謹賀新年
Happy New Year!
年新た田沢湖畔の龍神社
toshi arata tazawa-kohan no ryu-jinja
New Year
Dragon
Shrine in glory
the lakeside of Tazawa
Note: Dragon
Shrine「龍神社」
Please check out the site: https://akitahaiku.com/2021/03/10/
Hidenori
Hiruta published a collection of haiku titled Haiku Lake Tazawa. He tells about Gozanoishi-jinja
Shrine, or Dragon
Shrine, which interests and charms you.
2023 is the Year of the Rabbit!
Please learn about the Japanese Zodiac, will you?
The Chinese
animal zodiac (eto) was introduced in Japan around the third to
the fourth century.
It
was mainly employed as a way of indicating the day, month, year,
time of the day, orientation in space, as well as the order in a sequence of
events in a symbolical form.
As
there are twelve animals in the zodiac, it is also referred to
as juni-shi ("the twelve branches", with
juni meaning "twelve" in Japanese), as the cycle rotates every twelve
years. The animal of the year changes on January first.
Below
are the Japanese names of each zodiac animal.
2023
is a Usagi-doshi, or Year of the Rabbit.
子 (Ne): Rat
丑 (Ushi): Ox
寅 (Tora): Tiger
卯 (U): Rabbit
辰 (Tatsu): Dragon
巳 (Mi): Snake
午 (Uma): Horse
未 (Hitsuji): Sheep
申 (Saru): Monkey
酉 (Tori): Rooster
戌 (Inu): Dog
寿や卯の年祝ふ年兎
kotobuki ya
u-no-toshi iwau
toshi-usagi
ya (Interjectional Participle) : “kire-ji” 「cutting word」
u-no-toshi : the year of the Rabbit
iwau : celebrate
toshi-usagi :
New Year’s Rabbit
Congratulations!
New
Year’s Rabbit celebrates
Year
of the Rabbit
Let me post the New Year Card of 2021 and my haiku.
ゆったりと大吉配る丑の年
yuttari
to daikichi kubaru ushi no toshi
The
Ox
delivering
good luck
slow
and steady
初搾り甘き香りの牛の小屋
hatsu shibori amaki kaori no ushi no koya
First
milking
sweet
scent rising
in
cows barn
Hidenori
Hiruta
蛭田秀法
Let me post the New Year Card of 2020 and my haiku.
子年の来幸せ祈るマウスかな
nedoshi
no ku shiawase inoru mausu kana
The
two mice
celebrating
their year
Happy
New Year!
子年の来芽生えの年となりにけり
nedoshi
no ku mebae no toshi to narinikeri
Year
of the Rat
the
beginning of things
sprouting
Hidenori
Hiruta
蛭田秀法
寅年や幸い祈るロシアの地
toradoshi ya saiwai inoru roshia no chi
Year of the Tiger
Happy New Year
from Vladivostok
注：
平成22年3月19日秋田県と沿海地方政府との間で包括的な友好協定が締結されました。
平成23年9月25日から10月2日まで沿海地方の首都ウラジオストクで友好協定に基づく交流の一環として蛭田秀法が俳句を通した文化交流を行いました。
ウラジオストク日本センターの協力を得て蛭田は東方学校の幼稚園児と小学生に俳句について話しました。極東連邦大学では日本語を学ぶ学生に俳句ワークショップを行いました。 また、日本センター茶道部会員や一般の方にも俳句についての講演を行いました。
グリーティングカードの「虎」の写真は彼が街を散歩しているときに撮ったものです。
On March 19, 2010, a comprehensive friendship agreement was signed between Akita Prefecture and the Primorsky Krai government.
From
September 25th through October 2nd, 2011, Hidenori Hirata held a cultural
exchange through haiku in Vladivostok, the capital of Primorsky Krai, as part
of the exchange based on the Friendship Agreement.
The photo of the "tiger" on the greeting card was taken while walking around the city.
Hidenori Hiruta
蛭田秀法
On
March 19, 2010, a comprehensive friendship agreement was signed between Akita
Prefecture and
the Primorsky Krai government.
From
September 25th through October 2nd, 2011, Hidenori Hirata held a cultural
exchange through haiku in Vladivostok, the capital of Primorsky Krai, as part
of the exchange based on the Friendship Agreement.
With
the help of the Vladivostok Japan Center, Hiruta talked about haiku to
kindergarten and elementary school children at Toho School. And he held haiku
workshops for students studying Japanese at the Far Eastern Federal University.
He also gave a lecture on haiku to members of the Japan Center Tea Ceremony
Club and the general public.
The photo
of the "tiger" on the greeting card was taken while walking around
the city.
