Haiku about Autumn (27)

 

 

島見ゆる仙巌園や菊祭

 

shima miyuru   senganen ya   kiku matsuri
 

 

Sakurajima over there

here is Sengan-en --

Chrsanthemum Festival

 

 

Notes:

 

The Sengan-en was built in 1658 by the 2^nd lord of the Satsuma feudal clan (19^th generation of the Shimazu family).

The garden uses a traditional garden design technique called ‘borrowed scenery’,  incorporating both Sakurajima and Kinko bay. The garden is said to have been loved and frequented by Shimazu Nariakira and Atsuhime. The Sengan-en also includes a villa that was used as a rural retreat of the Shimazu family, whom to this day, owns the Sengan-en.

By Hidenori Hiruta

蛭田　秀法