7/10/2013

BUSON - numbers

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Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村
(1715-1783)

. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .

. ABC - List of Buson's works in the WKD .

. WKD : Numbers used in Haiku and Kigo .


Buson used a lot of numbers in his poetry. Here is a list of some of them.

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ichi 一, hitotsu ひとつ  one
hitori 一人 one person


一わたし遅れた人にしぐれ哉
. hito-watashi okureta hito ni shigure kana .
one ferry boat


一軒の茶見世の柳老にけり
. ikken no chamise no yanagi oi ni keri .
one tea house by the roadside


こがらしや炭売ひとりわたし舟
. kogarashi ya sumiuri hitori watashibune .
one charcoal vendor


みじか夜や浅瀬にのこる月一片
. mijikayo ya asase ni nokoru tsuki hitohira .
one sliver of the moon


白露や茨の刺にひとつづつ
. shiratsuyu ya ibara no toge ni hitotsu-zutsu .
one dewdrop on each thorn


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立去ル事一里眉毛に秋の峰寒し
tachisaru koto ichiri mayuge ni aki no mine samushi

one ri away
and my eyebrows feel
the cold of peaks in autumn


Written at 妙義山 Mount Myogi-San, Buson age 36.

ichiri 一里  one RI, about 4 km

For Yosa Buson, this mountain reminded him of the famous
峨眉山 Gabi San in China.
- note the pun with the Chinese character .


source : cardiac.exblog.jp

. Mount Myogisan 妙義山 - Gunma .

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ni 二 futatsu ふたつ two

二もとの梅に遅速を愛す哉
. futamoto no ume ni chisoku o aisu kana .
two ume trees


二村に質屋一軒冬こだち
. futa-mura ni shichiya ikken fuyu kodachi .
two villages, one pawn shop


蓮の香や水をはなるる茎二寸
. hasu no ka ya mizu o hanaruru kuki ni sun .
one SUN 寸 is about 3.03 cm.


このふた日砧聞えぬ隣かな 
. kono futahi kinuta kikoenu tonari kana .
two days


河骨の二もとさくや雨の中 
. koohone no futatsu mo saku ya ame no naka .
two spatterdocks


みじかよや2尺落ち行く大井川
. mijikayo ya nishaku ochiyuku ooigawa .
two shaku - one shaku is about 30 cm


五月雨や大河を前に家二軒
. samidare ya taiga no mae ni ie niken .
two houses near the swollen river


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ni san 二三 two or three

牡丹散て打かさなりぬ二三片
botan chirite uchikasanarinu nisanpen

peonies scatter . . .
two or three petals fall
on top of each other



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san 三  mitsu みつ three



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go 五 itsutsu いつつ five

買うて且うれしさよ炭五俵
. an koote katsu ureshisa yo sumi gohyoo .
five bags of charcoal


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hachi 八 eight

秋ふるや楠八畳の金閣寺  
. aki furu ya kusu hachijoo no Kinkakuji .
camphor wood board of eight tatami-mat size


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juu, to 十 ten 10

あなたうと茶もだぶだぶと十夜哉
. ana tooto cha mo dabu-dabu to juuya kana .
ten nights (of Amida Buddhist Prayers)


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gojuushi 五十四 - 54  

阿武隈や五十四郡のおとし水
. abukuma ya gojuushi gun no otoshi-mizu .
fifty-four counties



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- - - - - dates and special days - - - - -

卯月八日 死んで生まるる子は仏
. uzuki yooka 卯月八日 eighth day of the fourth lunar month - Buddha's Birthday .


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- - - - - ikutsu いくつ how many ? - - - - -

極楽の近道いくつ寒念仏
. gokuraku no chikamichi ikutsu kan nenbutsu .
how many shortcuts to paradise ?



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. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .



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