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2010年2月2日火曜日

Haiku about Winter (6)


Let me post haiku about 'Snow Fairy (雪女)(yuki onna)'.

According to Edo Period(1603-1867) folk legend, the yuki onna(snow woman) is the apparition of a beautiful, but terrifyingly seductive lady who mysteriously appeares only when it snows.

After the storm passes, her victims are often found dead. She is thought to be a form of deity of the New Year who visits people at the end of the year.



A lost man

in such a blizzard

snow fairy


吹き荒ぶ旅の道連れ雪女

Fukisusabu tabi no michi zure yuki onna



Candles lit

where does she blow to

snow fairy


灯火にどこに吹かるる雪女

Tomoshibi ni dokoni fukaruru yuki onna



― Hidenori Hiruta

4 件のコメント:

  1. __Nice set here, and I like the legend of yuki onna. This snow/candle wall, I've seen in winter displays near here, this photo is representitive, but its grand to see in the whole. _m

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  2. Yes, very nice sets Hiruta san...and that picture is very interesting :)

    wishes,
    devika

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  3. Beautiful and dangerous--I'll remember that and stay clear of her.
    :)

    Regards.

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