#015 A Japanese cuckoo shings…
| Size： | about 14×10 cm |
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| Dressing： | hanging scroll |
What kind of verse?
| verse: | Hototogisu naku ya hibari to jyumonji |
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| (imho): | A Japanese cuckoo shings, with a skylark, in the shape of a cross. |
| poet: | Mukai, Kyorai |
| in: | 17-18th century |
A Japanese cuckoo flies vertically, and a skylark flies horizontally. That is why, you can see the orbit in the shape of a cross. Someday i would like to see these birds fly.
Since a Japanese cacoo is a bird in the summer and a skylark is in the spring, it also represent changing seasons, does it?
As Mr. Shiki, famous poets in Japan, praised as “the most skillful phrase”, this verse gives reader’s mind a clear image.(Siki’s verse >>)
Unlike verses in the Kokin Wakashu, there is no interpretation of the inside and outside, so i can simply face haiku verse like this comfortably.