#235 The cool summer breeze—…

Size: | Postcard; about 15×10 cm |
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Dressing: | framed |
What kind of verse?
verse: | Suzu-kaze ya, magari kunette, ki tari keri |
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(imho): | The cool summer breeze— twisting, turning through the air, finally arrives. |
poet: | Kobayashi, Issa |
in: | 1815 |
brief comment
This haiku is said to have been written by Issa while he was living in a nagaya, a row-house tenement in Edo (present-day Tokyo). You can really feel how tightly packed the buildings must have been.