Composed by Masaoka Shiki in 1896, at age 29. Born
in Matsuyama, Shiki is credited with making haiku …
HAIKU February 2022
2022年2月1日 HAIKU
こゝぢやあろ家あり梅も咲て居る 子規
koko ja aro
ie ari
ume mo saiteoru
it must be here
a house with
a blooming plum tree
Season word: plum (梅 ume), spring
Composed by Masaoka Shiki in 1894, at age 27. Born
in …
HAIKU January 2022
2022年1月1日 HAIKU
一年は正月に一生ハ今にあり 子規
ichinen wa shōgatsu ni
isshō wa ima ni ari
one year is in New Year’s Day
my life is this moment
Season word: New Year’s Day (shōgatsu), New Year
Composed by Masaoka Shiki in 1897, at …
HAIKU December 2021
2021年12月1日 HAIKU
山里の空や師走の凧一つ 子規
yamazato no
sora ya shiwasu no
tako hitotsu
one kite
in the mountain village sky
year-end rush
Season word: year-end (師走 shiwasu), winter
Composed by Masaoka Shiki in 1893, at age 26.
Born in Matsuyama, Shiki …
HAIKU November 2021
2021年11月4日 HAIKU
さらさらと竹に音あり夜の雪 子規
sarasara to
take ni oto ari
yoru no yuki
snow at night
rustling sound
on bamboo
Season word: snow (雪yuki), winter
Composed by Masaoka Shiki in 1892, at age 25.
Born in Matsuyama, Shiki is …
HAIKU OCTOBER 2021
2021年10月1日 HAIKU
道はたに蔓草まとふ木槿哉 子規
michibata ni
tsurukusa matou
mukuge kana
by the roadside
creepers entwine
a rose of Sharon
Season word: rose of Sharon (木槿
mukuge), autumn
Composed by Masaoka Shiki in 1895, at age 28. Born
in Matsuyama, Shiki …
HAIKU SEPTEMBER 2021
2021年9月17日 HAIKU
秋の山御幸寺と申し天狗住む 子規
aki no yama
mikiji to moshi
tengu sumu
the mountain called Mikiji
in autumn
where Tengu lives
Season word: autumn mountain (秋の山 aki no yama), autumn
Composed by Masaoka Shiki in 1895, at age 28.
Born …
